Cummins Inc. 2007 Sustainability Report

“I am honored
to work at
a company
where success
is defined by
more than how
much money
the corporation
makes.”
Linda Shi
Environmental Objectives
and Targets
Each year, the Health, Safety and
Environmental Council sets objectives
and targets for the organization to ensure
improvement of Cummins’ environmental
performance. The business units
supplement these with initiatives of their
own that are of special importance and
interest to their businesses. Recent
objectives and targets have included
improvements of the tools and processes
that support collection and reporting of
key environmental performance indicators,
auditor training and other functional
excellence initiatives. In addition, objectives
and targets have been set to generate
organizational and other support for the
GHG reduction commitment and energy
efficiency initiatives.
Auditor Certification Program
The program was launched to support
Cummins’ efforts to develop more
consistently robust auditing capabilities and
develop employee functional excellence.
Audit trainees are called upon to participate
with HSE Council leaders in site EMS audits
that are conducted to support new EMS
registrations and satisfy Cummins’ annual
audit requirement. Through successful
participation as a team member in several
audits and a supervised event as a lead
auditor, audit trainees themselves become
certified as lead auditors.
Not only has this initiative bolstered
EMS expertise and reduced Cummins’
dependence on contractors, it has
substantially facilitated the sharing of best
practices. Auditors observe first-hand the
effective practices in place at the audited
site and bring a fresh perspective to
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the auditee to share their own winning
environmental management strategies.
Lead auditors are recognized at
Cummins annual HSE Awards Banquet.
Selected auditors with both safety
and environmental responsibilities and
expertise are being certified within both
disciplines to support the integration of
these systems and the future development
of an Health, Safety and Environmental
Management System enterprise.
Cummins Launches
Energy Efficiency Initiative
To meet one of our key climate change
objectives, a Cummins global Energy
Efficiency Team conducted energy
assessments at the largest Cummins
sites. They identified more than 500
capital projects alone at the first 15 sites
in the United States. Information from
these energy assessments was used to
set an investment strategy and define an
improvement approach based on energyuse
categories. These categories, such
as heating and cooling, capturing waste
energy and improved lighting are driving
improvements in our facilities.
Grassroots energy champions, working
with the Energy Efficiency Team, also
are engaging employees to initiate and
participate in energy conservation projects.
For example, at the Consolidated Diesel
Company, Cummins’ joint venture in
Rocky Mount, North Carolina, a project
was launched to reduce the amount of
electricity used by the plant’s lighting. As
a result, more than 800 standard lights
were replaced with fluorescent T5 fixtures.
This led to a reduction in electrical costs
of 40 percent and a savings of 2.4 million
kilowatt hours a year.