Catom Annual Report 2023 EN

Customer-driven innovation

enhances our capabilities of responding to customer requirements with regard to the delivery system. We now also carry out our own in-house maintenance and inspection of the mobile fuel tanks owned by OK Oliecentrale B.V. Our hazard identification and risk assess ment exercise (“RI&E”) was approved by a certified external company in May 2021. In June 2022, we received the EED (European Energy Efficiency Directive) final report, which was issued by a certified company. The foremost conclusion of the report was that, across the board, our buildings are well insulated, most of the recognised measures have been taken, and anything still required will soon be rectified. In 2023, we experienced one limited environ mental incident and one incident of default out of a total of 102,990 deliveries (89,264 with our own trucks).

Innovation is an important core value at Catom. We approach the issues involved from different angles, with original and new ideas, and we break established patterns of thinking. This enables us to create added value for our clients. We tackle what we are able to change and have substantive profes sional knowledge, expertise and skills to serve our customers, including in the future. We also made significant investments in our product range, making it more sustainable. We set high standards for the quality of our products and services.

Biofuel blending

It goes without saying that Catom meets the statutory blending requirements for biofuels. The percentage in 2023 was 18.9% (17.9% in 2022). Catom endeavours to use only second-generation (‘double-counting’) biofuels for this purpose, meaning it is ahead of the statutory requirements. At various

Frank van Hemert Psychic Portrait Georgia O’Keeffe 2023, oil on canvas 141 x 115 cm

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