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The sediment made the area inhospitable for fish, aquatic plants and the invertebrates upon which all life in a river ultimately depends. Part of the river runs near the Cummins Generator Technologies Plant in Stamford. The waterway’s fortunes started to change when a team from the plant as well as some Cummins retirees joined forces with several groups, including the Grantham Angling Association, the Wild Trout Trust and the Natural England environmental group. They worked together to encourage the river to meander a little more and create deeper pools to speed up the flow of the water. That, in turn, helped to remove fine silts from the gravel along the river bottom and began to create the kind of environment where fish can thrive. “It was a superb project to be involved with, and we really enjoyed working on it,” said volunteer coordinator Heulwen Summerfield. “I think it was the simplicity of using recycled materials from our site to benefit the environment that really made the project special.” Using recycled timbers from CGT Stamford, the river keepers from Grantham Angling created a mid-stream timber island. The recycled wood held hazel bundles in place to trap the silt and over time create an island of reeds and marsh. The river flows around the island The mid-stream island begins to take shape. now at an increased velocity, which cleans the gravel and scours pools downstream of the structure. In addition, the team used live willow stakes along the river’s edge to stop erosion. The team hopes the live pieces of willow will take root and become trees that will provide additional bank support. The Environmental Challenge President’s Award winning project will take several years to achieve its full potential. However, during a recent site inspection, team members observed more aquatic plant diversity, and trout were seen to have moved into the work area. “We felt it was a special project and we’re all really pleased with how it turned out,” Summerfield said. The team has given its $10,000 grant from the Cummins Foundation to the Grantham Angling Association to pay for additional projects. It also plans to make environmental work a regular part of its Every Employee Every Community program. Harvesting water The Wagholi School project near Pune, India The Wagholi School and Orphanage near Pune, India provides food, shelter and education to the children in its care. But from November to April during the dry season, the school has trouble providing one very basic necessity: water. The school has regularly had to go to the expense of using water tankers to get through the dry season. Money spent on the tankers can’t go to other needs at the school. So volunteers from Cummins Research & Technology India (CRTI) Pune initiated the Rain Water Harvesting Project to improve the water table in the area and keep the school and orphanage from having to go to the expense of trucking in water. Other Cummins entities across India also contributed to the effort. “It was an excellent opportunity to identify and contribute to a grass roots project,” said Team Leader 72 Cummins Inc. Sustainability Report 2010
Lokesh Agrawal, Customer Interface Leader at CRTI in Pune. “As an engineer, this provided me with a huge sense of contentment.” Cummins’ operations have an ongoing relationship with the school and orphanage, working together on a variety of initiatives. On the water harvesting project, Cummins employees and school personnel took several steps, including: Planting trees to help hold water on the school grounds. Developing a roof-top system to redirect rainwater to better recharge the water table in the area. Replacing an electrical pump with a hand pump to reduce the school’s carbon footprint. The pump also reminds students that pumping water is hard work and that water should not be wasted. Using an existing well on the grounds as a storage tank to improve the efficiency of storage efforts and tap any water source nearby the well. Creating trenches on the property to encourage rain water storage and percolation. Getting anything to grow on the school grounds is a challenge but the team reports that about 30 of the 70 trees it planted survived. The team on the Wagholi project installs a hand pump to help teach students that pumping water is hard work and that water should not be wasted. Since the improvements were made at the Wagholi school, the local school authority has started implementing the same concepts at several other buildings. “When we heard that, it was a feeling of ‘Wow, we made a difference!’” Agrawal said. “It was a tremendous learning for me and I think the team as well. We felt like we were contributing back to nature.” The project team is using its $10,000 grant to support a non-profit charitable trust that is creating awareness about global warming and helping with renovation efforts to keep three biogas plants operating. Bearing fruit Inspire Orchard offers opportunities to special needs students Where others could perhaps only see an overgrown former orchard, the team at Cummins Power Generation in Kent in the United Kingdom saw a way to inspire disabled students. Working with the Royal School for Deaf Children Margate, they helped transform a 300-year-old orchard on the school property into a teaching garden for the more than 120 students at the school. “For some students, this may be the only opportunity they have to experience the environment up close due to physical limitations or health issues,” said Tracy Day, the Community Involvement Leader at Cummins Power Generation in Kent. The project, called Inspire Orchard, isn’t the first initiative that Cummins Power Generation in Kent and the school have joined forces on. They have Corporate Responsibility 73
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Table of contents This year’s Sus
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Environment 9,000 tons of CO 2 emis
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Page 37 and 38: 25% Percent change in revenue Since
Page 39 and 40: Cummins and climate change Here are
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Page 43 and 44: In December 2009, Cummins became a
Page 45 and 46: Combined heat and power 45% 85% ene
Page 47 and 48: India campus wins Chairman’s Awar
Page 49 and 50: Inside a classroom at Cummins Colle
Page 51 and 52: Partnering with Purdue, Rose Hulman
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Page 59 and 60: Dr. Franklin Chang-Diaz Title: Chai
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Page 91 and 92: Create a workplace population with
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Page 95 and 96: Taking diversity to the next level
Page 97 and 98: Council plays key role The Diversit
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