Cytec’s Safety,
Health and Environment
2007 Performance and 2008 Goals
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2007 Safety, Health and Environment Sustainability Report.
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Recordable Injury Frequency |
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Cytec believes that all
injuries are preventable. Our goal is zero. We are
working to improve our safety management systems and
culture to improve our injury frequency (the number of
recordable injuries per 100 employees). We
invested more than $20 million in safety capital in 2007
to reduce process incident risk.
We instituted more
stringent process safety standards and in 2007 our serious
process incidents dropped by 66% compared to 2006. We
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Injuries
For 2007, our recordable injury frequency on a global
basis was 1.22. Cytec uses recordable injury frequency,
the number of OSHA-safe recordable injuries per one
hundred employees, as its employee safety metric. We are
not satisfied with our performance and are instituting
core safety leadership requirements for our operations
leaders. At Cytec, safety is a core competency and
guides our behaviors and activities. We are working to
improve our safety culture at all locations.
Serious Process
Incidents
Cytec measures Responsible Care incidents as unplanned
process incidents that cause serious injuries or cause
more than $25,000 in damage. We had one incident meeting
the criteria, and no injuries associated with the
incident. This is a major improvement compared to 2006.
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Energy and Climate Change |
Cytec recognizes the need
to address the long-term impacts of climate change. This
year we joined EPA’s Climate Leaders program and
committed to improving our greenhouse gas intensity.
Cytec also reviewed its energy demand and baseline for
CO2 equivalents emitted directly and
indirectly through purchase of energy at its
manufacturing sites.
Cytec reduced energy intensity by 3% in 2007 and also
received an ACC Energy Efficiency Award for the past
three years for its efforts in reducing energy.
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Environmental Impact of Products |
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We strive to develop
environmentally friendly products that meet the needs of
our customers. Consideration is given to safety, health
and environmental impacts early in the new product
development process. In order to efficiently manage all
critical elements of new product development, Cytec
established a process called the Cytec Innovation
Management System (CIMS), which is a comprehensive tool
used by R+D, Marketing, Legal, Manufacturing, and SHE
functions to manage projects from the idea generation
stage through development to commercialization. The
related SHE aspects of new products are reviewed and
approved prior to continuation of the project. Several
tools are built into CIMS, including the use of EPA
developed Sustainable Futures models, Cytec’s Solvent
Selection Guide, and other modeling tools. The EPA
models have been incorporated at the early stages of the
process as a screening tool to drive commercialization
of greener, safer, more environmentally friendly
products. |
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Emissions and Waste |
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Cytec is working to reduce
its environmental accidental releases and emissions
associated with operations. We track releases of all
chemicals in excess of a pound (0.45 kg) to the
environment (air/water/land) and to containment. Our
goal is to reduce releases by 10% year on year. We also
track the total volume of hazardous air pollutant
emissions and in 2002 set a 5-year goal to reduce those
by 20%. Since the baseline was established in 2002,
those emissions have been reduced by 44%. |
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Hazardous Air Pollutants
Cytec* reduced Hazardous Air Pollutant releases by 44% from
2002-2007.
Releases to the
Environment
Cytec reduced accidental releases to the environment by
13% in 2007 and 39.7% since 2002.
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Waste Reduction
Cytec has programs in place to reduce waste generated from our
operations. Our manufacturing sites are employing LEAN
manufacturing principles that are designated to further reduce
waste associated with operations. We developed a baseline in
2006 and improved our waste generation by 1% in 2007. We also
reduced the total quantity of hazardous waste generated by 2%.
Our 5-year goal is 15% improvement in waste efficiency against
the 2006 baseline (Kg waste/Kg products).
| Our Employees
and Community Involvement |
We invest in our employees’ education, growth and
personal development. Some examples of these activities
include:
• Supporting employee donations to educational institutions
with
100% matching fund
• Providing Educational Assistance to eligible Cytec
employees
seeking higher education
• Providing a structural program for employee development
and
career path
• Supporting employee participation in Habitat for Humanity
Cytec is actively working in the communities in which we
operate to make improvements and lend a helping hand. These
include the following:
• Supporting annual fundraisers for United Way
• Purchasing Science Screen Report for Kids Kits and
donating
them to local schools (educational videos and teacher guides
that
aid teachers in classroom instruction on topics such as
chemistry,
chemical engineering, technology and medicine)
• Cytec employees conducting science experiments in local
schools
• Employees participating in neighborhood clean-ups
• Hosting/co-hosting community health fairs and blood drives
• Teams of employees participating in fundraising
walks/runs
Long-Term Performance and 2008 Goals
Cytec is
committed to the following long-term goals:
• Fully implement RC14001 at all of our manufacturing sites
and R+D sites on a global basis by 2009
• Reduce the Recordable Injury Frequency goal to less than
0.5 by 2010
• Improve global energy efficiency by 15% by 2012
• Improve global greenhouse gas emissions intensity by 12%
by 2012
• Reduce global waste generation by 15% by 2012
Cytec’s
goals for 2008 are to continue improving on 2007. During
2008, Cytec is committed to:
• Reducing Recordable Injury Frequency by 10% against 2007
rate
• Achieving zero Responsible Care process incidents
• Achieving 10% reduction in accidental environmental
releases greater than 1 pound from 2007 levels
• Achieving a 3% improvement in energy efficiency and 2%
improvement in CO2 intensity
• Achieving a 3% improvement on waste reduction per pound of
products
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