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Sustainability and the Environment

                                    At Vicinay Cadenas we are conscious that our      accordance with ISO 14025 (EPD Ecoetiquette
                                    industrial activity influences the Environment    Type III), publically communicated in the official
                                    and for that reason our management focuses on     pages of Environdec.
                                    minimizing this impact.                           In Vicinay Cadenas we have established
                                    We have implemented a rigorous operation of       strategies and actions to ensure responsible
                                    control in accordance with the guidelines of ISO  consumption of energy and natural resources.
                                    14001 supplemented by what we have learned        At the same time we control all emissions that
                                    from progressive organizations with related       could affect the environment and we commit
                                    businesses or from comparable companies, as       ourselves as far as possible to creating systems
                                    well as applying the best practices generated     sensitive to this goal in our supply chain.
                                    from our own internal studies.                    We are founding members of the Basque
                                    We have carried out a complete life cycle         Ecodesign Center, an entity unique of this
                                    analysis (womb to tomb) on our full range of      type in Southern Europe, within which a limited
                                    products of chain and accessories so as to        number of private companies and the Basque
                                    know the environmental impact of each distinct    Government are committed to design and
                                    phase of its processing, taking from this data    execute innovative projects in accordance with
                                    the environmental impact of each product in       Ecodesign (ISO14006).

    Courtesy of National Oil Varco  Photo: BERR. Courtesy of Sevan Marine

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