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CORPORATE INFORMATION
2003 Kodak Health, Safety and Environment
Kodak’s reputation for responsible citizenship reflects the rigorous man-
agement 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 envi-
ronmental 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 ele-
ments 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 cus-
tomers 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 coopera-
tively 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 princi-
ples, and development of inherently low-hazard chemicals), WasteWi$e
(reducing waste) and Energy Star (reducing energy use in products and
manufacturing processes).
AWARDS AND HONORS
Kodak is proud to have won a number of awards from well-respected
organizations during 2003. These awards recognize Kodak and its people
for efforts in health, safety and the environment. Highlights from the past
year include:
• Corporate Commitment Award—Energy Star program (U.S. Department
of Energy and EPA). The only company in 2003 to win this award, Kodak
was recognized for being a leader in practicing and promoting energy
efficiency, for reducing carbon dioxide emissions equivalent to the plant-
ing of 216,000 acres of trees and for having over 20 products that qual-
ify for Energy Star.
• Stratospheric Ozone Protection Award. This international award (estab-
lished by the EPA in 1990) was given to Kodak for its leadership, dedica-
tion and technical achievements, including eliminating the use of certain
ozone-depleting substances worldwide and developing an alternative to
using these materials for cleaning motion picture film, a technology
Kodak subsequently donated to the public domain.
• Induction into the EPA WasteWi$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 con-
struction 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 compa-
nies 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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