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Measure
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Area
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Definition
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Type
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Comments
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Priority compound emissions
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Environmental
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Priority compounds (tons)
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Lagging
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A list of priority chemicals that include persistent bioaccumulative and toxic compounds; selected known human carcinogens; selected ozone depletors; and high-volume toxic compounds
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Volatile organic compound emissions
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Environmental
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Volatile organic compounds (tons)
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Lagging
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Total water use
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Environmental
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Pounds or gallons water used/time period
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Lagging
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Direct GHG emissions
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Environmental
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CO2-equivalent metric tons
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Lagging
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Direct GHG emissions are those that are emitted from a company location. Direct emissions include all GHGs emitted from any on-site fugitive or air point source.
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Kyoto GHGs as CO2-equivalent intensity
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Environmental
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Pounds of CO2-equivalent per pound production
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Lagging
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Assessment compliance performance
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Personal/environmental/transportation/process safety
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Assigned grade to each area reviewed in assessment
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Leading
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Commonly understood measure for assessing improvement in performance
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Percent of safety alerts completed
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Personal/environmental/transportation/process safety
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Percent completion by facilities covered by alerts
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Leading
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Drives implementation of lessons learned from safety incidents
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Number of potential environmental noncompliances
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Environmental
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Internally reported potential environmental noncompliances per month
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Leading
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Proactive measure of effectiveness of environmental program
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Number of significant environmental spills
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Environmental
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Spills per unit time
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Lagging
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Toxic release inventory on site releases
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Environmental
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Number of releases per unit time
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Lagging
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NOTE: RCI, root cause investigation; OSHA, Occupational Safety and Health Administration; RMTC, reportable medical treatment case; RWC, restricted work case; DAWC, days away from work case; LOPC, loss of primary containment; BBP, behavior-based process; ES&H, employee safety and health; RI, recordable injury; GHG, greenhouse gas; GEI, greenhouse gas emissions.
SOURCE: Data provided by Corning, Dow Chemical, Motorola, and Praxair.
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