2010 Sustainability Report - Cummins.com

Raising the stakes on our
environmental performance
Highlights
Cummins successfully meets 2010 EPA
emission regulations for on-highway diesel
engines in the United States.
Company sees producing cleaner, more
efficient products as a strategic advantage.
Cummins partners with employees
to address climate change, reduce
environmental footprint.
Other accomplishments include:
Greenhouse gas reduction at Cummins’ facilities
since 2005 has reached 167,000 tons, a reduction
of 19 percent.
Product remanufacturing recycled more than
50 million pounds of material in the past year.
The energy savings from this reclamation is
equivalent to the consumption of about
10,000 homes in the United States.
Eight more sites were certified to Cummins
Demanding that everything we do leads to a cleaner,
healthier environment has been part of Cummins’
Mission Statement for many years. In practice, it
means the Company is unwavering in our commitment
to produce the cleanest products in the world and
reduce the Company’s environmental footprint.
Environmental Management System, which
drives regulatory compliance and ongoing
environmental improvement.
Cummins has raised the stakes on many
environmental fronts in the past year. Because we
have invested significantly in new products and
technologies to further lower exhaust emissions from
our products, the Company was able to successfully
launch our 2010 diesel engines, meeting even more
stringent U.S. Environmental Protection
Administration regulations.
Dr. Steven Chu, U.S. Secretary of Energy,
visits with John Wall, Cummins Chief Technical Officer,
at Cummins’ Columbus Technical Center earlier this year.
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