EHS Management System Commitment
W. R. Grace & Co. creates products and services that enhance life for people around
the world. The benefits of our products and services are accompanied by enduring
commitments to Grace's Global EHS Management System.
We will make continuous progress toward the vision of no accidents, injuries or harm
to the environment, and will publicly report our global environmental health and
safety performance.
We will conduct our business in an ethical manner that increasingly benefits society,
the economy and the environment while adhering to the following principles:
- To seek and incorporate public input regarding our products and operations;
- To provide products that can be manufactured, transported, used and disposed safely;
- To make health, safety, the environment and resource conservation critical considerations
for all new and existing products and resources;
- To maintain a process for characterizing and managing product risk and making it
available to the public;
- To provide information on health or environmental risks, and to identify, implement
and promote protective measures for employees, the public and other key stakeholders;
- To work with customers, carriers, suppliers, distributors and contractors to foster
the safe use, transport and disposal of our products and materials;
- To operate our facilities in a manner that protects the environment and the health
and safety of our employees and the public;
- To support education and research on the health, safety and environmental effects
of our products and processes;
- To lead in the development of responsible laws, regulations and standards that safeguard
the community, workplace and environment; and,
- To practice safe and responsible operations, encouraging and assisting others in
this endeavor.
Alfred E. Festa
Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer