Abbott 2003 Global Citizenship Report - Abbott Laboratories

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Environment, Health and Safety How we conduct our business has a direct impact on the health and safety of our employees, and the communities in which we operate around the world. Abbott’s commitment to society is to continuously manage and reduce the environmental footprint resulting from our operations, activities and products. thirty-four ehs
EHS Policy Abbott’s Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) Policy states that we will operate in a manner that is protective of human health and the environment. Our policy requires more than legal compliance. It requires strategic planning; goal setting; and the implementation of effective programs, procedures and training. We continuously review and refine all aspects of our EHS management systems, integrating improvements into our decisions and practices. Our EHS Policy, organization and management system are described in more detail on our Web site at www.abbott.com/citizenship/ehs/define.shtml. EHS Performance Challenge The EHS Performance Challenge is how we continuously improve our performance while supporting the growth of our business. Each year, our businesses, including manufacturing sites around the world, identify projects to reduce waste and injuries, and to improve EHS performance. These projects are the result of extensive cross-functional collaborations. At the corporate level, we roll up these performance targets across the company and track progress. The EHS Performance Challenge includes reducing the following: nonhazardous and hazardous waste, emissions to the air, wastewater discharges, and employee injuries and illnesses. The chart on the right indicates Abbott’s total waste reduction through the EHS Performance Challenge. Health and safety performance is presented later in this report. More information on the EHS Performance Challenge is available at www.abbott.com/citizenship/ehs/monitor.shtml. Reductions from EHS Performance Challenge Million Pounds 1200 900 600 300 0 850 2002 1,100 2003 11.1 Environmental Performance Data Environmental data from all of Abbott’s facilities – pharmaceuticals (covering bulk manufacturing, finishing, research and development), hospital, diagnostics and nutritionals products operations – are included in this report. (A more detailed account of our performance data can be found in the Data Summary Table on page 45.) We report both absolute data and data normalized to sales, which is a practice consistent with that of our peer companies. Although we recognize that sales are not an ideal substitute for production, sales-normalized data do help with trending performance. At this time, Abbott does not track energy and waste data from contract or thirdparty manufacturers. ehs thirty-five
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Page 7 and 8: What We Do Founded in 1888, Abbott
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Page 11 and 12: Q&A on Business Ethics Patricia Wer
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Page 15 and 16: Working With Suppliers In 2003, Abb
Page 17 and 18: Q&A on Citizenship in the Supply Ch
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Page 29 and 30: Q&A on Global Diagnostics Research
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