2010 environmental sustainability report - newell...

2010 EnvironmEntal SuStainabilityrEport

our CulturE of SuStainabilityNewell Rubbermaid’s Culture of Environmental Sustainability is comprised of our Environmental Sustainability vision, mission and Strategy.

Our Environmental Sustainability vision is to be an eco-efficient company where excellence in environmental stewardship and sustainable innovation build Brands That Matter™ and create value for our shareholders, consumers and customers.

Our Environmental Sustainability mission is to integrate environmental sustainability principles and practices into the way Newell Rubbermaid does business, increasing our competitive advantage and improving our brand and corporate image. We will achieve integration of environmental sustainability in our company through strong management commitment, development of global resource networks and routine measurement of performance and reporting of results.

Our Environmental Sustainability Strategy is to implement a holistic, centrally led governance and management approach that focuses on developing internal, cross-functional networks and programs in two key areas: operations & supply chain and products & packaging. We are supporting both areas with interactive dialogue, purposeful collaboration and valuable partnerships with our internal and external stakeholders.

produCt StEwardShip that bEnEfitS pEoplE -- and planEtNewell Rubbermaid is a global marketer of consumer and commercial products, and our innovative solutions touch the lives of millions of people around the world every day. By offering products that create fewer environmental impacts, are safer, more durable and that help people find new ways to be more efficient, we empower consumers to live and work more sustainably. Our approach integrates environmental considerations into every aspect of our operations — from research and innovation, to manufacturing, to marketing to the end user.

In 2010 Newell Rubbermaid marked continued progress in fulfilling our sustainability commitment — to achieve excellence in environmental stewardship and drive sustainable innovation that benefits consumers and all stakeholders. This visionary process, fueled by the talent and energy of Newell Rubbermaid employees, made possible several notable achievements, including:

• A report to the Carbon Disclosure Project documenting the company’s climate strategies, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and energy use.

• Comprehensive energy assessments across all major manufacturing facilities.• Expansion of the Green Office program, which engages employees at our global offices

to drive sustainability practices such as increased recycling, carpooling and environmentally preferred purchasing.

• The second annual Energy Summit, which brought together leaders from our global manufacturing facilities to review existing energy management practices and develop strategies for continued reductions in energy use and GHG emissions.

nEw milEStonES on our SuStainablE JournEy

2 EnvirOnmEnTAl SuSTAinAbiliTy rEPOrT 2010

The commitment of Newell Rubbermaid people is focused on creating more useful and sustainable products that delight millions of consumers every day, and on improving the operations and processes within our company to enhance sustainability. This report describes our continued progress to conserve resources and reduce environmental impacts, and outlines upcoming initiatives to enhance our environmental performance going forward.

Commitments That Win in the Marketplace

In markets around the globe, today’s consumers want to know more about how a product was produced, its impact on the environment and how it can help them be more sustainable in their day-to-day activities. That’s why we have embedded environmental sustainability into our consumer-driven innovation and product development process. New products like a refillable Sharpie® marker that can be used and re-used for years, and a levolor® Accordia™ window shade that reduces energy consumption, both benefit the environment and create important product differentiators that win in the marketplace. Our commitment to more sustainable products and packaging helps Newell Rubbermaid earn the trust of millions of consumers who care deeply about the environment.

To achieve and maintain leadership in an increasingly global marketplace requires a commitment to drive efficiencies throughout the supply chain, and in our administrative processes. A more efficient enterprise is both more sustainable and more profitable. Our initiatives to reduce energy and water consumption, reduce waste and increase recycling, deliver significant economic value and play an important role in creating a leaner, more effective organization.

Centered on People

Our successes to date have been noteworthy, yet our journey is far from complete. More work remains in order to achieve our objectives for environmental sustainability. Driving those efforts are the talented men and women throughout Newell Rubbermaid who innovate great new products that meet a wide array of consumer and professional needs.

Our Vision:

To be a global company

of Brands That MatterTM

and great people, known

for best-in-class results.


At newell rubbermaid, our vision is to be a global company of brands That matter™ and great people, known for best-in-class results. We are a global marketer of consumer and professional products that touch the lives of people where they work, live and play. Newell Rubbermaid is committed to building meaningful brands through understanding the needs of consumers and leveraging those insights to create innovative, highly differentiated product solutions that offer performance and value.

Newell Rubbermaid’s products and brands are organized into three operating segments, or groups: Home & Family, Office Products and Tools, Hardware & Commercial Products.

our Companyat-a-glanCE

Our Brands Home & Family BrandsWe are a global marketer of

consumer and professional

products that touch the lives

of people where they work,

live and play.

Tools, Hardware & Commercial Product Brands

Office Product Brands

Approximately

Our Global Presence

70% North American Sales30% Global Sales

Global Presence

69% U.S. 14% Europe 6% Asia Pacific 6% Canada 5% Latin America

Global Presence

Our Facilities Worldwide

19,400Employees Worldwide

Vision and Values

VisionTo be a global company of Brands That

Matter™ and great people, known for

best-in-class results.

Values• Our Entrepreneurial Spirit ignites Growth

• Our interdependence Drives Success

• We Thrive Through innovation

• Our brands inspire Passion

• We bring What matters to Our Work


SuStainability at-a-glanCE


Environmental Sustainability PrinciplesTo align our company to achieve our environmental sustainability vision, we apply these principles throughout the enterprise:

• Leadership and Accountability Assign clear roles and responsibilities and allocate adequate resources to our sustainability program. Articulate our shared values and, wherever possible, establish clear metrics and use them to track our improvements and hold management accountable for results.

• Integration Strive to integrate sustainability across the entire corporation, including business processes, products and day-to-day decision-making.

• Ethics and Compliance Incorporate sustainability principles as we conduct business in accordance with our code of business conduct and ethics. Meet or exceed all environmental requirements and standards applicable to our operations.

• Environment Reduce the environmental impact of our operations and products throughout their life cycle, including design, procurement, production, distribution, product use and end-of-life. use safer and fewer regulated chemicals when feasible and optimize use of natural resources.

• Communication and Training Empower employees to practice these principles daily through education and training. Create a workplace with a supportive culture in which our environmental sustainability efforts are regularly discussed and opportunities for improvement are sought out, shared and implemented frequently.

• Stakeholder Engagement Engage stakeholders to identify sustainability opportunities and concerns regarding our operations and products. The engagement process includes targeted research, meetings, presentations, conferences, websites and this report. Collaborate with these stakeholders to develop mutually beneficial initiatives and solutions. These stakeholders include:

• Consumers• Employees• Shareholders• Customers• Suppliers• Communities in which we operate


2010 Energy Use (in megawatt hours)

493,029 MWh Power155,089 MWh Natural Gas

Energy Use

In 2010 we continued to expand the foundation to build an eco-efficient company and realize both economic and environmental benefits at our operations and in our supply chain. We recognize the importance of understanding the impacts of our products every step of the way from engineering, to production and manufacturing, to delivery and end use. That’s why we are expanding our environmental sustainability processes to analyze and improve supply chain variables that impact our organization positively and reduce our customers’ supply chain footprint.

Our energy management team has implemented many initiatives within our buildings, including installing more efficient lighting, water and HvAC systems, and we are working to expand these efforts by helping all of our manufacturing and distribution facilities realize best practices of increased energy savings in their processes and operations.

SuStainablE opErationS and Supply Chain

Energy Efficiency and Climate Change Management

Newell Rubbermaid has established key performance indicators (KPis) for energy, waste and water. The KPis form the basis for future goal setting and reporting. Energy use data gathered in 2008 identified eight manufacturing facilities that accounted for more than 50 percent of the total energy used by the company, with an annual energy spend of approximately $40 million. In 2009, we assembled representatives from each of these facilities along with internal and external experts for an inaugural energy conservation workshop to jump start energy conservation at these facilities. Our second annual Energy Summit, held in July 2010, included facility energy leaders from around the world and focused on training Newell Rubbermaid’s top energy users to further develop and increase energy efficiencies.

Effective Stewardship of Water Resources

We are committed to implementing enterprise-wide processes to reduce water consumption and find new and creative ways to conserve this precious resource.

2010 Greenhouse Gas Emissions (in metric tons of CO2)

GHG

Emissions from Natural Gas Combustion

Emissions from Purchased Electricity

299,765 CO2T

28,412 CO2T

2010 Water Usage (in cubic meters)

Water Use

Water Withdrawn

Water Discharged

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638,933 m3

702,933 m3

Water Withdrawn

WaterDischarged


Reducing Waste, Expanding Recycling

Maximizing the eco-efficiency of our operations also means reducing waste whenever possible. For example, waste reduction efforts at our rubbermaid Commercial Products Winchester, Virginia location in 2010 leveraged a comprehensive recycling program to divert more than 2.3 million pounds of waste from the landfill. At our rubbermaid Food and Home Product facility in mogadore, Ohio 90 to 95 percent of resin waste is recycled as is 90 percent of corrugated cardboard. And our Green Office program, designed to raise environmental awareness among employees, boosts recycling and emphasizes eco-friendly purchasing.

A Sharper Focus on Energy Consumption

Our lenox® brand is a leader in industrial band saw blades used to cut a wide range of materials – including wood, steel, aluminum and titanium. The lenox plant in East longmeadow, Massachusetts produces the equivalent of 20,000 miles of blades each year.

Committed to continuous process improvement, lenox in 2010 leveraged an opportunity to enhance product performance while achieving dramatic reductions in energy usage. The project replaced seven individual legacy electric furnaces with a single state-of-the-art furnace. The new furnace has the equivalent production capacity of previous equipment but lowers power consumption by more than 1.2 million kWh. That’s an energy savings of more than 55 percent.

The investment in efficiency saves lenox nearly $157,000 in average annual energy costs, and earned a rebate of $394,000 from the public utility that serves the plant. The project creates a triple win – increased product performance, significantly reduced energy consumption and a more economically sustainable manufacturing facility that continues to provide hundreds of jobs.

2010 Non-Hazardous Waste Generation (in metric tons)

10,407 MT Recycled/Reused866 MT Landfill/Disposed256 MT Incinerated

Non Hazardous Waste 2010 Hazardous Waste Generation (in metric tons)

660 MT Recycled/Reused912 MT Landfill/Disposed97 MT Incinerated

Hazardous Waste


SuStainablE produCtSIn 2010 Newell Rubbermaid made continued progress toward fulfilling our vision of excellence in environmental stewardship and sustainable innovation. A key component of our consumer-driven innovation product development is an emphasis on understanding environmental sustainability at every step of the process. We provide employees with the knowledge and tools required to identify opportunities to improve product and packaging sustainability as they innovate our brands.

Product Highlights

• Deployed life cycle analysis (lCA) software to identify and prioritize opportunities to reduce the environmental impacts of our products from “cradle to grave.” For example, in our Office Products group, product developers are using lCA applications to determine the environmental effects of mechanical pencils and stick pens and how switching from virgin resin to recycled/biodegradable resin may help reduce impacts.

• Partnered with respected outside stakeholders – including the Forest Stewardship Council™ – to secure green certifications for our packaging.

LonG LIvE ThE FrUITS And vEGGIES!A more sustainable kitchen starts with fruits and vegetables that last longer and make it to the table — not the trash. Rubbermaid® Produce Saver™ food storage solutions keep fruits and vegetables crisp and fresh up to 33 percent longer. Its Fresh Vent™ lets produce breathe, while a special Crisp Tray™ insert keeps food free from moisture. By offering an option to wasteful plastic baggies, Produce Saver also helps stretch every family food dollar.


EFFICIEnT And STyLISh Too — ThAT’S ACCordIAThere’s a great new stylish way to improve home energy efficiency: levolor® Accordia™ Shades. loss of energy through windows can account for up to 20 percent of home heating and cooling costs. Accordia is the most energy efficient shading solution available because its innovative and exclusive technology, Energy Shield™, at once provides additional insulation, eliminates air flow through the shade and provides filtered light, all while offering the unbeatable style of over 200 fabric choices.

A MorE rEnEWAbLE WAy To WrITEThere’s no better-loved writing instrument than Sharpie®, the number one writing brand in North America. Sharpie unlocks the creativity of millions of users each day. So wouldn’t it be great to have a Sharpie that could write practically forever? Write on! That was the thinking behind the new refillable Sharpie Stainless Steel Permanent marker™. It’s the most elegant Sharpie yet, and its ink cartridge can be replaced over and over again for years of use.

MAny hAppy rETUrnS WITh CALphALon rEnEWCalphalon® created the industry’s first cookware recycling program in conjunction with the introduction of Calphalon ReNew™ Nonstick cookware. To participate, consumers purchasing a set of Calphalon unison™ Nonstick cookware simply place old pots and pans in the provided return box, and shipping is free. As a thank you, consumers receive two, 100 percent recycled shopping bags. In 2010, over 39,000 pounds of cookware were recycled through the program. Calphalon products are made with 40 percent recycled aluminum.

SorT IT oUT WITh ThE ELEMEnT Indoor rECyCLInG STATIon For facility managers and building owners, a robust recycling program demands solutions that work great, look great and meet government and corporate requirements. Rubbermaid Commercial Products’® new Element Decorative indoor recycling Stations™ provide stylish, centralized collection of recyclable materials and sorting of up to four waste streams. Element solutions can count toward achieving lEED credit, and they meet or exceed EPA guidelines for post-consumer recycled content.



right-SizEd paCkaging ConSErvES rESourCES, dElivErS valuEIn 2010 we strengthened our focus on reducing the size, cost and environmental impacts of product packaging. Smarter packaging creates efficiencies at every phase of the supply chain: less plastic, cardboard and paperboard when a product is prepared for sale; reduced cost, energy use and greenhouse gas emissions during shipment; and a smaller footprint in distribution centers and on the retail shelf.

A packaging redesign for the Shur-line Edge like A Pro™ ceiling and trim paint edger modified the previous two-sided blister pack into a more eco-efficient one-sided blister. The redesign saves plastic and paperboard while reducing the size of shipping cartons. Reengineering the packing process combined with reductions in overseas shipping, resulted in lowered freight costs and related emissions.

A november 2010 “black Friday” promotion featured more eco-efficient packaging for the Rubbermaid® 40-piece Easy Find lid™ food storage set. The redesign saved 525,000 square feet of corrugated material and created better truckload and pallet efficiency — from our mogadore, Ohio plant floor to the shelves of thousands of retail stores across the u.S.

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ContaCt uS

morE progrESS ahEadNewell Rubbermaid people are committed to implementing additional initiatives that will bring us closer to fulfilling our sustainability vision. Key objectives include:

• integrate comprehensive assessment of the environmental impact and benefits of potential new and existing product innovations.

• Continue to increase energy conservation across our global operations.

• Achieve additional green product certifications.

• Continue to expand partnerships with major retailers to advance sustainability objectives.

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