Orica aspires to become a business that does no harm to people and the environment. This means a transition to:

• Carbon neutral - no net generation of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere;
• Water neutral - no net consumption of potable towns water;
• Zero waste - no net generation of waste to landfill and requires innovative ways to prevent, reduce, reuse and recycle by-product streams; and
• Environmentally friendly operations, products and services - no unintended consequences to the environment and the community

... in a commercially responsible way.

Our SH&E Policy states that we will:

• Strive to ensure our facilities operate to the highest standards to protect our employees, contractors, neighbours and the environment;
• Continue to seek ways to efficiently use materials and energy;
• Sell only those products that can be produced, transported, stored, used and disposed of safely; and 
• Seek to develop new or improved products and processes to improve the contribution we make to the quality of people's lives and to minimise the impact on the environment.

Our commitment to the environment is an integral part of our SH&E and sustainability strategy. Key elements include:

• Line management responsibility and employee accountability for environmental performance;
• Effective implementation of our SH&E Management System;
• Undertaking product life cycle studies to ensure that SH&E risks are assessed and minimised as far as practicable;
• Setting and achieving environmental key performance indicators;
• Effective reporting and follow up on environmental incidents (within our operations and during product distribution); and
• Recognition of efforts to improve our environmental performance.

Our SH&E Model Procedures address the management of legacy sites, ongoing environmental management, design issues and safe movement of product from supplier to customer. All of our facilities, as a minimum, must comply with the legal requirements of the jurisdiction in which they operate.

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