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Xerox Green Policy
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Environmental, Health and Safety Governance
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The Environment, Health and Safety (EH&S) organization is charged with ensuring company-wide adherence to Xerox’s environmental, health and safety policy. The governance model we use to accomplish this task is illustrated to the right. Its central elements include clearly defined goals, a single set of worldwide standards and an audit process that ensures conformance to these requirements.
Standards and Programs
Environmental, health and safety standards are our primary tool for ensuring compliance with corporate policies and goals. These worldwide standards establish specific requirements for product safety, materials safety, packaging, environmental management and reporting, workplace safety, emergency response and asset protection. We have also established company-wide programs such as Zero Injury, Emergency Preparedness and Energy Challenge 2012 to engage and support employees worldwide.
Supplier Environmental, Health and Safety Management
Xerox extends environmental, health and safety requirements across its supply chain. Since 1998, Xerox has asked its materials and components suppliers to meet specific environmental, health and safety requirements. These requirements were broadened in 2004 to better manage the chemical content of our products. By adopting the Electronic Industry Code of Conduct, Xerox has further strengthened its commitment to ensure that its suppliers are operating according to accepted industry standards for environmental management. Starting in 2003, Xerox extended additional requirements to companies that provide paper to Xerox for resale.
Audit Program
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To maintain and achieve regulatory compliance, a well-established audit program measures our success in implementing corporate standards and guidelines. To identify environmental, health and safety risks and potential areas of non-compliance, Xerox audits research, manufacturing and service operations on an average of once every three years. Xerox audit teams evaluate operations against Xerox standards, regulations and industry guidelines, and with the assistance of the audit teams, local managers develop action plans to correct deficiencies. Senior management pays particular attention to situations with the potential to pose a high risk of environmental damage, serious injury to employees, or regulatory non-compliance. In 2007, Xerox met its goal of resolution of these issues within 90 days, and has demonstrated that the audit program has become an important mechanism for identifying and correcting performance gaps.
Employee Training and Education
Through training and internal communication, Xerox makes its employees aware of how our operations affect the environment. Manufacturing employees who can have a potential impact on the environment receive training annually on topics such as hazardous waste management, spill prevention and response, recycling and ISO 14001. Customer Service Engineer training covers safety hazards, exposures and processes for risk mitigation. We post our environmental policy in our facilities, and we deploy environmental, health and safety goals for our products through our product development process. Through our ISO 14001 environmental management, employees are routinely involved in identifying the environmental aspects associated with their responsibilities.
We also use our internal Web site to communicate the company’s environmental goals. Employees are encouraged to do their part to reduce environmental impact through programs such as office recycling and our Energy Challenge 2012.
Stakeholder Outreach
Through a variety of means, Xerox communicates with stakeholders about our programs, performance and goals for environmental health and safety. Stakeholders include employees, customers, investors, universities, government agencies and environmental groups. We use their inputs in our reviews and strategy planning. Xerox tracks inquires from customers and other stakeholders and comments through our customer EH&S Support “hotlines” in North America and Europe. We also hear from customers through focus groups, and we hear from the larger community by participating in a number of external organizations.
Integrating Environmental Priorities Into Manufacturing Operations
All of Xerox’s manufacturing operations employ an ISO 14001-conforming environmental management system. This ensures compliance with regulations and Xerox standards, identifies environmental impact and sets objective and performance targets. The ISO 14001 system requires that day-to-day business activities be integrated with environmental planning and program management. It encourages innovative engineering solutions, creative partnerships and employee involvement.
Our major manufacturing operations have been certified to ISO 14001 since 1997. In 2002, we completed the certification of all current manufacturing operations. New plants are scheduled for certification as they become operational.
In 2007, starting with our largest U.S. supplies warehouse operations, Xerox began to expand the adoption of ISO 14001 beyond manufacturing. Our intention is to expand adoption of ISO 14001 to all other U.S. supplies warehouses in 2008 and to additional operations and geographies over the next several years.
Xerox Environmental Partners
To advance global efforts to improve our environment, Xerox partners with these private and public organizations:
Business Roundtable Climate Resolve
Business Roundtable S.E.E. (Society, Environment, Economy) Change
Business for Social Responsibility
California’s Climate Action Registry
Advisory Board of Golisano Sustainability Institute at Rochester Institute of Technology
Sustainable Energy Ireland
International Leadership Council of The Nature Conservancy
Advisory Board of the Center for Sustainable Systems at the University of Michigan
U.S. Climate Action Partnership
U.S. E.P.A. Climate Leaders
U.S. E.P.A. ENERGY STAR
U.S. E.P.A. National Environmental Performance Track
U.S. E.P.A. WasteWise
1991 Environment Health and Safety Governance and Policy
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Environmental, Health and Safety Governance and Policy, adopted in 1991, forms the foundation of our Environmental Leadership Program
Xerox Corporation is committed to the protection of the environment and the health and safety of its employees, customers and neighbors. This commitment is applied worldwide. The following principles govern all business practices in the design, manufacture, procurement, marketing, distribution, maintenance, reuse/recycling and disposal of products and related services:
Protection of the environment and the health and safety of Xerox employees, customers and neighbors from unacceptable risks takes priority over economic considerations and will not be compromised.
Xerox operations must be conducted in a manner that safeguards health, protects the environment, conserves valuable materials and resources, and minimizes risk of asset losses.
Xerox is committed to designing, manufacturing, distributing and marketing products and processes to optimize resource utilization and minimize environmental impact.
Xerox is dedicated to continuous improvement of its performance in environment, health and safety.
All Xerox operations and products are, at a minimum, in full compliance with applicable governmental requirements and Xerox standards.
Integrating Environmental Priorities Into Product Design
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Xerox recognizes that the best results – both environmental and financial – are achieved when environmental priorities are considered from the outset of product design. Customer feedback, along with a forward-looking view of global trends in technology, regulations and ecolabels, have led us to a comprehensive set of standards that encompasses: energy efficiency, chemical management, parts reuse and recycling, electrical and mechanical safety, ergonomics, electromagnetic emissions, fire resistance and materials safety.
Xerox business teams and the EH&S organization review Xerox products at each stage of the “time to market” product development process. This is a requirement for the introduction of any new product.
