Bunge Limited Response to Statements on Worker Safety.Business Editors WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--August 3, 2001 Recently, certain statements regarding the environmental and safety record of the Danville, Illinois  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled to prevent sock puppets of currently blocked or banned users from editing it. facility of Bunge Lauhoff Grain Company, a Bunge North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. company, have been made by the AFL-CIO AFL-CIO: see American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. AFL-CIO in full American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations U.S. and PACE International Union, which represent striking workers at the Danville facility. In response to these statements, Alberto Weisser, Chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Bunge Limited, the parent company of Bunge North America, stated: "Bunge is committed to environmental and safety excellence. We are proud of our environmental, safety and employee relations record with our over 18,000 workers at approximately 400 facilities worldwide." Bunge has in place extensive policies and procedures Policies and Procedures are a set of documents that describe an organization's policies for operation and the procedures necessary to fulfill the policies. They are often initiated because of some external requirement, such as environmental compliance or other governmental designed to ensure that all of its facilities are maintained and operated safely and in compliance with applicable laws and regulations. Bunge has received several awards for safe operations at its facilities. In March of this year the Grain Elevator and Processing Society (GEAPS GEAPS Grain Elevator And Processing Society (formerly Society of Grain Elevator Superintendents) ) recognized the safety performance of Bunge North America by awarding seven out of eight of GEAPS's first-ever "Long-Term Commitment" Awards for safety to Bunge. In addition, Bunge North America's safety record was highlighted in two current articles ("A Commitment to Safety," World Grain (June 2001); Milling and Baking News (July 17, 2001)). Bunge also actively participates in a variety of environmental and safety related organizations, including serving as a member of the National Safety Council for over 25 years. |
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