H.B. Fuller’s environment, health and safety efforts are guided by the following mission statement:
“We will be a responsible company with respect to the environment, health, and safety by operating in a manner that protects our customers, employees, shareholders and communities.
We will provide the resources and technology to develop, implement, and maintain environmental, health and safety programs that support the achievement of company goals.”
Responsibility is fundamental to the way H.B. Fuller does business, and the company’s progressive and proactive environment, health, and safety efforts reflect this philosophy. A primary goal is continual progress toward reducing, and where possible, eliminating, the release of substances that cause environmental damage. Periodic self-examinations of manufacturing plants help the company identify risks and exposures that may exist or develop, so that best management practices can be proposed and implemented.
A corporate Environment, Health, and Safety staff -- including fully dedicated environmental, industrial hygiene, safety and regulatory professionals -- designs and resources the company’s EHS programs, and provides specialized expertise to all H.B. Fuller operations. Standardized policies and practices, often more stringent than local regulations, are implemented and managed by regional and local EHS specialists around the world. Such an approach ultimately leads to ownership by every employee in EHS activities.
H.B. Fuller recognizes that to be truly successful, the company must efficiently provide quality products and services to customers, protect employees, and remain good stewards of resources--land, air and water--that surround us.
