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Taking Action Against Product Misuse<br />
We closely monitor the end use of our products<br />
and take action when required. In last year’s<br />
report, we discussed the issue of East African<br />
cattle herders misusing our product, Furadan 5G®<br />
granular insecticide, to harm lions that feed on<br />
their livestock. In this particular case we concluded<br />
that our stewardship programs could not<br />
adequately reduce the risk of improper use and we<br />
stopped distribution and sales to Kenya, Uganda,<br />
Tanzania and South Africa, along with taking other<br />
precautionary measures.<br />
Luke Hunter, president of Panthera, the world’s<br />
leading organization devoted exclusively to the<br />
conservation of wild cats and their ecosystems,<br />
recently commented on <strong>FMC</strong>’s management of<br />
Furadan 5G distribution: “I have been greatly<br />
heartened by <strong>FMC</strong>’s response to the ‘Furadan<br />
issue’ in Africa. When it became clear to <strong>FMC</strong>’s<br />
assessors that it was simply impossible to prevent<br />
the misuse of Furadan 5G in remote parts of rural<br />
Africa, the company’s reaction was impressive.<br />
Buying back the product and halting distribution<br />
permanently has effectively removed Furadan<br />
from the equation. Unfortunately, livestock owners<br />
across Africa will always find ways to kill lions<br />
and other carnivores, but <strong>FMC</strong> can be proud that<br />
predators will not die from Furadan poisoning.<br />
<strong>FMC</strong>’s commitment to sustainability goes deeper.<br />
By supporting the Lion Guardians – former lion<br />
killers who are trained as para-biologists to help<br />
their communities avoid conflict with lions – the<br />
company is helping Panthera develop methods to<br />
improve the ability of rural people to co-exist with<br />
carnivores in the long term. So <strong>FMC</strong>’s consistent<br />
support has not only removed the abuse of<br />
Furadan 5G, but also helps target the underlying<br />
reasons why people want to kill lions in the first<br />
place. As a pragmatic, conservation scientist, it<br />
''As a pragmatic, conservation<br />
scientist, it is very gratifying<br />
for me to work with <strong>FMC</strong><br />
on resolving complicated<br />
problems where the needs of<br />
people and wildlife collide.''<br />
Luke Hunter, PhD<br />
President, Panthera<br />
is very gratifying for me to work with <strong>FMC</strong> on<br />
resolving complicated problems where the need<br />
of people and wildlife collide. The <strong>FMC</strong>-Panthera<br />
collaboration is a wonderful model of finding those<br />
solutions.”<br />
Safety Inside and Out<br />
We know we must extend our focus on safety<br />
beyond the way we work and the products we<br />
produce by demonstrating safety leadership in the<br />
communities where we live and operate.<br />
<strong>FMC</strong> employees take pride in applying their<br />
knowledge and skills to make their communities<br />
safer (read more in the Cultivating Community<br />
section). We collaborate with our neighbors on a<br />
range of projects, from producing regional safety<br />
awareness newsletters in Newark, Delaware, to<br />
discussing the importance of safe driving with high<br />
school students in Ungaran, Indonesia, and leading<br />
the sharing of safety guidance and best practices<br />
with neighboring companies in Zhangjiagang,<br />
China.<br />
As our “Th!nk. Safe.” manifesto proclaims:<br />
“We believe we all need each other to be truly<br />
safe. Each of our futures is connected and codependent.<br />
No one is safe until everyone is safe.”<br />
Luke Hunter with colleagues Joel Ziwa<br />
and Mustapha Nsubuga place a radio<br />
collar on a sedated lioness in Uganda.<br />
©Andy Plumptre/WCS<br />
<strong>FMC</strong> 2012 SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 13