Sustainability Program

Environment

• Policies
  • Environmental policy on materials, chemicals and waste management
  • Environmental policy on energy consumption and GHGs
• Actions
  • Improvement of energy efficiency through technology and equipment upgrades
  • Measures to reduce hazardous waste of solvents and chemicals
  • Measures to reuse or recycle waste
• Results
  • Reporting on total water consumption
  • Reporting on total energy consumption

Labor & Human Rights

• Policies
  • Labor & human rights policy on diversity, equity & inclusion
  • Labor & human rights policy on career management & training
  • Labor & human rights policy on employee health & safety
• Actions
  • Actions to prevent discrimination in professional development and promotion processes
  • Compensation for extra or atypical working hours
  • Employee satisfaction survey
  • Health care coverage of employees in place
  • Whistleblower procedure on discrimination and/or harassment issues
  • Provision of protective equipment to all impacted employees
  • Transparent recruitment process communicated clearly and formally to all candidates
  • Two-way communication system in place to facilitate employee voice regarding working conditions
  • Provision of skills development training
  • Training of relevant employees on health & safety risks and best working practices
  • Promotion of career development and advancement
  • Transparent recruitment process
• Results
  • Reporting on the percentage of workers from minority groups and/or vulnerable workers in top executive positions
  • Reporting on the percentage of women in top executive positions

Ethics

• Policies
  • Policy on conflict of interest
  • Disciplinary sanctions to deal with policy violations
  • Employee signature acknowledgement of ethics policies
  • Policy on information security
• Actions
  • Implementation of a records retention schedule
  • Specific approval procedure for sensitive transactions

Equipment Sustainability Initiatives

Environment

• Policies
  • Continuous improvement of system efficiency
  • Standard parts and engineering reuse
  • Lean manufacturing
• Actions
  • Servo motors on conveyors for improved energy consumption
  • Servo motors for diverters for improved energy consumption
  • LED illumination and displays for improved energy consumption
  • Large diameter urethane coated bearings for reduced drag
  • Hard anodized aluminum slats for reduced friction and drag
  • Use of oil impregnated plastics for reduced friction and drag
  • IE4 rated primary drive option. Working toward servo replacement
  • Use of distributed I/O over EtherCAT for reduced cabling
• Results
  • Reduced energy consumptionoReduced parts
  • Reduced manufacturing labor and production times

Labor & Operator Safety

• Actions
  • Ergonomic designs for optimized work conditions
  • Semi-automated induction for increased productivity with minimized labor
  • Easy to use touchscreen HMIs for minimized operator training
  • Easy to use software for minimized operations management training
  • Reduced noise through removal of catenary sag and sound dampened parts
  • Optimized safety through use of guards, sensors, fencing, alarms/alerts, disconnects, pull cords, estops, and minimized gaps between conveyors

• Procurement
• Policies
  • Downstream promotion of sustainability for suppliers
  • Use of COTS parts
• Actions
  • No tin, tantalum, tungsten, gold, and/or their derivatives