Catom Annual Report 2022 EN

Automation and training

Safety and the environment

In 2022, according to plan, investments were again made in the training and education of personnel. The focus was on technical and commercial training. Permanent attention is also given to the training of employees who are responsible for the audits conducted in the field of safety and the environment, both internally and by external officials. In 2022, investments were made in retail specific software solutions and process optimization in the ERP system. The ongoing development and use of the Business Intelligence Tooling has resulted in several reports with important management information.

The safety of people and their environ ment is a first priority for Catom in all of its activities. Catom attaches great value to full compliance with all requirements in the areas of safety, quality and the environ ment. Catom has its own environmental and safety policy for this. It goes without saying that Catom complies with the statutory blending obligations with respect to biofuels; in 2022 17.90% (2021: 17.50%). Catom seeks to strictly use second generation (‘double-counting’) biofuels for this purpose, thus surpassing the legal requirements. During the reporting year, the Catom group took significant steps towards the reduction of its energy consumption and the related emissions. We have continued to focus on route planning transport volumes and motor fuels volumes loaded, inter alia by using remotely readable volume measuring

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