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Approved by Exelon Board of Directors 06-27-06
Main Obligations
Safety and Health
Exelon will operate all aspects of its businesses in a manner that protects the safety and health of its employees, contractors,
customers and the general public. We will foster a safety culture in which everyone believes that accidents and injuries are
preventable and all employees understand their accountability for maintaining a safe and healthful workplace. Our work is never so
urgent, nor the schedule so important, that it cannot be performed safely.
Main Obligations
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• Comply with all applicable environmental laws, regulations, and voluntary commitments, as a minimum
• Integrate environmental risk analysis into business planning and operations – first, prevent pollution where possible, then
reduce environmental impacts and implement cost-effective mitigation measures for environmental impacts that cannot be
avoided
• Utilize natural resources more efficiently to reduce environmental impacts and operating costs
• Lead the industry in shaping public policy on strategic environmental issues
• Partner with the communities where we operate to enhance the environment
• Engage stakeholders and consider their environmental expectations in decision-making
• Publicly communicate our environmental issues and performance
• Create a safety culture to achieve an accident and illness-free environment;
• Comply with all applicable health and safety laws and regulations, industry and internal Company standards, as a minimum
• Integrate safety risk analysis into business planning, engineering design, and operating decisions, to develop and
implement effective hazard control measures and safety performance improvement
• Promote the value of employee involvement in the prevention of injuries and illnesses — including every employee’s right
and obligation to question, stop and correct any unsafe condition or behavior — and maintain an open and honest dialogue
with our employees on health and safety issues and performance
• Continually improve safety performance to become the safest electric and gas utility