Environmental, Health, and Safety Goals
We are committed to using resources responsibly and efficiently while creating value for our customers. We believe that effective EHS management will create a better place to work, a healthier community for our neighbors, and a more successful business.
Our EHS goals help direct us and provide a benchmark for our operations. They indicate to our customers and employees that we continually strive for improvement.
Specifically, we plan to achieve the global performance improvements listed below, compared to the baseline year of 2008 (2009 for energy, greenhouse gas emissions, and hazardous waste goals).
- Reduce our recordable incident rate by 67 percent by 2013
- Reduce our lost time incident rate by 67 percent by 2013
- Reduce our rate of energy use by 25 percent, normalized by revenue, over a 10 year period
- Reduce our rate of greenhouse gas emissions by 25 percent, normalized by revenue, over a 10 year period
- Reduce our rate of non-hazardous waste generation (excluding scrap metals) by 15 percent, normalized by revenue, by 2013
- Reduce our rate of hazardous waste generation by 3 percent, normalized by revenue, year-over-year
- Implement programs at all Ingersoll Rand sites to recycle/reuse aluminum cans, battteries, cardboard, electronics, glass, oils, paper, plastics, scrap metal, and wood by 2013
- Implement effective systems to manage EHS performance at all sites by 2013
Meeting these goals will help position Ingersoll Rand to attain our EHS vision:
Achieve sustainable business success through world-class environmental, health and safety performance for our employees, in our workplaces, through our products and services, and within our communities.