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CORPORATE INFO
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CORPORATE INFORMATIONn 2004 Health, Safety and Environment
For 120 years, Kodak’s business was “photographic” and centered around
the manufacture of chemically based fi lm products. Countless birthdays,
vacations, world events and other memories have been preserved and
shared on Kodak fi lm and paper. For more than a century, Hollywood mov-
ies have provided entertainment while Kodak medical and dental x-ray fi lm
have been serving the healthcare needs of people the world over. Docu-
ments by the billions have been recorded on Kodak microfi lm and other
Kodak commercial document management products. Kodak aerial fi lms
have mapped earth and space. All these activities, and more, were made
possible by the complex chemical technologies of fi lm-making.
But all that is changing. Today, digital imaging is moving rapidly to the
forefront replacing traditional fi lm, not only in consumer picture-taking, but
in healthcare, document management and printing. And in many ways, Ko-
dak is leading the way, with a digital growth strategy that covers digital and
fi lm imaging systems, health imaging products and information systems
and graphic communications, including commercial printing.
As Kodak transitions to the digital world, its business model has been
changing dramatically. As we consolidate operations and reduce operat-
ing costs, some Kodak factories are being closed, while others are being
retooled to meet changing requirements. This presents numerous environ-
mental challenges that need to be managed effectively and responsibly.
RESPONSIBLE GROWTH
Kodak does business in more than 150 countries and maintains manufac-
turing sites in 11 countries. As refl ected in the Corporate Responsibility
Principles, Kodak applies its Health, Safety and Environment Guiding Prin-
ciples and Performance Standards across all those locations and reviews
its performance against them continuously.
At Kodak, “Responsible Growth” is a commitment to continuous
improvement in the way we impact the health, safety and environment of
the communities in which we operate.
This commitment was demonstrated in 1999, when Kodak adopted
a fi ve-year timetable to accomplish a set of eight environmental goals
that focused on greater reductions in emissions, conservation of natural
resources and achieving ISO 14001 certifi cation at all its major manu-
facturing sites. Seven of these eight goals were achieved. (The Company
was three percentage points short of the eighth goal, reduction of carbon
dioxide emissions by 20%.)
In early 2004, the Company announced a new set of goals aimed at
reducing energy and water consumption, and reducing waste and emis-
sions, by the end of 2008.
FOSTERING ENVIRONMENTAL
RESPONSIBILITY
Within Kodak’s global Health, Safety and Environment organization, Kodak
Environmental Services has for many years been committed to helping
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.
PARTNERSHIPS
As a responsible global citizen, Kodak in 2004 continued to work coopera-
tively with nonprofi t 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 “Photo-
voice” 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 space 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 EPA Performance Track (a voluntary partnership program
that recognizes and rewards private companies that demonstrate strong
environmental performance beyond current requirements), Sustain-
able Futures (use of pollution prevention principles and development of
inherently low-hazard chemicals), WasteWi$e (reducing waste), Energy
Star (reducing energy use in products and manufacturing processes) and
Climate Leaders (implementation of long-term climate change strategies).
In addition, Kodak has joined a key group of environmental leaders as a
member of the California Climate Action Registry, a nonprofi t organization
recognized as a standard setter for tracking and reporting greenhouse gas
(GHG) emissions. As a participant in Climate Leaders and the Registry,
Kodak will voluntarily measure and report its worldwide GHG emissions on
an annual basis.
AWARDS AND HONORS
Kodak is proud to have earned a number of awards from well-respected
organizations during 2004. These awards recognize Kodak and its people
for efforts in health, safety and the environment. Highlights from the past
year include:
• EPA selected Kodak as the 2004 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year
for Leadership in Energy Management. Kodak competed with other
Fortune 500 companies for this award, which exemplifi es outstand-
ing commitment and dedication to the ENERGY STAR program for
saving energy to improve the environment.
• Twenty-three awards were received from the International Imaging
Industry Association for excellence in safety performance and
leadership at Kodak units in Australia, Canada, China, France, India,
Mexico, the United Kingdom and the United States.
• Kodak de Mexico received the “Excelencia Ambiental (Environmen-
tal Excellence) 2003” award and the “Reconocimiento Jalisco en
Excelencia en Salud y Seguridad 2004” (Safety Excellence) from the
government in Jalisco, Mexico.
• The Kodak facility in Xiamen, China was named a Safety Production
Excellence Company of 2003 by the Haicang government. These