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Our EAS Department is tasked with maintaining compliance with all applicable laws and our ISO 14001
accredited Environmental Management System and internal Occupational Safety and Health Management
System. The Department also works closely with environmental groups and government agencies such as
the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Energy Star program to improve our programs
and performance.
ENERGY
Under the direction of the EAS Committee, the Company has developed a comprehensive program
to achieve reductions in energy usage. Our efforts and partnership with groups such as Energy Star, the
U.S. EPA Climate Leaders and Green Power Partnership have led to the following accomplishments:
• The installation of on-site renewable energy to power our facilities where economically feasible
• The purchase of carbon offsets for our electricity use where we cannot reduce or create our own clean
energy. The combined global renewable energy credits purchases yielded an annual renewable
electricity purchase of more than 77,745 MWh for the Company in fi scal 2008. These purchases allow
us to avoid the release of 34,959 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent into the atmosphere each year
• The installation of solar photovoltaic arrays yielding more than 660 kW of energy at facilities in Oakland,
NJ, Rancho Dominguez, CA and Lachen, Switzerland. These arrays allow us to avoid the release of
more than 9,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere each year
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NATURALS AND ORGANICS HAVE BECOME A PART OF OUR
INGREDIENT BASE. OUR USE OF NATURAL AND ORGANIC
MATERIALS IS GROWING AS WE CONTINUE TO LEARN
MORE ABOUT THESE INGREDIENTS. IN FISCAL 2008,
A TEAM TASKED WITH DETERMINING NATURAL, ORGANIC
AND GREEN COMPANY PRIORITIES WAS FORMED.