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Our Commitment Demonstrated Through Practice
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ISO 14001 Registration - All of our Americas and European manufacturing facilities have achieved ISO 14001 registration. ISO 14001 is a globally accepted blueprint for an environmental management system. It includes requirements for developing an environmental policy, assessing environmental impacts of products and processes, developing environmental goals and measurable objectives, implementation of initiatives to meet objectives, auditing, corrective action, and management review. Each of our sites closely tracks environmental and safety performance and sets objectives each year to drive continual improvement as an integral part of our business plan. |
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OSHAS 18001 Registration - Our Greenville, NC and Sulligent, AL facilities have already achieved registration to OSHAS 18001, which requires the establishment of a defined OH&S management system to minimize or eliminate occupational health and safety risks and a process of continuous improvement. We are currently pursuing registration at our other manufacturing facilities. |
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Rising Environmental Steward Recognition – Our Greenville operations have been recognized by the State of North Carolina as a Rising Environmental Steward. We are 1 of only 14 companies to receive this distinction. Award criteria include a mature environmental management system based on ISO 14001, a demonstrated commitment to go beyond compliance, site-specific measurable goals including pollution prevention and process efficiency improvement, and the annual reporting of progress toward those goals. |
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Gold Award and Million-Hour Safety Award – Our Greenville operations have been presented the Gold and Million-Hour Safety Awards for outstanding achievement in employee safety from the NC Department of Labor. |
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Star Site for OSHA Voluntary Protection Program – We are building a culture that fosters employee ownership of safety and the environment, which will culminate in application to the OSHA Voluntary Participation Program as a Star Site for our U.S. operations in 2009. |
