Kodak Reaches Goal: All 28 Facilities Worldwide Now Certified to ISO 14001 Environmental Standard.Business Editors ROCHESTER Rochester (rŏch`ĕstər, –ĭstər). 1 City (1990 pop. 70,745), seat of Olmsted co., SE Minn.; inc. 1858. , N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 6, 2001 Eastman Kodak (company) Kodak - The photographic company responsible for Photo CD. http://kodak.com/. Company today announced that with the certification earlier this month of its one-time-use camera manufacturing plant in Xiamen, China, all 28 of its facilities around the world have now achieved certification under the ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 14001 International Standard. With all facilities now certified See certification. , including its Corporate Environmental Management System, Kodak has reached one of its 5-year environmental goals more than two years ahead of schedule. "Customers, shareowners, employees, and other stakeholders Stakeholders All parties that have an interest, financial or otherwise, in a firm-stockholders, creditors, bondholders, employees, customers, management, the community, and the government. expect Kodak to meet the highest standards of environmental performance possible," said R. Hays Hays, city (1990 pop. 17,767), seat of Ellis co., W central Kans.; inc. 1885. It is a rail, trade, and medical center in a grain, cattle, and oil area. Manufactures include electronic equipment, plastics, feeds, medical supplies, aircraft, and motorcycles. Bell, Director, Health, Safety, & Environment and Vice President. "Kodak managers from research to product design, manufacturing to distribution, understand that corporate environmental responsibility does not just happen, it results from a deliberate and disciplined management process that has been developed over time to drive maximum effectiveness. As a result, customers and employees can be assured that Kodak is working hard to maintain and improve its workplaces and to provide safe and environmentally responsible products." Commitment Began in 1996. Recognizing that ISO 14001 certification would quickly become "table stakes In poker, table stakes refers to the maximum a player can bet and possibly lose during the course of a single hand. It is the money he or she has on the table at the beginning of that hand. " for participation in the global marketplace, Kodak began seeking ISO 14001 certification in 1996. BASO BASO Basophile BASO British Association of Surgical Oncologists BASO Business & Administrative Systems Office (NASA) BASO Brigade Air Staff Officer BASO Base Accountable Supply Officer BASO Bharat Ahshara Social Organization Precision Optical, a Kodak subsidiary located in Taiwan that manufactures lenses became the company's first unit to achieve certification. That was in April 1997. Other units followed (see chart at end of release). In the global community, there is no more widely recognized standard for environmental management systems than that specified by the International Organization for Standardization International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Organization for determining standards in most technical and nontechnical fields. Founded in Geneva in 1947, its membership includes more than 100 countries. , a worldwide federation founded in 1947 to promote the development of international manufacturing, trade, and communication standards. While the ISO 14001 standard does not specify levels or requirements of environmental performance, it does specify all the elements of an effective environmental management system that needs to be in place in order to become certified. However, it also forms the basis by which Kodak management measures and compares the performance of Kodak facilities -- currently located in 14 nations -- against each other and against other top performing companies. In doing so, it serves as a benchmark to provide not only the basis upon which Kodak management can drive improvement, but a mechanism for external stakeholders to validate To prove something to be sound or logical. Also to certify conformance to a standard. Contrast with "verify," which means to prove something to be correct. For example, data entry validity checking determines whether the data make sense (numbers fall within a range, numeric data Kodak's claims about environmental policies and actions. Editor's Note Editor's Note (foaled in 1993 in Kentucky) is an American thoroughbred Stallion racehorse. He was sired by 1992 U.S. Champion 2 YO Colt Forty Niner, who in turn was a son of Champion sire Mr. Prospector and out of the mare, Beware Of The Cat. Trained by D. : For additional information about Kodak visit our web site on the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the at: www.kodak.com
2001
ISO 14001 Registration Summary
Registration
Site Completed
China - BASO 1Q97
England - Annesley 4Q97
Colorado 1Q98
France - Chalon 1Q98
England - Kirkby 3Q98
England - Harrow 4Q98
Corporate 1Q99
Brazil - Sao Jose dos Campos 1Q99
Canada - Toronto 2Q99
Ireland - Cork 4Q99
Rochester - Kodak Park 4Q99
China - KEPS
(2 sites combined) 4Q99
Australia - Coburg 4Q99
Mexico - Guadalajara 4Q99
KBL - Manaus 4Q99
Registration
Site Completed
Boston - Eastman Gelatine 4Q99
China - KH Optical Company 4Q99
China - KPES 4Q99
China - Shantou 3Q00
China - Wuxi 4Q00
India - Goa 4Q00
HI - White City 4Q00
Kodak Service & Support, Nordic 1Q01
Fotochemische Werke GmbH 1Q01
India - Malanpur 1Q01
Japan - Chinon 2Q01
China - Xiamen IMM 2Q01
India - Bangalore 2Q01
China - Xiamen OTUC 4Q01
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