COMMUNITY PARTNERShIPS - FMC Corporation

Around the globe, FMC
employees are making the
choice to make a difference
in the communities where
they live and work.
One of FMC’s core principles is to improve the
quality of life in the communities where we
live and operate. Last year, we formalized this
commitment by establishing a goal to increase
engagement with our neighbors around the world
to create positive change.
In 2012, we defined a way to measure our
engagement efforts in order to track and advance
our progress. Our “Community Engagement Index”
quantifies our involvement in four categories at
our major sites. We selected these categories
of engagement based on FMC’s unique role as a
chemistry company, our related areas of expertise
and our desire to maintain a trusted relationship
with our local communities.
The four categories are:
1. Safety
The best way for FMC to demonstrate its
commitment to safety is to be a leader in the
communities where we operate. We provide
community training on specific safety topics,
participate in local emergency response
organizations and support other activities
that foster community safety.
2. Operational Transparency
FMC is proud of its business operations.
Whether an office location, research and
development facility or manufacturing site,
we share how we operate with the
surrounding community. Our outreach
programs include community advisory
panels, open houses, community newsletters
and other opportunities to demonstrate
transparency and openness with our
neighbors.
3. Community Leadership
FMC encourages employees to apply their
leadership skills in roles that benefit the
community as well as FMC. Employees
participate in local Chambers of Commerce,
assist in the development of local governance,
serve on charitable and non-profit boards and
other roles that strengthen our communities.
4. Community Partnership
We believe both the community and FMC
benefit from a “participatory approach” to
philanthropy. Around the globe, employees
donate their time and talent to valued
community philanthropic organizations. In
many cases, FMC provides matching funds
for employee participation and personal
donations.
To begin raising our Community Engagement
Index, we challenged all FMC sites to get involved
in these four partnership categories every year.
Each quarter, our sites report on their progress
in these areas. Ultimately, the Index calculates
an average score, or value, for community
engagement, which serves as a useful performance
and planning tool.
We used this tool to assess our level of community
engagement in 2011, and calculated a Community
Engagement Index value of 64 out of 100. In 2012,
the index grew to a score of 76. Our 2015 target is
to increase the index value to more than 90. If the
index were to reach 100, it would indicate that all
sites engaged with their communities in all four
categories during the reporting year.
With operational transparency in mind, our site in
Suzhou, China, hosted its first open house event
in 2012. The facility invited representatives from
adjacent plants, local government officials, and
leaders of environment and safety agencies to
tour the site and learn how we manage health
and safety risks.
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