ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH & SAFETY

The GEO Environment, Health & Safety Organization

GEO believes that the Environment, Health & Safety (EH&S) operation of the company is a line management responsibility with participation and valuable input from every employee involved with manufacturing operations and product distribution.
CPS Performance Materials Corporation (CPS) and its business units, including GEO Specialty Chemicals, Inc. (GEO) believes that the Environment, Health & Safety (EHS) operation of the company is a line management responsibility with participation and valuable input from every employee regardless of their role.  Our company culture is one of prevention, compliance and continuous improvement.  We identify and adopt industry best practices, and reinforce these efforts through strategic investments in state-of-the-art equipment and processes across our locations.
 
The Chief Safety, Process Safety & Environmental Officer is responsible for tracking and reporting EHS performance and activities directly to both Senior Management and the CPS Board of Directors on a periodic basis.

At CPS’ manufacturing locations in North America and Great Britain, onsite environmental and safety managers report directly to plant and business unit management. Each also has a reporting responsibility to the Chief Safety, Process Safety & Environmental Officer.  Safety and Environmental professionals at the facilities, along with the Chief Safety, Process Safety & Environmental Officer, comprise the corporate EHS Team.  The EHS Team works together to develop and enforce EHS policies and standards, coordinate improvement goals, monitor site performance and carry out independent site safety, process safety and environmental assessments.

CPS’ Sustainability Mission is based on its corporate know-how, making use of the natural sciences and innovative technologies at our disposal to protect and maintain the health of all living creatures and the environment in which we all live. Read more here about GEO's Sustainability Policy.


RECOGNIZING GEO CARES

The GEO Safety Award for Excellence (S.A.F.E.) process encourages safe working practices, improves safety awareness among employees and awards individuals and operating locations for their accomplishments in safety management. 

GEO sites are then recognized for achieving individual facility criteria, having all employees at the site achieve their criteria and showing total injury frequency (TIFR) improvement over the prior three-year average.

2015 Annual Environmental Award Winners

2014 Annual Environmental Award Winners