Owens Corning

Owens Corning is committed to the safety and health or our employees, the principles of environmental sustainability, and product stewardship.

To ensure an ongoing commitment to these principles, Owens Corning is dedicated to continuous improvement of EHS management systems, EHS performance, and to:

Safety and Health

  • Providing safe working conditions.
  • Promoting the health and well-being of our employees.
  • Consultation with and participation of primary and staff employees with management in EHS committees and a variety of safety and wellness teams.
  • Each site developing and prioritizing action plans to eliminate or reduce its top risks.

Environmental Protections and Sustainability

  • Creating environmental awareness while conserving resources, preventing waste, reducing greenhouse gases, and protecting the environment and local communities.
  • Continual improvement in our EHS performance and pollution-prevention efforts.

Product Stewardship

  • Manufacturing products that perform as claimed, and are safe and environmentally sound to make, use, and dispose of.
  • Providing useful information regarding the performance and safe use of our products.

Owens Corning’s Environmental Management System (EMS) is designed to support adherence to the principles in our Environmental, Health, Safety, and Product Stewardship Policy, and to ensure our compliance with the national, regional, and local laws and regulations to which our facilities are subject. These include laws and regulations related to the protection of the environment, such as presence and management of hazardous materials, air emissions, discharges to water, handling and disposal of solid wastes, and remediation of contaminated sites.

The EMS is a collection of policies and procedures regarding the management of environmental performance in our facilities, including compliance and footprint reduction. It is based on the principles of ISO 14001 and helps our facilities track progress toward our long-term sustainability goals. Through our EMS, we can set and review the environmental objectives and targets that drive corrective actions, support continual environmental improvement, and ensure compliance with regulations. All our facilities are required to implement the system, track their progress, and perform environmental self-audits.

Owens Corning’s EMS includes the following elements:

  • Environmental policies that provide a framework setting and reviewing our environmental objectives, as well as a commitment to continuous improvement and pollution prevention.
  • An action plan to achieve objectives and targets based on our policies and environmental aspects and impacts.
  • A system wherein all required environmental tasks are assigned to appropriate personnel and completed correctly and on time.
  • An organizational structure that identifies specific environmental authorities and responsibilities.
  • Assurances that personnel have the training and competency needed to carry out assigned work related to environmental impacts.
  • Procedures that outline how environmental information is communicated internally and externally.
  • Processes for the storage, retrieval, and retention of environmental records.
  • Operating procedures to control environmental impacts, updated according to management of change processes.
  • Documented emergency procedures and plans for responding to known and potential emergency situations that could have an impact on the environment, in alignment with an EHS Emergency Response Plan.
  • A process to identify, report, investigate, and correct non-conformities.
  • Periodic assessments to ensure the effectiveness of the EMS and its progress toward meeting its environmental objectives and targets.

For any merger or acquisition, once embedded into Owens Corning, the facility is trained on the Owens Corning Environmental Management System and a tracking mechanism developed to ensure full implementation.

Any entity doing business with Owens Corning is expected to follow the principles contained in the Environmental, Health, Safety, and Product Stewardship policy.