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Kodak's reputation for responsible citizenship reflects the rigorous management of its environmental performance and the high standards it sets for itself in that arena. Kodak does business in more than 150 countries and maintains manufacturing sites in 12 countries. As reflected in the Corporate Responsibility Principles, Kodak applies its Health, Safety and Environment Guiding Principles and Performance Standards across all those locations and reviews its performance against them continuously.
RESPONSIBLE GROWTH
"Responsible Growth" is the hallmark of Kodak's activities. It means a commitment to continuous improvement in the way Kodak impacts the health, safety and environment of its communities, its employees and, of course, its customers. This commitment was demonstrated in 1999, when Kodak gave itself five years to accomplish a set of eight ambitious environmental goals that focused on:
- Greater reductions in emissions;
- Conservation of natural resources;
- Achieving ISO 14001 certification at all its major manufacturing sites.
Kodak is pleased to report that it has achieved seven of these goals and exceeded its targets in most cases. Kodak did fall slightly short of one goal--to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 20%. Even so, the reduction that was achieved (approximately 17%) far exceeded the target set for any of the signatories of the Kyoto protocol. Kodak also won a national award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Department of Energy for its efforts to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. The Company will continue working on this goal; it is one of the key elements for its next set of five-year goals. (For details about these goals, please visit www.kodak.com/go/hse).
Kodak has a long-standing, steadfast commitment to helping its customers use and dispose of Kodak products safely and responsibly. The Company has a "Design for Health, Safety and the Environment" program that works to ensure that knowledgeable design and management deci-sions are made across the life cycle of Kodak products in order to make them more environmentally responsible. Kodak also works closely with its suppliers to source materials, components and products in a responsible way. For more information about these programs, please visit www.kodak.com/go/hse.
PARTNERSHIPS
As a responsible global citizen, Kodak in 2003 continued to work cooperatively with nonprofit organizations to support collaborative initiatives that promote health, safety and environmental responsibility, including:
- The Windows on the Wild program of the World Wildlife Fund, which educates people of all ages about biodiversity issues and stimulates critical thinking, discussion and informed decision making on behalf of the environment;
- Conservation support through a number of initiatives with The Nature Conservancy worldwide, including an initiative called "Photovoice" that Kodak co-sponsors in the Yunnan Province of China;
- The Kodak American Greenways Awards, a partnership project of Kodak, The Conservation Fund and National Geographic Society, which provides small grants to stimulate the planning and design of green spaces in communities throughout America;
- Support for a number of other organizations, including World Resources Institute, Water Environment Research Foundation and Resources for the Future.
Kodak also participates in a number of voluntary programs with the EPA, such as Climate Leaders (implementation of long-term climate change strategies), Sustainable Futures (use of pollution prevention principles, and development of inherently low-hazard chemicals), WasteWi$e reducing waste) and Energy Star (reducing energy use in products and manufacturing processes).
AWARDS AND HONORS
Kodak is proud to have won a number of awards from well-respected organizations during 2003. These awards recognize Kodak and its people for efforts in health, safety and the environment. Highlights from the past year include:
- Corporate Commitment Award--Energy Star program (U.S. Department of Energy and EPA). The only company in 2003 to win this award, Kodak was recognized for being a leader in practicing and promoting energy efficiency, for reducing carbon dioxide emissions equivalent to the planting of 216,000 acres of trees and for having over 20 products that qualify for Energy Star.
- Stratospheric Ozone Protection Award. This international award (established by the EPA in 1990) was given to Kodak for its leadership, dedication and technical achievements, including eliminating the use of certain ozone-depleting substances worldwide and developing an alternative to using these materials for cleaning motion picture film, a technology Kodak subsequently donated to the public domain.
- Induction into the EPA WasteWi$e Hall of Fame, which was established just this past year. Kodak was one of the first three inductees, and was recognized for its leadership in waste reduction through re-use and recycling of a range of items, including one-time-use cameras and construction materials.
- Excellence in Health and Safety, given by the State of Jalisco, Mexico, to Kodak de Mexico for its exemplary record, and its management system for health and safety issues.
- Five different awards from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (United Kingdom) to Kodak Ltd., for its sustained achievement of low incident rates in health and safety.
- Eleven awards from the International Imaging Industry Association for excellence in safety performance and leadership.
- Recognition as one of the top 100 environmentally responsible companies in China.
For its performance, commitments and programs, Kodak continued, in 2003, to be listed as the leader within its industry group in the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index (DJSI World) and the FTSE4Good index. To learn more about Kodak's efforts in the Health, Safety and Environment arena, please visit www.kodak.com/go/hse.
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