2010 Sustainability Report - Cummins.com

Environmental objectives and targets
Each year, the Health, Safety and Environmental
Council agrees on objectives and targets for the
organization to ensure the improvement of Cummins’
environmental performance.
These corporate objectives are in addition to business
unit initiatives that are of special importance and address
a unique risk exposure or opportunity for that group.
In 2009, each business was asked to use Six Sigma
tools on a reduction project of their choice and to begin
to develop a water balance by identifying key uses of
water onsite.
The water balance analysis will help identify reduction
opportunities that support Cummins’ continuing focus
on water conservation. In addition, objectives and
targets have been set to generate organizational and
other support for GHG reduction and energy efficiency
initiatives across the organization.
At the end of 2009, the EMS was able to quantify
$2 million in savings and the following environmental
improvements as a result of the objectives and
targets completed:
8 metric tons of waste reduced
47 million gallons of water conserved
1,000,000 BTUs (British Thermal Unit)
of natural gas reduced
2.5 megawatts of electricity reduced
4,000 pounds of solvent usage reduced
Cummins Southern Plains implements
integrated Environment Safety System
Many sites at Cummins are developing integrated
health, safety and environmental systems to meet
both environmental and safety standards.
Cummins has developed a number of tools to support
these activities including integrated Corporate Health,
Safety and Environmental procedures.
Cummins Southern Plains, headquartered in Texas
with 10 branch locations, is our first distributor
in the corporate enterprise to implement such an
integrated system.
Having multiple locations across two states
required good communications and common
systems to achieve consistency and excellence
for health, safety and the environment.
Implementation teams set up at all branch
locations helped make the process smoother.
“Since all of our branches perform the same basic
functions, deploying the HSEMS (Health, Safety
and Environmental System) to all branches added
a lot of value for little additional effort at Southern
Plains,” said Charles Glynn – Southern Plains Health,
Safety and Environmental Leader. “Implementing a
formal HSEMS has allowed us to identify gaps in our
approach and significantly improved our safety and
environmental performance.”
“The environmental and safety management
system provides standardized processes to drive
continual improvement, while retaining site level
flexibility that is critical to address the diverse
challenges in the Distribution Business Unit,” said
Adam Tucker, Cummins Distribution Business Unit
HSE leader. “The achievement of Southern Plains
is significant as more distributors will move to
these systems.”
Environment