EPA SELECTS GILLETTE AS ENVIRONMENTAL LEADER.WASHINGTON, D.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 7, 1995--The Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), independent agency of the U.S. government, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1970 to reduce and control air and water pollution, noise pollution, and radiation and to ensure the safe handling and (EPA EPA eicosapentaenoic acid. EPA abbr. eicosapentaenoic acid EPA, n.pr See acid, eicosapentaenoic. EPA, n. ) today named three plants of The Gillette Company (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :G) to its Environmental Leadership Program. Gillette Chairman Alfred M. Zeien said the EPA honor reflects a long-standing commitment to the environment by this leading consumer products company. "The selection of Gillette to participate in the Environmental Leadership Pilot Program is particularly gratifying grat·i·fy tr.v. grat·i·fied, grat·i·fy·ing, grat·i·fies 1. To please or satisfy: His achievement gratified his father. See Synonyms at please. 2. because it recognizes the dedication and hard work by Gillette employees to make the Company an example of environmental responsibility," Mr. Zeien said. The three plants named by the EPA are located in Boston, MA; North Chicago North Chicago, industrial city (1990 pop. 34,978), Lake co., NE Ill.; inc. 1909. Its economy is closely intertwined with the neighboring city of Waukegan, which has a harbor on Lake Michigan. , IL; and Santa Monica Santa Monica (săn`tə mŏn`ĭkə), city (1990 pop. 86,905), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1886. Tourism and retailing are important, and the city has motion-picture, biotechnology, and software industries. , CA. In the one-year pilot program, a dozen organizations nationwide with outstanding environmental records will help the EPA develop innovative environmental compliance and auditing programs. The participants will be encouraged to take greater responsibility for self-monitoring environmental performance. The EPA will use the pilot program to help design a full-scale leadership program. Gillette will work with the EPA to develop a monitoring system utilizing independent third-party auditors. The independent auditors will verify that Gillette plants have implemented the necessary environmental management systems. This approach is designed to enhance credibility and public trust in corporate environmental claims and performance. The Gillette Company program will provide the EPA with a prototype verification system PVS, or the Prototype Verification System, is a specification language integrated with support tools and a theorem prover. It was developed at the Computer Science Laboratory of SRI International, California, USA. for broader applications at other companies. Gillette will work with ERM (Enterprise Relationship Management) An umbrella term with many shades of meaning over the years. It may refer to the management of information from any or all of an organization's customers, suppliers, business partners and employees. New England New England, name applied to the region comprising six states of the NE United States—Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. The region is thought to have been so named by Capt. , Inc., an environmental consultant, and Coopers & Lybrand to develop the independent verification system. Gillette will implement the Environmental Leadership Program at three U.S. plants: o South Boston Manufacturing Center (Massachusetts) The world's largest and most-advanced blade manufacturing plant; employs more than 3,200. o North Chicago Manufacturing Center (Illinois) Chemical manufacturing plant; employs 70. o Santa Monica Manufacturing Center (California) Paper Mate pen manufacturing facility; employs 700. The Gillette Company manufactures and markets quality, value-added personal care and personal use products. Manufacturing operations are conducted at more than 50 facilities in over 28 countries. The Company was founded in 1901 by King C. Gillette King Camp Gillette (January 6, 1855 – July 9, 1932) was an American businessman, popularly known as the inventor of the safety razor. While Gillette did improve the design of the safety razor (patent US775134), his true invention was an inexpensive, high profit-margin stamped , inventor of the safety razor. Headquarters are in Boston, where its largest manufacturing plant is also located. The Company's brands include Gillette blades and razors and other grooming products; Paper Mate, Parker and Waterman writing instruments; Braun electric shavers and small electric appliances; and Oral-B toothbrushes and oral care products. Amid rapid geographic expansion in recent years, Mr. Zeien has placed top priority on worldwide environmental standards. He explained this global approach in a recent video for employees. Discussing the Company's stringent air emissions targets, he cited two Gillette plants located a world apart. "The air above us is the same whether it comes out of Bhiwadi, India, or whether it comes out of South Boston," he said. Dr. A. Wallace Hayes, Vice President, Corporate Product Integrity, said the outstanding environmental records of the three plants made them ideal sites for developing independent verification procedures. "We wholeheartedly whole·heart·ed adj. Marked by unconditional commitment, unstinting devotion, or unreserved enthusiasm: wholehearted approval. whole support encouraging industry to take greater responsibility for self-monitoring," Dr. Hayes said. "Allowing facilities demonstrating outstanding environmental management practices to be free from compliance inspections will cut bureaucracy and free EPA resources for other tasks." Gillette implemented an aggressive pollution prevention program in 1990. The Company believes the most effective means of reducing the environmental risks from hazardous pollutants is to deal with the problem at the process stage, rather than seeking end-of-the-pipe solutions. By year-end 1994, the Pollution Prevention Program achieved an estimated 75 percent reduction in hazardous emissions. "We believe our experience protecting the environment can help other companies, and we are ready to work closely with the EPA," said Dr. Hayes. CONTACT: THE GILLETTE COMPANY Stephen K. Brayton, 617-421-8173; or Matt Miller, 617-421-7188 (April 7 only) |
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