Analysis and evaluation of important environmental issues
The significance of these environmental aspects, based on the findings that emerged during the collection of information and data, was determined by considering the following criteria:
Compliance with legal requirements
Comparison of data with sector averages (where available and relevant)
Comparison of in-house performance levels
Performance and position in relation to business objectives
Every single environmental aspect was compared with the criteria considered and allocated a score. Based on the score thus obtained, the various environmental aspects were then classified as follows:
