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ICI Reports emissions down but ?mixed? health and safety performance
July 2007
ICI has published its Sustainability Review for 2006, covering further progress in a broad range of areas in the company's sustainability performance. Last year was the first year of Sustainability Challenge 2010, the fourth of ICI's five-year programmes designed to improve sustainability performance.
The Group has been reporting on sustainability issues and performance since 1991, and since 1990, through a combination of efficiency improvement and changes in ICI's business portfolio, there have been total reductions in energy consumption of 90 per cent, greenhouse gas emissions of 96 per cent and hazardous waste to land of 97 per cent.
In 2006, ICI was on target in its Challenge 2010 objectives in the areas such as energy use, greenhouse gas emissions, hazardous waste and the release of hazardous substances to air (this was down by 27 per cent per tonne of production compared with the 2005 rate).
John McAdam, ICI Chief Executive, said: "Our safety and health performance was mixed. Work-related injuries and illnesses among employees and supervised contractors fell by ten per cent on the 2005 rate. However, we regret that there were two independent contractor fatalities in 2006 and contractor injury performance was below expectations."
A nine per cent decrease was achieved in aquatic oxygen demand, an indicator for the impact of discharges.? Water use was below target, with a small (one per cent) increase in water usage per tonne of production compared with 2005.
The 2006 Sustainability Review is available for downloading via?www.ici.com/publicationsanddownloads? More details on ICI?s sustainability performance are available on www.ici.com/sustainability
* ICI Paints has launched a downloadable Sustainability Policy and Report which outlines our commitment to sustainable development and the promotion of responsible corporate citizenship.
The report focuses on the ICI Paints policy to conduct its business operations with integrity and with respect for the interests of all those affected by their operations.
The report also sets out in detail our sustainability policy and gives examples of our environmental performance, product supply chain successes and health and safety record. Data on related activities, including product developments and compliance with VOC regulations, reductions in CO2 emissions and innovative recycling and waste reduction schemes are also discussed.
David Brunt, Head of Marketing: Sustainability and Commercial Market, said: "To meet the expectations of our customers it is the policy of ICI Paints to operate in a sustainable way. ICI Paints has taken its environmental responsibility seriously for many years. This report has been produced in response to the market now expecting instant access to information on our commitment, to ensure all stakeholders are fully informed."
ICI Paints operates to a number of set objectives within the parameters of legal compliance, ethical operations, human rights, continuous improvement, risk management and responsible care. ICI Plc is a member of the FTSE4Good index and the Dow Jones Sustainability Index.
The ICI Paints report can be downloaded from the following location:
http://www.icipaints.co.uk/files/pdf/brochures/sustainability.pdf
