Year after year, Fairmount Minerals strives to strengthen our commitment to sustainable development. As we enter into a new decade, we see great opportunity to expand our efforts relative to the Three P’s (People, Planet and Prosperity). In 2010, we set the bar high with 57 targets for the organization that support eight bold goals.
New to our Bold Goal list in 2010 are long-term stretch goals that challenge the organization to improve our sustainability performance. In responding to feedback from Fairmount Minerals’ internal stakeholders, we also refined the organization of our 2010 Bold Goals to better illustrate which sustainable development teams have responsibility for a particular goal.
| Bold Goal |
Description |
| We will optimize assets and conserve resources. |
- Corporate Best Practice Team will implement three projects in the areas of safety, quality and production.
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| We will be a leader in the development of sustainable products and processes. |
- Create a “Best Practice culture” by 2013. In 2010, the Best Practice team will develop a list of criteria and techniques for the identification of Best Practices both internally and externally.
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| Bold Goal |
Description |
| We will be a leader in education and communication. |
- Further define opportunities for innovative collaboration.
Develop one long-term partnership.
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| We will be a leader in the development
of sustainable products and processes. |
- 1) Conduct one innovation assembly in each FML region and
track at least two projects through the innovation program
structure. 2) Implement innovation center concept.
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| Bold Goal |
Description |
| We will be a leader in education
and communication. |
- Collaborate with academic or business partners to develop
a new and unique water filtration or treatment technology.
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| We will be a leader in health and
safety. |
- Identify a partner to help support Aqua Clara’s mission.
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| We will be a leader in the development
of sustainable products and processes. |
- Work with Aqua Clara to develop a reactor tracking system
for new and existing installations.
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| Bold Goal |
Description |
| We will optimize assets and conserve
resources. |
- Reduce paper-based mailings by 20% versus the 2009 baseline.
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| We will be a leader in education
and communication. |
- Conduct communications survey to identify ideal communication
vehicles.
- Ensure that 100% of Sustainable Development teams will host
at least one video conference.
- Provide our support to Case Western Reserve University as
the secretariat for the UN Global Compact in their 2010 initiatives.
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| Bold Goal |
Description |
| We will invest our time, talents
and treasure to enhance our communities, locally and globally. |
- Conduct a company-wide skills assessment survey to help
launch a skill-based volunteerism campaign. Target an employee
response rate of at least 50%.
- Expand our Disaster Relief program by creating one new Disaster
Relief Team in Southern Region.
- Every facility will conduct a volunteer Day of Caring on
or near September 11, 2010.
- Our investments of time, talent and treasure will touch
one million lives by 2020. In 2010, we will touch 100,000
lives.
- We will achieve 100% participation in employee paid volunteerism.
- We will reach 10,000 paid volunteer hours.
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| Bold Goal |
Description |
| We will optimize assets and conserve resources. |
- Track all new motor purchases to ensure high-efficiency standards as defined by the FML motor replacement initiative.
- Implement an alternative energy project in 2011. In 2010, research and identify an alternative energy project.
- Support regional energy reduction initiatives through best practice sharing by team members.
- Reduce greenhouse gas emissions per unit of product sold by 10% of 2009 levels by 2015. In 2010, we will reduce greenhouse gas emissions (normalized) per unit of product sold by 2%.
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| We will be a leader in education and communication. |
- Create an online forum that tracks on-site solar energy production and offers education on clean energy and future projects.
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| Bold Goal |
Description |
| We will optimize assets and conserve resources. |
- One hundred percent of FML-owned computers will meet internal
standards for environmental responsibility by 2014. In 2010,
we will increase environmentally friendly computers to 40%.
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| We will be a leader in the development
of sustainable products and processes. |
- Launch five new sustainable products or processes in 2010.
- Register or achieve compliance with ISO 14000 at all FML
facilities by 2014. In 2010, we will have 60% of the Fairmount
facilities ISO 14000 registered or compliant.
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| Bold Goal |
Description |
| We will be a leader in education
and communication. |
- Launch a talent development pilot program.
- Partner with the HR department to enhance the talent management
program in the following areas: talent acquisition, talent
development, and learning and succession planning.
- Conduct benchmarking research to identify exceptional talent
development and learning programs and bring best practices
from those programs back to Fairmount Minerals.
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| Bold Goal |
Description |
| We will be a leader in health and
safety. |
- Implement a company-wide Children’s Wellness Program.
- Conduct a “Fruit and Veggie Bowl” competition
to encourage healthy nutrition across organization. Consume
a total of 500,000 servings of fruit and vegetables in 2010.
- Enhance the health and wellness of our extended Fairmount
family by increasing spouse participation in the FML Wellness
Program to 60%.
- Our annual healthcare spend will be 10% below industry trend.
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| Bold Goal |
Description |
| We will optimize assets and conserve resources. |
- Sequester all FML Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions in 2010.
- Reduce FML’s disturbed land by 2.5%.
- Develop an invasive species removal plan by 2015. In 2010, 20% of FML Sites will have a completed plant inventory list and developed a removal plan.
- Sequester all greenhouse gas emissions (Scopes 1-3) by 2020. In 2010, establish Scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions levels at 20% of FML facilities.
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| We will be a leader in education and communication. |
- Earn a minimum of one grant project related to the mission of the QUEST Team.
- Conduct one environmental-related project per region.
- Achieve Wildlife Habitat and/or Saving Birds Thru Habitat certification at all FML sites by 2015. In 2010, 20% of FML sites will achieve WHC or SBTH certification.
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| Bold Goal |
Description |
| We will be a leader in education and communication. |
- Promote waste reduction by hosting community recycling events
in each FML region.
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| We will optimize assets and conserve resources. |
- Fairmount Minerals will be zero waste by 2015 through 20%
increments per year.
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| Bold Goal |
Description |
| We will be a leader in health and
safety. |
- Achieve one million consecutive safe work hours as a total
company.
- Achieve a lower safety incident rate than industry peers
as a company in 2010.
- Expand our observation-based safety (OBS) program to all
our operating facilities in the United States and Canada.
- Register FML to OSHAS18000 by 2015. In 2010, we will have
20% of the program in place.
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| Bold Goal |
Description |
| We will be a leader in the development
of sustainable products and processes. |
- Implement a bulk bag reuse program for 30% of 2009 bulk
bag volume shipped.
- Provide all FML facilities with a sustainable reference
guide to help increase the quantity of purchases from sustainable
organizations.
- 1) Provide all inventory suppliers with their current SD
Index Score and offer the opportunity to update their information.
2) Increase the percentage of inventory spend with sustainable
suppliers by 10% versus 2009. 3) Deliver at least one sustainability
training session for our suppliers.
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| Bold Goal |
Description |
| We will optimize assets and conserve
resources. |
- Reduce demurrage at FML plants and terminals through improvements
to inbound and outbound logistics.
- Update loading and unloading procedures to improve efficiency
and avoid fees/charges.
- Identify, implement, and improve the economics of car cleaning
procedures for each loading facility.
- Increase gross weights on rail for at least 10% of all freight-collect
customers.
- Collaborate with the Best Practice Loading team to improve
loading practices at all facilities and reduce fugitive dust
and track-out sand.
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