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The definition of good corporate citizenship
with respect to environment, health and safety
begins with principles. At Intel, our principles
are clear: prevent all injuries in the workplace;
be an EHS leader in our communities and our
industry; and reduce the environmental footprint
of our products, processes and operations.
Our principles are also universal. They apply not only to our
employees and operations, but also to our industry and the
communities in which we live. These principles did not appear
overnight. They have been developed and tested through
intensive dialogue at the highest levels of the company for
the past 15 years. That's how long Intel's EHS organization
has been discussing performance in these areas with the
company's leaders. For the past 10 years, we have also published
our performance publicly. Every year, we address a
new set of challenges and opportunities.
Intel Environmental Excellence Awards
Intel employees around the world understand these variables
and strive for new ways to apply our principles. Each year, many
projects are evaluated to determine which should receive
special acknowledgment for Environmental Excellence. In 2003,
four winners were selected from 41 applications for outstanding
achievement in environmental, energy conservation and pollution
prevention performance.
Israel: Achievements in Water Conservation. A multidisciplinary
team implemented projects to reduce water
consumption in two key facilities by 50% and 35% respectively,
saving $3 million and reducing the chemicals used for
water treatment by 50%.
Kulim, Malaysia: Green Factory Advances. Using tea sessions
to promote its program and collect ideas, Kulim's Green
Factory team introduced improvements that reduced air emissions
and waste generation, and save $1.5 million annually.
Philippines and China: Groundbreaking Conference on
Local Waste Disposal. A team from Intel's Philippines and
China sites organized a conference involving 300 participants
from government, industry and academia to address hazardous
waste disposal in these two countries. The resulting agreements
and specific measures support our strategic business objective
to develop local waste disposal capability.
Companywide: Lead-Free Product Breakthroughs.
Responding to emerging worldwide requirements to eliminate
lead in electronics, a team of Intel engineers completed
a project that yielded new lead-free products and resolved
complex lead-related industry issues, thus enabling Intel to
achieve critical flash product design wins with Matsushita
and Motorola.
"EHS leadership and business leadership go hand in hand. Upgrading our manufacturing operations every 18 months
to two years allows us to improve our products and our environmental performance. Our drive to prevent all injuries in the
workplace and improve the health and wellness of our employees is as much about good management as good safety."
Lew Scarpace, Director, Worldwide Environmental Health and Safety, Intel
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