Ecology And Environment
The Biovet AD production facilities are in an area with a clean environment, which is why its protection is a top priority. The company makes every effort to protect the environment, pursuing its goal of limiting the impact of activities, processes, and products on the environment through sustainable development. As a tool for achieving this goal, Biovet has developed and implemented an environmental management system in accordance with the requirements of the international standard ISO 14001: 2004.
This system is integrated with our quality management system, adhering to ISO 9001: 2000. At the end of 2004, in accordance with the legal requirements, Biovet prepared the necessary documents. As a result, in March 2005 it received a Permit for Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control from the Ministry of Environment and Water (MoEW) in Bulgaria.
Environmental policy
The senior management team of Biovet AD is committed to the development of an economically stable company concerned with the state of the environment and the health and well-being of its employees.
To achieve this goal Biovet AD:
- Builds, documents, maintains, and improves an environmental management system with the involvement of all staff
- Complies with all legal and regulatory requirements for water, air and noise, waste and hazardous substances, protection against accidents, as well as internal procedures and instructions created for environmental management
- Fulfills the requirements of the MoEW as set in the Permit for Complex Pollution Prevention and Control
- Takes into account the requirements of interested third parties related to environmental impacts, and requires suppliers, customers and contractors to comply with the requirements of environmental legislation
- Improves production technologies to reduce the consumption of raw materials and energy, and to reduce waste and emissions to reasonable values
- Disposes of waste in an environmentally friendly manner, the generation of which cannot be prevented
- Informs the public and staff about its impact on the environment
- Defines the aspects of its activities, products and services and assesses their impact on the environment, formulates goals and objectives, and creates environmental programs for their achievement
- Has a Head of Ecology responsible for creating the environmental program. Its implementation is the duty and responsibility of the directors, heads of departments, operational managers of production and auxiliary corps
- Annually presents the executive directors with specific environmental reports that reflect the achievements of the implementation of the environmental program, setting new goals and programs to improve the environmental management system.
Structure and responsibilities
We have an Ecology department for the implementation of environmental policy. This department is under the direct supervision of the executive directors. The head of the department has two ecologists, a technologist and a head of laboratory in a treatment plant, a mechanic, power engineers and operators totaling 28 members of staff. The administrative service is subordinated to several workers who carry out separate waste collection and maintain site hygiene. In all production units there are environmental managers who perform specific activities related to the implementation of the requirements of the environmental management system.