Corporate Responsibility

Management System

Our global Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) management system is certified to the international standards ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001. This covers all of our manufacturing sites and our larger facilities.

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 certified to ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 by Lloyd's Register Quality Assurance (LRQA):

• LRQA Certificate of Approval for ISO 14001:2004
• LRQA Certificate of Approval for OHSAS 18001

In addition, our offices in Israel are certified to ISO 14001 by The Standards Institution of Israel. Our facility in Suzhou, China is ISO 14001 certified.

• The Standards Institution of Israel Certificate of Approval for ISO 14001:2004
• Certificate for Approval for ISO 14001:2004

Oversight of our EHS management system is provided by our vice president of EHS. Our EHS professionals around the world implement programs at the 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

For more than a decade, two of our sites have maintained the highest honor from the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA): the Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) Star award:

• Arlington Heights, Illinois, U.S.
• Schaumburg, Illinois, U.S.

This prestigious award recognizes sites demonstrating superior safety and health programs.

In 2010, our Schaumburg site was re-certified with the VPP Star award after being audited by OSHA and government representatives. The auditors highlighted several areas which indicated excellent health and safety management:

• A strong EHS presence and good interaction between the EHS team and the manufacturing senior management team
• The entire manufacturing process had undergone a Lean Transformation without stopping production whilst maintaining excellent health and safety performance
• Employee input is considered before making changes to improve ergonomics or safety and when purchasing new equipment
• High standards of cleanliness and good housekeeping practices in the manufacturing areas
• A strong process for identifying and resolving health and safety issues

In 2010, our Reynosa, Mexico site continued 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.

Green Building Strategy

In 2009, we conducted a gap analysis to assess the status of our facility portfolio against the LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design)-Existing Buildings Operations & Maintenance (LEED-EB) standards which cover the following areas:

• Sustainable site development
• Sustainable purchasing
• Water efficiency
• Energy and atmosphere
• Materials and resources
• Indoor environmental quality
• Innovation in operations

The analysis revealed that operations at our facilities already meet many of the LEED-EB standards. In 2010, our EHS team continued to develop the Green Buildings Strategy to further embed environmental responsibility into our operations. The team integrated LEED-EB standards into green procurement and cleaning guidelines. These guidelines allow targets to be set for Motorola Solutions sites to purchase environmentally preferable paper and office products, IT equipment, furniture, lighting, and janitorial and cleaning supplies, and enable us to maintain sites while protecting human health and the environment. 

The sustainability criteria outlined in these guidelines include specifications for energy efficiency, hazardous material content, recycled content, product reuse, and sustainable manufacturing (as defined by green product certifications, such as Energy Star, Green Seal, Environmental Choice and the Forest Stewardship Council).

The Green Buildings Strategy guidelines build on green procurement practices already in place. For example, we operate a global reuse and recycling program for electronics and furniture and almost 60 percent of cleaning products purchased by Motorola Solutions in the Americas region meet sustainability criteria.

Scope of EHS data

Our EHS data includes measured and estimated data. We measure environmental impacts and health and safety data at our main sites, which accounted for 78 percent of total floor space as of Dec. 31, 2010 (except for water use which we measure at sites accounting for 75 percent of floor space). We collect this data using our internal reporting system. We extrapolate the measured data to provide an estimate of EHS data at the remaining 22 percent of sites by floor space.