Health, Saftey and Enviroment

Mission: Protecting our associates, customers, and communities by making safety the foundation of every operation.

Vision: Driving industry-leading results for our customers through an uncompromising commitment to the safety of our team.

Environmental Commitment

For us at the Harrington group of companies (Hipco), sustainability means creating long-term value for our stakeholders and society by actively reducing the environmental impact of our products, operations and value chain. From our supplier partners to the people whose lives our products impact, we have an important role in environmental stewardship.

We are committed to continually improving our business activities to pursue high standards of environmental sustainability, particularly in the areas of climate protection, emissions reduction, and waste elimination. As such we are dedicated to engaging with our customers, suppliers, communities and other stakeholders to fulfil our sustainability commitments, in our pursuit of an environmentally sustainable world.

Our Objectives

We will:

• Strive to conduct operations in compliance with applicable environmental laws and regulations while setting higher standards for ourselves and our supplier partners.
• Set clear targets for environmental impact and green house gas reduction for ourselves and our suppliers.  Openly communicate them, and publicly report on progress to our employees, stakeholders, and customers.
• Assess our environmental impact across our value chain and define strategies to work towards our reduction targets, while growing our business and providing value.
  Continue to include environmental risks in our corporate integrated risk assessment and review proposed strategies with our Executive Leadership Team.
• Implement internationally recognized environmental management systems and seek to independently audit and, where possible, certify our operations.
• Raise awareness among employees and provide them with the necessary knowledge, resources, and tools to implement our programs and industry best practices.
• Engage our suppliers to actively reduce their impact on the environment through the implementation of supply chain initiatives, including  carbon footprint reduction, water stewardship, and waste management plans and ongoing training of our supplier partners.

Green House Gas Emissions Reduction Commitment

At Hipco, as part of our commitment to the climate goals outlined in the Paris Agreement, our near-term actions designed to decarbonize our operations and value chain will be matched with long-term ambition. We have joined the growing Net Zero movement and are setting explicit goals that build on our existing Greenhouse Gas (GHG) reduction targets in support of a more stable climate for future generations.

Our Approach

We Intend to:

• Prioritize GHG reductions – by addressing inefficiencies and emissions within our value chain wherever possible. To that end we have set a Science Based Target initiative to reduce GHG by 15% by 2030 in line with global reduction targets. As part of those efforts we will aim to shift to 100% renewable energy usage within our facilities and electrify our company fleet wherever feasible, while supporting our manufacturer partners in incorporating sustainable production processes that reduce emissions.
• For manufacturing and processing in our value chain, we will seek to collaborate with our suppliers through collective actions and strategic programs that drive GHG reductions in manufacturing facilities. Our programs will be designed to identify opportunities across our upstream value chain to establish emission reduction targets through energy efficiency and renewable energy sourcing. In the coming years, we will work to expand our collaboration with suppliers through programs that drive emission reductions. These programs will further empower our suppliers to establish climate strategy aligned with our objectives and to invest in a more sustainable ecosystem.
• Pursue a Circularity Strategy that will offer product recycling, repair, and resale solutions and services to our customers to keep our products at their highest value, reducing the need for virgin materials and associated emissions and minimizing waste. After 2030, we will continue to set science-based GHG reduction targets along our net zero pathway to 2040.