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Health Safety and Environment

Committed to building a better world

While SNF’s products help to preserve natural resources, we are also determined to keep our impact on the environment during the manufacturing process to a minimum.

SNF is constantly improving its processes to protect the environment. We’ve made changes in our factories to limit waste and discharges.

We have eliminated processes that consume large quantities of water. In fact, we have reduced our specific water consumption for each product by seven times in the space of ten years.

Our rinsing water is re-circulated through the installation, in order to lower the quantity needed by 70%.

We’ve taken great care to ensure our manufacturing processes minimise the environmental impact of our operations. Our primary monomer is produced enzymatically at room temperature under atmospheric pressure. This biological catalytic process makes us a soft chemistry pioneer.

The safety, health and welfare of all SNF employees is of utmost importance to us.

The choice of processes, installation design, and employee training ensure that production activities are extremely safe.

The SNF Framework

We are dedicated to:

  • conceiving new safe and efficient technologies respecting the environment.
  • reducing the impact of our production sites on the environment
  • preserving resources, minimising waste and treating it without risk for the environment
  • co-operating with our customers and the authorities to improve our products while minimising their impact on health and the environment
  • developing high performance methods
  • training personnel in safety and environmental protection techniques and attitudes