Dedicated to Continuous Improvement As a multinational company, the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company recognizes that responsibility to the environment is a global concern. Our Environmental, Safety and Health Policy, which applies to all domestic and associated companies and operations, outlines our specific objectives in contributing to a safe and clean environment. This policy is being carried out in a variety of ways. Our environmental commitment includes community involvement and affiliation with environmental organizations around the world. When the volunteer environmental organization "Keep America Beautiful" debuted in 1953, the Wrigley Company signed on as a charter member, and today remains actively involved with this national public service organization. Internationally, Wrigley is affiliated with Britain’s EnCams organization, which is responsible for the "Keep Britain Tidy" campaign; with An Taisce, a leading environmental organization in Ireland; and with "Keep Australia Beautiful," a program focusing on environmental education in schools and communities in New South Wales. Education and awareness programs sponsored by the Company and Wrigley associates include Wrigley’s Greenup Program targeted at teens in the United States, the National Spring Clean and Green Schools program in Ireland and the launch of an anti-littering badge with the Girl Guides in the U.K. At our factories, Wrigley observes rigorous environmental policies and maintains these facilities to the highest standards of compliance around the globe. Wrigley standards are often more stringent than those of local governments. Continuously improving our environmental performance requires that we monitor a wide variety of indicators. To this end, we track key metrics to assess our performance including energy use, water use and discharges, waste generation, recycling/reuse and air emissions. All of our factory management systems and guidelines are based on the International Organization for Standardization’s (ISO) 14001 standard, one of the world’s most widely recognized environmental management benchmarks. A number of Wrigley production facilities have achieved the prestigious ISO 14001 certification, and all others are working toward this goal. In addition to striving for such certifications, we continue to pursue innovative programs that help promote energy conservation, waste reduction and water conservation. One key company-wide program is our Pollution Prevention/Energy Efficiency (P2/E2) initiative. It not only looks at ways to conserve our resources, reduce waste and energy usage, but also results in responsible environmental management practices and significant cost savings. One result of our P2/E2 initiative is an innovative way to return non-potable water from our production process safely back into the environment. This water typically contains sugar and sweeteners from our production process, which cannot be released directly into the local municipal water reclamation district, but can be used as a key ingredient for local composting processors. This sugared water is being given to local farmers in Taipei, Taiwan and Gainesville, Georgia who use it as an excellent carbon source in their composting process. This results in a rich fertilizer, thereby completing a natural recycling process. In Asquith, Australia, our Wrigley facility partnered with the Technical and Further Education Institute of New South Wales (TAFE NSW) to implement a comprehensive environmental awareness-training program for all associates. The results of the program are impressive, with substantial reductions in water and energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions - leading to recognition of the facility’s program as an example in best practices. This location has also been used as a positive water conservation case study by Sydney Water Corporation in its promotion of responsible water use.   Dedicated to Continuous Improvement Doing Business With A Difference Wrigley Giving Report 2005 Click Here for Giving Guidelines.