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Operations: Management system

We operate a rigorous Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) management system that reduces our impacts and implements our EHS policy.

The company-wide system enables us to manage potential risks to people and the environment, improve our performance and monitor compliance with our policies and with regulations around the world.

Our global EHS management system is certified to the international standard ISO 14001. This covers all of our manufacturing sites and our larger facilities, with the exception of our Reynosa, Mexico site acquired in 2007, and our Chennai, India site built in 2008. We aim to certify these sites in 2009, allowing time to implement Motorola's management system. Sites are classified according to floorspace, headcount, type of operation and risk using a calculation tool. Sites with the higher scores are classified as Class I sites and are Lloyd's Register Quality Assurance (LRQA) certified to ISO 14001:

Lloyd's Register Quality Assurance Certificate of Approval: ISO 14001:2004 LRQA Certificate of Approval for ISO 14001:2004 (4 pages; 1.53 MB)

Oversight of our EHS management system is provided by our vice president of EHS. Our EHS professionals around the world implement programs at site level to comply with the EHS management system. They are supported by corporate policies, procedures, checklists and other resources, as well as location-specific internal websites.

We require that our tier-one suppliers also have an environmental management system in accordance with ISO 14001 or an equivalent standard. We monitor compliance with this requirement through our supplier assessment program.

OSHA VPP STAR Program
The following Motorola sites have earned the highest honor from the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA): the Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) Safety Through Accountability and Recognition (STAR) award:

• Arlington Heights, Illinois, USA
• Schaumburg, Illinois, USA

This prestigious U.S. award recognizes sites demonstrating superior safety and health programs. Only two-hundredths of one percent of eligible sites in the United States have earned this award.

In 2008, our Reynosa, Mexico site began the process of qualifying for the Safe Industries certification that is awarded after meeting high safety and health standards as defined by the Mexico Secretariat of Labor. This certification mirrors the U.S. OSHA VPP program. We aim to complete the first stage of the three-year certification process in 2009.

Scope of EHS data

Our operations consist of administration, research and development, distribution and manufacturing sites.

Approximately 67 percent of Motorola manufacturing is performed at Motorola sites and 33 percent by suppliers. Our main sites, which account for 78 percent of total floor space as of 31 December 2008, are included in the environmental data except water use. As of 31 December 2008, we measured water use at sites covering 71 percent of our floor space.

In 2008, we expanded the scope of data to include some of our smaller remote sites such as administrative offices, design centers, plus research/development and repair/testing facilities. This primarily impacts our electricity use, water use and non-hazardous recycled waste data.

This year we report scaled up data as well as measured data. Scaled up data are calculated by extrapolating data collected through our internal reporting system to estimate unmeasured impacts.

Corporate Responsibility ENVIRONMENT

Operations: Management system

Scope of EHS data

Corporate Responsibility
ENVIRONMENT