Corporate Environmental Report

A history of Environmental Progress

These Key Environmental Events are a testimony to our proactive environmental approach

1993

	Change of attitude: from compliance to international and local regulations to a proactive mode
	Created the Corporate Environment Strategies Management organization; issued the Environmental Policy; decided to implement the EMS (Environmental Management System), nominated the Site Environmental Champions (SEC)
	Launched an aggressive, long range company wide initiative with the declared goal of establishing ST as the world leader in environmental protection for the year 2000
	ODS Class 1 complete elimination from our processes

1994

	Initial environmental review on all manufacturing sites
	Decision to apply for EMAS validation
	Adhesion to ICC Business Charter for Sustainable Development

1995

	First Corporate Environmental Day
	Issued the first “Environmental Decalogue” with the quantified main environmental objectives of the Company (distributed to all employees, customers, suppliers and partners around the world)
	First site EMAS validated
	First worldwide Environment meeting (all sites represented)

1996

	Environmental training for top management and start up of the “train the trainers” sessions
	Start up of the first Corporate Environmental Working Groups (CEWG)
	Second worldwide Environment meeting

1997

	All 17 manufacturing sites both EMAS validated and ISO 14001 certified [all 7 European sites EMAS registered by the European Commission (EC)] ODS class 1 elimination from facilities
	First Corporate Environment Report (CER)

1998

	First Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) on a finished product
	Chemical content of S/C package publication
	Environmental training for suppliers (through CDROM)
	Third worldwide Environment meeting

1999

	Second “Environmental Decalogue” issue (setting the very aggressive goal of making ST a zero CO2 equivalent emission Company by the year 2010)
	Energy, PFC and Chemicals Road Maps definition
	Letter of President Clinton congratulating our CEO for the efforts of the S/C industry to reduce the greenhouse gases emissions
	Winner of the EPA Climate Protection Award
	ST selected by Dow Jones Sustainability Group Index (DJSGI) as the world’s leading S/C Company for Sustainability
	More than 50% of ST key suppliers environmental certified
	Fourth worldwide Environment meeting

2000

	ST finished first out of 14 international and North American based semiconductor companies and the only Company awarded with the highest AAA rating (by Innovest Environmental Research)
	About 70% of water recycling rate met by Malta plant
	ST ranked among top corporate sustainability leaders worldwide (and rated leader in the semiconductor industry)
	Akira Inoue Award to ST’s CEO for the outstanding achievements in the EHS field. The award is presented annually to the person who has made the most outstanding contribution to Environment, Health and Safety
	In 2000, at equal production rate, electricity and water consumption were reduced by 29% and 45% respectively versus the 1994 baseline
	Fifth worldwide Environment meeting