The group

Quality and certifications

Each subsidiary of Groupe Saint Hilaire adopts an approach to continuous improvement of its products, services and production methods. In terms of certification, we have set up a quality management system that encompasses the environment and safety. Our activities (manufacturing, sales, shipping and analysis) are ISO 9001 certified.

With the objective to meet European standards on production and quality, our central laboratory ensures:

• daily control of our products in order to guarantee quality and traceability.
• inter-laboratory analysis campaigns in order to preserve the transparency of our results.
• controls with a view to the CE marking of certain materials (aggregates, fillers, concrete blocks).

Our limes are subject to Reach and Biocide regulations and have a registration number.

Beyond the normative and regulatory aspect of our production, we regularly measure the satisfaction of our customers. In order to optimise our quality approach, our personnel is supervised and trained in order to achieve the objectives defined by Groupe Saint-Hilaire

Environmental control

All of our activities are managed with the greatest respect for the environment and nearby residents. Through daily management of nuisances, we ensure that the impacts on the water and air are limited, and also regarding the sound and visual aspect. As such, we rehabilitate the natural areas that we use as best as possible, and we make substantial investments that every year allow us to improve our control of nuisances.

For our lime production activity, we have set up an environmental management system, that includes the terms of ISO 14001, in accordance with European regulations.

With a concern for future generations, we are constantly adapting our processes and conducting research work aimed at reducing our energy consumption: regenerative type lime furnace, transporting stone by belt, electric forklifts, optimising transport in a virtuous logic in order to reduce fuel consumption. Groupe Saint Hilaire is also working on a way to offset its carbon footprint by capturing CO2 and revegetation that makes it possible to restore natural ecosystems.