An important aspect of Responsible Care® is to have health, safety, environmental, and security (HSES) performance measures readily available to the public. Eastman tracks a variety of measures and establishes goals for those we want or need to improve. We also submit information to be included in the American Chemistry Council's (ACC) industry measures and goals. We're proud of our history but also strive to continually improve.
Responsible Care® emphasizes continual improvement in Health, Safety, Environmental, and Security performance. In that spirit, Eastman in 2006 committed to a review process of our environmental performance measures and goals. Through that process, we have expanded the environmental performance metrics that we track and strengthened the goals that we set to document improvement. Of special interest is the addition of a greenhouse gas intensity reduction goal. This goal joins our energy efficiency goal in targeting yearly improvements until 2012. Hazardous waste, now reported as a ratio to product sold, has a new 5-year goal. A new 5-year goal has also been established for reportable releases and TRI emissions. For the first time in 2007, we began reporting volatile organic compound, nitrogen oxide, and sulfur dioxide emissions and comparing with either 5-year or 10-year goals.
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Global OSHA Recordable Rates - (Annual Incidents/100 Employees Involving Treatment Beyond First Aid)
An important measure of employee safety is the OSHA Recordable injury rate. An OSHA recordable injury is one that involves treatment beyond first aid. A cut requiring stitches is a good example. While no injury is acceptable, our goal for 2008 is to have no more than 0.75 incidents per 100 employees annually.
Note: This measure reflects Eastman's global performance. OSHA Recordable Rates published by ACC in Responsible Care reporting include only U.S. sites. |
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Global Days Away From Work – (Annual Incidents/100 Employees Where Work is Missed)
A Day Away From Work injury is one that is serious enough to cause an employee to lose time from work. Our goal for 2008 is to have no more than 0.15 Day Away From Work Injuries per 100 employees annually.
Note: This measure reflects Eastman's global performance. OSHA Recordable Rates published by ACC in Responsible Care reporting include only U.S. sites. |
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Global Process Safety Incidents - (*Data from 2000 and beyond include global sites.)
This measure shows the number of process safety incidents globally that match specific criteria established by the American Chemistry Council.
Note: This measure reflects Eastman's global performance. Process Safety Incidents published by ACC in Responsible Care reporting include only U.S. sites. |
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Hazardous Wastes - (Measures exclude wastewater)
Eastman established a goal for Solid Hazardous Waste in the mid-90s. Our goal was to reduce solid hazardous waste generated by 50% at our four legacy sites in the U.S. by year-end 2005.
We subsequently set an additional goal of 25% reduction by 2005 at our more recently acquired sites, both in the U.S. and globally. The two combined goals result in an overall goal of 360 million pounds by the end of 2005.
*Data from 2000 and beyond include global sites.
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Hazardous Waste Indexed to Production - (without biosolids)
Hazardous waste per unit of production is a new measure for Eastman. The goal is to reduce hazardous waste per unit of production by 10% from 2005 by 2010. |
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Reportable Releases - (Releases reported by number)
Reportable releases have been reduced by about 60% since 2000. The number of releases for 2007 was 50. A new goal of 25% reduction from a 2005 baseline by 2010 has been established. |
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Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) Releases - (Million Pounds)
Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) releases have been tracked and reported by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) since the late 1980’s. Since 1989, Eastman’s reportable TRI emissions have declined by almost 86%. Eastman has established a goal of reducing TRI emissions by 25% by the year 2010 using 2005 as a baseline year. |
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Energy Efficiency - (MMBTU's/1,000 Kg Sold)
Eastman has a long history of working to improve energy efficiency. An original energy usage goal was established in the mid 1990’s. Eastman met that goal and has established a new one—2% improvement per year until 2012, starting with 2001. The energy needed to produce 1,000 kg of product sold should be reduced from 27.8 MBTUs in 2001 to 22.2 in 2012. |
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Greenhouse Gas Intensity - (Equivalent Pounds of CO2 Emissions Per Pound of Product Sold)
Eastman has committed to a 2% reduction per year starting with 2001. In 2007, we achieved a 23% reduction in greenhouse gas intensity using 2001 as a baseline year.
- 1993-2000: U.S. sites only, increasing over time
- 1993-1997: Energy-related CO2 only
- 1998-2006: Process and energy related CO2
- 2001-2006: Includes global sites
- All years: Includes CO2 emissions from generators for purchased electricity
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Environmental Expenditures - (Million Dollars)
Eastman's environmental expenditures are tracked on a global basis. These include operations, construction and development costs. The amount spent for 2007 was $204 million. |
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Distribution Incidents - (Per 1,000 Shipments)
Eastman tracks the rate of distribution incidents involving the shipment of our products that are considered hazardous by the U.S. Department of Transportation. |
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Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) – (Tons)
The reduction of VOC emissions is a new goal for Eastman reflecting our desire to reduce air emissions from facilities around the world. The goal was set to achieve a 15% reduction from a 2005 baseline by 2010. In 2007, we reported almost a 19% reduction in VOC emissions compared to 2005. |
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Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) – (Tons)
In 2006, Eastman set a 10-year goal to reduce nitrogen oxides worldwide by 20% by 2015. In 2007, global NOx emissions were 7% less than 2005 levels. |
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Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) – (Tons)
Eastman also established a new 10-year SO2 goal of making a 40% reduction in emissions by 2015. Eastman’s 2007 SO2 emissions were almost 3% less than the 2005 baseline emissions. |
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