Boeing CAPPS Program Attains Environmental Certification

[Sidney Vianna]

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla., Nov. 18, 2008 -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] today announced that its Checkout, Assembly and Payload Processing Services (CAPPS) program at NASA's Kennedy Space Center has earned International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 14001 certification -- making it the most recent Boeing site to validate its environmental management system.
Boeing is working to have all of its major manufacturing facilities certified to the ISO 14001 standard by the end of 2008. ISO 14001 is considered a global benchmark of an organization's commitment to understand and continuously improve its environmental performance.
Independent auditors from DNV, an accredited certification body of quality, environmental and safety management systems, audited the program on Oct. 1-3 to ensure an established environmental management system exists and that employees understand their roles in protecting the environment.
"This certification further demonstrates our commitment to continuous environmental improvement," said Mark Jager, Boeing program manager for CAPPS. "I'm pleased with our efforts to increase recycling and efficient energy use on our program."
The auditors commended the CAPPS program for the pristine condition of its hazardous waste storage area, employee use of "stop cards" to halt operations to correct safety or environmental issues, and its efforts to reduce the amount of paper used in daily business activities.
Kennedy Space Center joins Auburn and Everett, Wash.; Exmouth, Bankstown and Fishermans Bend, Australia; Huntsville, Ala.; Long Beach, Calif.; Philadelphia; Portland, Ore.; Salt Lake City; San Antonio; St. Louis; and Winnipeg, Canada as Boeing sites that have achieved ISO 14001 certification.
The Boeing Company is committed to pioneering environmentally progressive technology and relentlessly reducing its environmental footprint. Since the introduction of the first Boeing jetliner, airplane emissions of carbon dioxide have been reduced by around 70 percent and noise footprints have been reduced by approximately 90 percent. Boeing targets improving fuel efficiency and reducing carbon dioxide emissions of each new generation of commercial airplane by at least 15 percent compared with the airplanes they replace. Boeing has set aggressive targets to increase solid-waste-recycling rates and energy efficiency by 25 percent and to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions intensity by 25 percent at its major manufacturing facilities by 2012, with a comparable goal for hazardous-waste reduction. For more information, visit the company's 2008 Environment Report at www.boeing.com/environment.