Environmental Performance
Lockheed Martin Strives to Achieve Zero Impact on Environment
As an environmental leader committed to achieving long-term sustainability, Lockheed Martin strives to have zero impact on the environment. To make that goal a reality, the Corporation is working to reduce the impact of its operations on the climate, conserve natural resources and promote environmental stewardship in the community.
Lockheed Martin's “Target Zero” program - with a mindset that only zero impact is acceptable - drives the Corporation's environmental activities. Moving forward in 2008, a corporatewide Environmental Strategy Working Group - in collaboration with the Corporation's Energy and Climate Task Force - is working to ensure Lockheed Martin:
- Reduces its carbon impact through increased energy efficiency and use of renewable fuels.
- Reduces waste to landfills through recycling, alternative materials and disposal methods.
- Reduces industrial wastewater discharge through water use reduction and recycling facilities.
- Eliminates substances of concern by developing a corporate restricted chemicals list and implementing processes to remove them from use.
Taking a proactive approach, the Corporation's environmental program also is working to integrate “mistake proofing” techniques and “close call” identification procedures that help employees identify - and thus avoid - environment risks and hazards. Simultaneously, the program is working with Lockheed Martin engineers to ensure they are considering the environment when they design new products.
And because the supply chain plays a critical role in Lockheed Martin products, the Corporation is strengthening its communication with suppliers to ensure they, too, are setting high standards for environmental excellence. For example, as Lockheed Martin works to comply with new European regulations regarding the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), the Corporation is reaching out to suppliers to provide education and tools that ensure their products are REACH compliant.
Lockheed Martin has a social responsibility to be an environmental leader, and its employees take that responsibility very seriously.
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