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2001 Kodak Health, Safety and Environment
To Shareholders:
Continual improvement in the health, safety and environmental
aspects of our products, services and operations is a guiding
principle at Kodak. We understand and embrace the importance of
benchmarking best practices, setting goals, measuring our efforts,
and sharing the results with our many publics.
The year 2001 included:
• Two important milestones that illustrate continued progress on
Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) initiatives.
• Strong Kodak partnerships and support for environmental
organizations that reaffirm our commitment to education
and outreach.
• A number of significant awards that give further testimony to the
hard work and achievements of Kodak people around the world.
We offer a few examples of these milestones, partnerships and
awards in this written report, and we invite shareowners to learn
more about Kodak’s efforts in the Health, Safety and Environment
arena by visiting www.kodak.com/go/hse.
Milestones
While measurable improvement against tough, voluntary corporate
environmental goals has been an important trend for Kodak in recent
years, progress for 2001 was further defined by two
important milestones:
(1) the number of Kodak one-time-use cameras that have been
recycled reached the half-billion mark; and
(2) the number of Kodak manufacturing facilities that have attained
International Standards Organization (ISO) 14001 registration
reached 100 percent.
Kodak recycled 127.7 million one-time-use cameras in 2001,
pushing the total recycled well past the 500-million mark. Return
rates for Kodak one-time-use cameras is about 70 percent
worldwide, with nearly 80 percent return in the United States. These
efforts helped earn a “Partner of the Year” award from the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (see “Awards”).
ISO 14001 registration is the recognized, global benchmark for
operating a manufacturing facility with proper attention to
environmental responsibility. Three years ago, Kodak vowed to attain
such registration for all of our major, worldwide manufacturing
facilities—and to do so within five years. With the successful
registration in 2001 of two facilities in China, one in Japan and
another in India, all 27 of Kodak’s manufacturing sites are now ISO
14001 registered.
Partnerships
Kodak has long believed in working cooperatively with nonprofit
organizations and supporting many collaborative business initiatives
to promote health, safety and environmental responsibility.
For example, the company strongly supports World Wildlife Fund
(see “Awards”), The Conservation Fund, The Nature Conservancy,
World Resources Institute, Water Environment Research Foundation,
and Resources for the Future.
Awards
Third-party recognition by well-respected entities is always
gratifying, and 2001 brought many such honors to Kodak people for
their efforts in health, safety and the environment. Highlights:
• For many years, Kodak has sponsored an innovative World Wildlife
Fund project called Windows on the Wild, a program designed to
educate a new generation of young people around the world on
issues of environmental stewardship and biodiversity. At the 2002
Winter Olympic Games, this program was recognized with a Spirit
of the Land Award for excellence in global environmental education.
• A research partnership between Kodak and three Canadian
universities—McMaster University, INRS-Eau at the Université du
Québec and Wilfrid Laurier University—received a prestigious 2001
Synergy Award, co-sponsored by The Conference Board of Canada
and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of
Canada. The partnership has worked for nine years to find the best
methods to measure and minimize the tiny quantities of silver
released into the environment during the photofinishing process.
• Kodak received a 2001 EPA WasteWise “Partner of the Year” Award
from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Awards went to
companies that achieved the most impressive waste reduction
results. Kodak contributed to reduction with its innovative and
successful recycling programs for one-time-use cameras and for
film containers.
As Kodak moves toward the future, we remain steadfast in our
resolve to seek improvement at every turn.
Daniel A. Carp
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, President & Chief Operating Officer
R. Hays Bell
Vice President, Director, Health, Safety & Environment
Chairman, Health, Safety & Environment Coordinating Committee
Charles S. Brown, Jr.
Senior Vice President, Director, Global Manufacturing
Chairman, Health, Safety & Environmental Management Council
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