kodak australia national packaging covenant action plan

Kodak AustraliaNational Packaging CovenantAction PlanOctober 2001 – December 2003

Aerial View of the Kodak Production Plant in Coburg, Victoria.

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Table of Contents

Executive Summary.................................................................................................. 7Kodak (Australasia) PTY. LTD. - Company Overview............................................ 8Kodak’s Commitment to Product Stewardship ..................................................... 9Kodak’s Product Stewardship and Environmental Activities............................. 10

Kodak’s EMS ....................................................................................................................10ISO14001 Certification......................................................................................................10

Packaging of Imaging Products............................................................................ 10Our Philosophy .................................................................................................................10

Existing Compliance with the “Code of Practice for Packaging”. ..................... 12Action plan .............................................................................................................. 16Appendix A – Kodak’s Commitment to Product Stewardship............................ 23

Kodak’s Environmental Commitment ................................................................................25Kodak Health, Safety and Environment Guiding Principles...............................................26

Appendix B.............................................................................................................. 28

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Executive SummaryKodak (Australasia) Pty. Ltd. is part of the U.S.-based Eastman Kodak Company. Kodakmanufactures and markets photographic and multimedia products and services throughoutAustralia, and exports to Asia and Pacific Rim countries.The manufacturing site and company headquarters are on a 27-hectare site in Coburg,Victoria. The Plant is one of only nine major Kodak manufacturing plants worldwide, and isAustralia’s sole photographic goods manufacturer. Within the ISO14001 certifiedenvironmental management system for the plant, Kodak continues to set very aggressiveimprovement targets including waste reduction and recycling.Kodak Australia is structured into discrete business units to better focus on the needs ofvarious segments of customers: Consumer Imaging, Kodak Professional, Digital and AppliedImaging, Health Imaging, Entertainment Imaging and Document Imaging. Only a smallnumber of all Kodak retail outlets are owned and managed by Kodak directly.In signing the ANZECC National Packaging Covenant, Kodak wishes to emphasise thatconcern for environmentally sound packaging design has been an objective of the worldwideHealth, Safety and Environment thrust for many years. Evidence is via the world wideCorporate Packaging Environmental Subcommittee (CPES) the Kodak body established tolook at reducing the environmental impacts of our packaging, and the Imaging ProductEnvironmental Impact Strategy (IPEIS) our global strategy for reducing productenvironmental impacts.A further example of Kodak’s commitment to the environment is its Design for HSE Program.This program assures that HSE factors are integrated at the research and developmentstage of a new product, through product commercialisation and on to product end-of-life. A longer-term challenge set within the covenant is the adoption of the Environmental Codeof Practice for Packaging. This is an Industry Self-regulatory code of practice. It deals withdesign and evaluation of the environmental impact of packaging. A self-assessment hasbeen conducted showing how Kodak currently addresses the objectives in the Code.In addition, Kodak Australia has developed an Action Plan containing fifteen improvementprojects that are part of the ongoing environmental improvement thrust as well as newinitiatives focussing on the kerbside recycling issues that signatories across industry areaddressing.The Packaging Covenant is seen as an opportunity for further improvement in environmentalmanagement and the goals of sustainable development and product stewardship.


Kodak (Australasia) PTY. LTD. - Company Overview Kodak (Australasia) Pty. Ltd. is part of the U.S.-based Eastman Kodak Company. Kodakmanufactures and markets photographic and multimedia products and services throughoutAustralia, and exports to Asia and Pacific Rim countries.The manufacturing site and company headquarters are on a 27-hectare site in Coburg,Victoria. The company employs over 2200 people in imaging, information technology, healthservices, retail and manufacturing.The Coburg plant is one of only nine major Kodak manufacturing plants worldwide, and isAustralia’s sole photographic goods manufacturer. Asia Pacific export markets take around80 percent of the Coburg plant’s output of Ektacolor paper, Kodak film and photographicchemicals. The value of these exports has grown from A$50 million in 1980 to around A$385million in 2000. Goods manufactured at Coburg are in the high value-added, elaboratelytransformed manufactures (ETM) category. Kodak ranks in the top 10 of Australianexporters of ETMs. Kodak Australia is structured into discrete business units to better focus on the needs ofvarious segments of customers: Consumer Imaging, Kodak Professional, Digital and Appliedimaging, Health Imaging, Entertainment Imaging and Document Imaging.The company has a respected reputation for the quality of its research work, both at the levelof manufacturing innovation and in the new field of digital imaging.Kodak Australia has also played a key role in establishing the P.U.R.E. (PhotographicUniform Regulations for the Environment) Code of Practice. This was developed by thephotographic industry and sewerage authorities around Australia to help photo laboratoriesoperate in the most environmentally acceptable way and simplify the process for obtaining aTrade Waste Agreement.

Contact for information regarding KodakAustralia’s National Packaging CovenantAction Plan is:Mr Claus DyckManager, Corporate Health Safety andEnvironmentKodak Australasia Pty Ltd173 Elizabeth StreetCoburg, VIC 3058Phone (03) 9353 2599

The Action Plan has been prepared withthe assistance of EnvironmentalConsultant: Ian Adams, BEng(env)


Kodak’s Commitment to Product StewardshipAs a world-class company and the world leader in imaging, Kodak’s vision is to makemeasurable improvements in the health, safety and environmental aspects of our products,services, and operations...every day...every month...every year.To realise this vision, all Kodak operations and employees around the world will worktogether in protecting the quality of the environment and the health and safety of ouremployees, customers, and neighbours.Kodak has a strong focus on Product Stewardship – a major environmental focus for thecompany has been the PURE code of Practice used by the photographic industry acrossAustralia. Kodak was a founding member of the Code. The PURE code relates to therecovery of silver from used photographic processing solutions.A further example of Kodak Australia’s achievement related to product stewardship wasKodak’s No. 1 ranking in the Plastic and Chemicals Industry Association’s Responsible CareProgram in 2001.In signing the Packaging Covenant, Kodak wishes to emphasise that concern forenvironmentally sound packaging design has been an objective of the worldwide HSE thrustfor many years. Evidence is via the world wide Corporate Packaging EnvironmentalSubcommittee (CPES) the Kodak body established to look at reducing the environmentalimpacts of our packaging, and the Imaging Product Environmental Impact Strategy (IPEIS)our global strategy for reducing product environmental impacts.A further example of Kodak’s commitment to the environment is its Design for HSE Program.This program assures that HSE factors are integrated at the research and developmentstage of a new product, through product commercialisation and on to product end-of-life. Aformal “phases-and-gates” approach enforces the evaluation of HSE considerations at ninespecific stages in the product cycle.Kodak Australia’s quest for continuous improvement was acknowledged via the AustralianQuality Prize. In the mid-1980s, Kodak Australia commenced its journey down the 'QualityRoad' by adopting Total Quality Management as the over-riding management philosophy. Inshort, this demanded a radical change in approach: inferior quality product was no longer tobe caught at the end of the production line, but rather high quality was 'built-in' by refiningand improving processes. The culmination of the "first wave" of Quality at Kodak waswinning the inaugural Australian Quality Prize. Kodak remains the only company in Australiato have earned this accolade, which required a rigorous auditing of all facets of companyoperations by a team of experts from the Australian Quality Foundation.In 1998, Kodak Australia began its second quality program, this time under the banner of"Six Sigma", a business approach which calls for a 10x reduction in process errors year onyear, until operations are virtually error free. Six Sigma is more rigorous and moresophisticated than TQM and the potential savings in terms of reduced wastage and betterprocesses are significantly greater.The Packaging Covenant is seen as an opportunity for further improvement in environmentalmanagement and the goals of sustainable development and product stewardship.


Kodak’s Product Stewardship and Environmental ActivitiesKodak has been making measurable and substantial progress for a long time; we’ve mademany commitments to protecting the environment and we’ve kept them.

Kodak’s EMSKodak’s Environmental Management System (EMS) is an extensive array of procedures,practices, training / awareness of individuals, with the focus of protecting the environment. Whether it is source reduction, recycling, emissions to air, waste reduction, energy use,public concerns or waste chemicals, Kodak aims to minimise the environmental impact fromall it’s operations.

ISO14001 CertificationKodak’s Coburg manufacturing site and support services have achieved certification to theInternational Environmental Management System Standard ISO14001.This has been an achievement after many years of consistent environmentally consciouswork. The BVQI auditor stated “There is a high level of commitment by management andstaff at this manufacturing site. There is a culture at this plant which clearly demonstratedthat Quality, Safety and Environment concern is a way of working, embedded into theworkplace.”Completing the main audit with no non-conformances is further testimony to our excellentenvironmental management practices.

Packaging of Imaging Products Our PhilosophyKodak’s philosophy is to deliver products to our customers using the minimum amount ofpackaging required to ensure quality. In addition, we strive to make the remaining packagingreusable or refillable and to make it out of recycled and recyclable materials.

Reducing

Reducing the amount of packaging required for a product involves balancing many factors,especially for photographic products that are sensitive to heat, light and moisture. So ourscientists have devised a computer program which simulates the conditions a product will beexposed to during transportation. This model, combined with our knowledge of a package’sphysical properties, helps us design protective packaging with the minimum amount ofneeded material.

Reusing

As part of the design effort to minimise packaging, our engineers investigate packaging thatcan be reused or refilled. Those efforts have mostly concentrated on products sold in thecommercial and industrial marketplace, including motion picture film, graphic arts productsand photoprocessing chemicals.


Recycling

Some packaging can’t be reused and eventually come to the end of its life. We are workingto make packaging more easily recycled and to establish programs to make it more likely tobe recycled. On the labels attached to cartonless Ektar and Advantix plastic film canisters, we use plasticlabels for easy recycling. Our x-ray packaging was also redesigned to be more recyclable. Instead of cardboard,plastic and foil, the package consists of a thin pull-back top seal and a polyethyleneterephthalate (PET) plastic tray which is easily recycled. The recycling/ re-use of single-use cameras by Kodak has been the most successfulconsumer product recycling and reuse effort worldwide. On our manufacturing site in Coburg we have the following waste management programsalready in place:

� Office paper recycling

� Cardboard, plastic, glass, and metals recycling.

� Steel recycling of 35mm cassette manufacturing offcuts

� Sensitised film/paper offcuts are sent to the U.S. for silver and film base recovery

� Silver recovery from sensitising/processing operations

� Waste lubricating oils sent off-site for recycling

� LDPE plastic wrap sent off site for recycling


Existing Compliance with the “Code of Practice forPackaging”.The Environmental Code of Practice for Packaging forms schedule 3 of the ANZECCNational Packaging Covenant document. The Code is an industry self-regulatory code of practice.One of the broader undertakings of signatories to the Covenant is to seek wider recognitionand implementation of this Code of Practice.Existing processes and practices used by Kodak already achieve a majority of therequirements in the Code. There are ten objectives that make up the Code of Practice: (Taken from within section 3 of the Code.)

� Evaluation of environmental impact of new packaging designs

� Reduction of environmental impacts of new packaging designs

� Evaluation of environmental impact of existing packaging

� Alteration of existing packaging to gain environmental benefits

� Reduction of the flow of packaging waste products

� Prevention of the use of additives and materials that damage the environment

� Product re-use

� Use of recycled Materials

� Energy savings and recovery

� Reduction of materials going to landfill from the manufacturing site

The following table is a self-assessment of Kodak processes and practices against the tenobjectives that make up the Code.

Existing Compliance with Code of Practice for packaging


Code Objective Existing Compliance Evaluation of environmental impact ofnew packaging designs

Our scientists have devised a computer program that simulates the conditions a productwill be exposed to during transportation. This model, combined with our knowledge of apackage’s physical properties, helps us design protective packaging with the minimumamount of needed material. Kodak has an established “Design for HSE” Program.Example of packaging design considerations is in appendix B (Proprietary information-notfor publication). This program assures that Health Safety and Environment (HSE) factorsare integrated at the research and development stage of a new product, through productcommercialisation and on to product end-of-life. A formal “phases-and-gates” approachenforces the evaluation of HSE considerations at nine specific stages in the productcycle.

Reduction of environmental impacts ofnew packaging designs

Corporate HSE standards for packaging are defined. See example in appendix B (-notfor publication). Kodak consistently makes reductions in the environmental impacts of ourpackaging. Recent examples include:Our new advantix film canisters are made from recyclable HDPE. Even the labels aremade of plastic for easy recycling- The labels are made from a squeezable opticitematerial that has high-quality printing and adhesion characteristics, and also can bereground, palletised and recycled along with the canister.All imported new consumer packaging designs are designed to minimise the amount ofpackaging materials used while allowing the product to arrive to the consumer in topcondition.We use water-soluble fill for our domestic photographic supplies unit. This fill called‘enviro-fill’ is made of cornstarch and replaced plastic polystyrene foam fill. Our Nationaland International Distribution Centre has replaced imported paper fill with reusable andrecyclable air filled polyethylene bags. These bags greatly reduce the amount of



packaging fill used to ensure that the product arrives to the customer in top condition.

Evaluation of environmental impact ofexisting packaging

Kodak has an existing auditing system called paktrack that registers the environmentalimpacts of our packaging. This system is in its fourth generation and was developed tobe in line with the European Union’s strict packaging minimisation laws.

Alteration of existing packaging to gainenvironmental benefits

Kodak uses 35-100% post consumer fibre content in our cardboard packaging.Our Packaging Lightweighting examples include:Virtually all of our cardboard products have been lightweighted including Shipper boxes,film, multipacks, and cardboard crates.We have Reduced the sizes of our pallet corner-guards, which involved developing andtesting the new product.We have made the film canister caps and cans thinner. Plastic content of 35mmcanisters has been reduced by 25% saving 120 tonnes of plastic per year.Locally, our film cartons are made from 85%-95% recycled content cardboard.

Reduction of the flow of packagingwaste products

Kodak has completely redesigned the layout of our manufacturing site to virtuallyeliminate the need for materials to be packaged for on-site transport. Where protectionfrom dust and contaminates is required we have designed reusable dust covers that canbe placed over materials. We are close to eliminating all tertiary packaging and haveinstituted a program to reuse pallets and to recycle any shrink-wrap used on site. Ourphotoprocessing labs recycle the steel and plastic pieces of film cassettes.

Prevention of the use of additives andmaterials that damage the environment

Varnish formulation has been changed to be more environmentally friendly. We are alsolooking at the way inks can be reformulated to reduce environmental impacts. The reduction of chemicals required to process film has been reduced by 96% since 1967

Product re-use We reuse many of the Cartons, dust covers, pallets, and cartons at the manufacturing



siteFilm canister caps and cans are commonly kept by our customers and used to store anassortment of small items including screws, cosmetics, buttons, coins etc. Many of ourphoto processors now distribute photographs in plastic pocket albums that customers willkeep rather than disposable paper packs.

Use of recycled Materials

Recycled materials are used across our manufacturing site. Kodak built the one of theworlds first HDPE recycling plants in the US. Much of our packaging materials containlarge amounts of post consumer recycled materials, and we are working with companiessuch as Amcor to ensure that we continuously improve the percentage of recycledmaterials that we use. The plastic bags we supply retailers around Australia have a 99%recycled plastic content.

Energy savings and recovery Buildings have been relocated and manufacturing systems redesigned to increase theproduction efficiency and to reduce double handling. Instead of having forklifts movingcontinuously around the site – which also posed a safety hazard- primary, secondary andtertiary manufacturing is completed in adjacent and interconnected buildings.We have thoroughly upgraded our boilers, chillers, cooling towers and compressed airplant to reduce energy consumption by up to 15% in the last two years.

Reduction of materials going to landfillfrom the manufacturing site

Waste management plans and recycling have been part of the ISO14001 environmentalprogram for many years. These are ongoing with current year on year improvementtargets.


Action plani) Seven undertakings relevant to Kodak Australia:

Kodak’s Action Plan has been aligned to the Signatories Undertakings found in section 5 ofthe Covenant.1. Produce Action Plans for evaluating and improving environmental outcomes in the

usage, sale and/or recovery of packaging materials.2. Provide appropriate financial and other support to optimise kerbside recycling systems.3. Apply the principles of this Covenant in our own operations.4. Work co-operatively to develop best practice systems and to develop end markets for

secondary materials.5. Promote the adoption of the principles and undertakings set out in this Covenant and the

benefits of becoming a signatory to the Covenant.6. Co-ordinate education and promotion programs.7. Report to the Covenant Council annually on performance against Covenant undertakings

and Action Plans.The attached tables identify the relevant projects and target dates

ii) Duration:

The Action plan runs from 31 October 2001 to 31 December 2003

iii) Progress monitoring and reporting:

Formal reporting to the Covenant Council is scheduled for September 30 each year.Internally the Kodak HSE Management System ensures progress is monitored via the formalHSE programme structure covered by ISO14001. The Packaging Covenant has beenregistered as one of these programmes.


Undertaking 1. Produce Action Plans for evaluating and improving environmental outcomes in theusage, sale and/or recovery of packaging materials.

ProjectNo.

Project Co-ordinator

Project Title Outcomes / Actions Targets

1_2002 Corporate HSE Packaging CovenantProgram

� Continue to contribute financially to the National PackagingCovenant as a ‘packaging user’ and ‘wholesaler/retailer’.

� Kodak will continue to be a signatory to the NationalPackaging Covenant and to implement our commitments inour NPC Action Plan

� Continue with our ISO 14001 certification and our EMS tomake continuous improvements to our environmentalperformance.

� Update our EMS to include NPC objectives and requirements

� Enhance internal communication of our NPC commitments

� Educate staff to better utilise recycling processes

� Year 3 feestill due

� July 2002

� Ongoingsince1999

� Aug 2002

� Dec 2002

� Dec 2002

2_2002 Corporate HSE Packaging ManagementSystem

� Design for environment – Incorporate the NPC requirementsinto our Health Safety and Environment Management System.

� The world wide IPEIS process already covers 95%of productpackaging design. Similar controls will be implemented for allnew packaging designed in Australia. Packaging Design

� Dec 2002

� Dec2002


ProjectNo.



Checklists will be implemented for CI and Kodacolor BusinessUnits.

� Evaluate the use of a database containing data on theenvironmental properties of all our packaging materials

� Kodak Australia to be a member on CPES

� Dec 2003

� Dec 2002

3_2002 Business UnitProjectCI.

Packaging redesign. � Implement further lightweighting options for specific productpackaging.

� Oct 2002

4_2002 Distribution &APS

Focus on shipping cartonreuse.

� Explore opportunities to increase reuse of shipping cartons. � Oct 2002

5_2002 Kodak Retail BU Retail stewardship. � Examine membership of appropriate retail organisationdealing with the issue of plastic bag litter.

� Examine possibilities for recycling programs in our retailoutlets in conjunction with recycling companies.

� Train staff in asking customers if outer packaging is required

� Dec 2002

� July 2003

� July 2003


Undertaking 2. Provide appropriate financial and other support to optimise kerbside recycling systems.

ProjectNo.



6_2002 Corporate HSE Alliance with kerbsiderecycling companies

� Communicate with kerbside recycling companies to ensurethat we encourage people to recycle only those materials thatare recyclable in order to reduce contamination of the postconsumer recycling waste stream.

� Oct 2002

7_2002 Corporate HSE Contribute financially viafees.

� Kodak will continue to be a signatory to the NationalPackaging Covenant

� Nov 2001

8_2002 Kodak Retail BU Shopping Centre Recycling � Work with Australian Retail Association (or other RetailAssociations) to expand the range of materials that shoppingcentre bulk recycling facilities have available

� Lobby Councils to include shrink-wrap plastic in recyclingkerbside collection for small retail shops.

� Dec 2003

� Dec 2003


Undertaking 3. Apply the principles of this Covenant in our own operations.

ProjectNo.



9_2002 Manufacturing Manufacturing wastereduction

� Reduce waste sent from our manufacturing site to landfill –refer 2002 Waste Minimisation Program.

� Dec 2002

Undertaking 4. Work co-operatively to develop best practice systems and to develop end markets forsecondary materials.

ProjectNo.



10_2002 Manufacturingcorporate HSE

Product recycling � Evaluate the ability of kerbside recyclers to cope with filmcanisters, film cassettes and spools.

� June2003


Undertaking 5. Promote the adoption of the principles and undertakings set out in this Covenant and thebenefits of becoming a signatory to the Covenant.

ProjectNo.



11_2002 Purchasing Packaging SupplierInvolvement

� Promote packaging covenant principles to our suppliers.

� Have key suppliers use the Supplier Online Ideas Database(SOLID) to register ideas resulting from this campaign.

� Work in conjunction with our packaging suppliers to increasethe post consumer recycled materials content of ourintermediate packaging. Examine lightweighting options.

� June2003


Undertaking 6. Co-ordinate education and promotion programs

ProjectNo.



12_2002 Corporate HSE Website project � Promote recycling and educate people to recycle our productsthrough Kodak Australia Internet and Intranet site.

� Action plan to be posted

� Ongoing

� July 2002

13_2002 Business UnitProject

CI

Film componentrecycling

� Encourage our retailers and franchisees to recycle the millions of filmcomponents used each year, which are recyclable

� Produce a how-to guide to tell our retailers and franchisees how ourproducts can be recycled through kerbside recycling programs.

� June 2003

� June 2003

14_2002 Corporate HSE Focus on litter � Seek sponsorship for 2003 for a suitable project aimed at eliminatinglitter.

� Dec 2003

15_2002 Business UnitProjectCI & KodakRetail BU

Customer education � Investigate options to promote recycling via customer catalogues.

� Investigate how best to educate customers to recycle our packaging.

� Dec 2002


Appendix A – Kodak’s Commitment to Product Stewardship

Kodak is committed to deliver products and services that meet customers’ environmentalneeds. Several internal management processes drive toward that commitment. Externally,Kodak encourages customers and suppliers to practice product stewardship. An example of Environmental Stewardship: the Single-Use Camera – over 200,000,000recycled so far - over 3,000,000 from Australia aloneThe Kodak One Time Use Camera program hasbecome a centrepiece in Kodak’s widespreadefforts in recycling, re-use, and productstewardship. What began as an environmental“ugly duckling,” has turned into an environmentalswan through innovation, commitment, and hardwork. Kodak’s single-use cameras were introduced in1987 to meet the needs of a specific customerbase - those who wanted an inexpensive camerafor certain occasions to take pictures that mightotherwise be missed. The quality of the 35mmpictures was outstanding, and the cameras werean immediate success. The first Kodak single-use cameras were called“Kodak Fling” cameras, a name that inadvertently highlighted the disposable aspect of theproduct. Consumers began to refer to them as “disposables” or “throwaways.” Today, manystill do - yet nothing could be further from the truth. In those first few years, sales soared and Popular Science Magazine selected our panoramicsingle-use camera for a “Best of What’s New” award for science and technology.Environmental groups, however, were calling the Kodak Fling camera “ecologicallyoffensive.”

That’s when the real work began. In 1990-1991, a massiveeffort began to redesign single-use cameras to facilitaterecycling and reuse of parts. This effort involved theintegration of business, development, design andenvironmental personnel. The new designs that emergedfeatured parts that were easier to inspect and to reuse,and an easier means for reloading film. To get their prints, consumers must take the single-usecameras to a photofinisher. This necessary step providesa natural collection points for the cameras, and became afocal point for our efforts to get the camera bodiesreturned to Kodak. By leveraging our excellent customerrelationships with photofinishers around the world, weestablished a variety of marketing and promotionalprograms to get the camera shells back to the companyonce the customer’s film had been removed.

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The result is a world-class recycling rate of over 60 percent in Australia and approximately60 percent worldwide, comparing favourably with the recycling rate other products such asaluminium cans or office paper.Since we began the program in 1990, we have recycled more than 200 million cameras. Ournumbers and percentages are going up every year, a mark of continual improvement. Kodak’s engineers and manufacturing people found ways to make excellent use of thereturned cameras. They did so by considering all opportunities for recycling and re-useacross the entire product cycle, from product design to end-of-life. The result is a goodexample of integrating health, safety and environmental aspects into the business process. Today, “recyclability” is an essential factor in developing new single-use cameras. No newKodak OTUC product is approved for commercialisation until it complies with this criterion.The company’s product and design engineers are frequently sent to visit photofinishers toobserve the handling of single-use cameras. This first-hand knowledge helps the engineersin their efforts to improve Kodak products and optimise the recycling process. Kodak’s Single Use Camera program has clearly enhanced our sustainable developmentefforts. It has even led to a formal “Design for HSE” program within the company. Today,Health, Safety and Environmental (HSE) opportunities are considered and practised in allKodak product development activities and throughout all product development stages. HSEexperts provide guidance in designs, suggest common construction materials, andinvestigate the recycling and remanufacturing aspects of all new products.

We have designed a special logo - reprinted above - to symbolise the single-use camerarecycling program. It features green arrows moving around the globe, and words which read:“Single-Use Camera Recycling Program. Conserving Resources & Protecting theEnvironment.”


Kodak’s Environmental CommitmentAt Eastman Kodak Company, “Our business is pictures.”For 118 years, we have brought the joy of taking and sharing pictures and memories tocountless millions of people around the world. It is a massive undertaking involvingthousands of employees who make and market our products. In the Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) arena, our responsibility is to ensure that ourproducts are designed and manufactured with the environment, as well as the health andwell-being of our employees and our customers in mind. This responsibility extends to ourneighbours in the communities where we manufacture our products. If the company’s focus is pictures, then HSE’s focus is progress.Our goal is to improve every day. . .every month. . .every year. This means saferworkplaces, fewer lost-time accidents or illnesses, more healthy employees productively atwork, less emissions to the environment, and more recycled materials. Large manufacturing operations like Kodak’s come with significant challenges. Such plantscannot be run with absolutely zero emissions. However, they can be run safely andresponsibility, and we remain steadfastly committed to doing so. The information—and, in particular, our environment progress charts show progress in manyHSE endeavours. We are proud of these significant achievements, especially those whichshow steadily improved performance over the years. But every time we post another year’s results reflecting clear improvement, we realize wehave set a new target for achievement. This challenge is what continual improvement is allabout. And I thank the Kodak men and women who, by the results they achieve, clearlydemonstrate our resolve. R. Hays Bell, Ph.D.

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Kodak Health, Safety and Environment Guiding PrinciplesKodak HSE Policy July 1999

ManagementPlanning

� To extend knowledge by conducting or supportingresearch on the health, safety and environmentaleffects of our products, processes and wastematerials.

Research Support � To operate our plants and facilities in a manner thatprotects the environment and the health and safety ofour employees and the public, conserves naturalresources and energy, and demonstrates ourcommitment to continual improvement and theprevention of pollution.

Plant Operation � To include health, safety and environmentalconsiderations in our planning for existing and newproducts and processes.

ProductDevelopment

� To develop and market products that can bemanufactured, transported, used, serviced, anddisposed of safely and responsibly. Through the use ofdesign and best management practices, improvementsare continually made in the conservation of naturalresources.

Customer Support � To assist customers on the safe and responsible use,transportation, storage and disposal of our products.

Public Policy

� To participate with government and others in creatingresponsible laws, regulations, and standards tosafeguard the community, workplace and environment.

PerformanceMeasurement

� To measure our health, safety and environmentalperformance on a regular basis and provide timely,appropriate information to officials, employees,customers, shareholders, and the public.

CommunityConcerns

� To recognise and respond to community concernsabout our operations and to work with the communityand others to understand and resolve health, safetyand environment issues about our operations.

ExternalInvolvement

� To encourage employees when outside of work toapply the same principles for health, safety, andenvironment that are applied at work.

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Appendix B –Kodak’s Packaging Design Checklist (Proprietary Information, not for publication or placementon Covenant Database)

- Hard copy sent to Environment Australia

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