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Environmental, Health, Safety and Product Stewardship Policy - Global


Policy

Owens Corning is committed to the principles of environmental sustainability, product stewardship and to the safety and health of our employees. To ensure a continuing commitment to these principles, Owens Corning is dedicated to:



Safety and Health

  • Providing safe working conditions.
  • Promoting the health and well-being of our employees.


Environmental Protection and Sustainability

  • Conserving resources, preventing waste, reducing greenhouse gases, and protecting the environment and our local communities.
  • Continual improvement in our EHS performance and pollution-prevention efforts

Product Stewardship

  • Providing products that are safe and environmentally sound to make, use, and dispose of; and that perform as claimed.
  • Providing useful information on the performance and safe use of our products.

To assure implementation of these principles, this Policy includes the following requirements:

  • Owens Corning operations shall comply with all applicable environmental, health and safety laws, regulations and legal requirements, and all other EHS standards and guidelines to which the Company subscribes;
  • All “New and Significantly Modified Existing Products” must obtain a documented Product Stewardship Review prior to commercialization.


 
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