Environmental, health and safety standards are our primary tool for ensuring compliance with corporate policies and goals. These worldwide standards establish specific requirements for product safety, materials safety, packaging, environmental management and reporting, workplace safety, emergency response, and asset protection.
Xerox extends environmental, health and safety requirements across its supply chain. Since 1998, Xerox has asked its materials and components suppliers to meet specific environmental, health and safety requirements. These requirements were strengthened in 2004 to better manage the chemical content of our products. Starting in 2003, Xerox extended additional requirements to companies that provide paper to Xerox for resale. More information on these standards can be found at www.xerox.com/environment.
A well-established audit program measures our success in implementing environmental, health and safety goals and targets. Xerox research, manufacturing, and service operations are scheduled for audits at least once every three years. Xerox audit teams evaluate operations against Xerox standards, regulations, and industry guidelines to identify environmental, health and safety risks and potential areas of non-compliance. With the assistance of audit teams, local managers develop action plans to correct deficiencies. Situations that pose a high risk of environmental damage, serious injury to employees, or regulatory non-compliance receive special attention from senior management and are tracked for resolution. The audit program has proven to be an important mechanism for identifying and correcting performance gaps.
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