18/03/2009 : TVH - GROUP THERMOTE & VANHALST COMMITS ITSELF.

TVH - GROUP THERMOTE & VANHALST COMMITS ITSELF.

On March 10th last, 11 companies signed the West-Flemish Charter Sustainable
Enterprising. By doing so they officially endorsed the management principles and
themes of the Charter and they commit themselves to undertaking sustainable
actions within their everyday management. One of the new subscribers is TVH -
Group Thermote & Vanhalst.

The West-Flemish Charter Sustainable Enterprising – an initiative of the POM West-
Flanders, VOKA KvK West-Flanders and Bureau Veritas Certification – is an auxiliary tool to
give some structure to the company policy about sustainable enterprising and to work on
a continuous improvement of performances in the environmental, social and economic
field.

The participating companies work proactively around 10 themes, to which concrete goals
and actions are linked on a yearly basis.

Sustainable projects at TVH – Group Thermote & Vanhalst
Following the mobility scan that was taken at TVH in 2007, TVH-employee Nathalie
Provoost elaborated a complete mobility plan. A brochure was created in which all
possible ways to reach TVH have been explained. Carpooling is promoted strongly. A
carpool statement and regulation were elaborated. Furthermore a carpool card and
reserved parking spaces will be provided. Soon an info session will be held in the company
by a specialist of the FOD mobility and transport; he will explain all the advantages of
carpooling to any employee who might be interested.

Other themes in the mobility brochure are the use of public transport, bicycles and a
combination of both. For employees who would like to take advantage of this possibility,
TVH puts free bikes at their disposal to drive from the station to the company.
To conclude, all employees will receive a parking disc with a card in the colour of the
parking reserved for their department.

Another TVH-employee, Bram Lannoo, is taking care of the project solar panels. By the
summer the company Enfinity will install a total roof surface of 11.796 m2 of solar panels,
with a capacity of 604 kWp. TVH has invested more than 2.000.000 euro in this project. The
yearly energy production is estimated at 475.000 kWh, as a result of which TVH will
produce 13% of its total power consumption in a sustainable manner.
But even for its remaining required power TVH doesn't lose sight of the durability factor;
after all that is why the company uses the sustainable Alpenergy from Electrabel.
In addition to investing in sustainable energy, TVH also plans different actions to reduce
the energy consumption.