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Conserving Our Environment<br />
<strong>FMC</strong> supports community programs and projects<br />
that mirror our focus on raising environmental<br />
consciousness to protect and preserve natural<br />
resources. Efforts exist across our global<br />
operations, but one example in the Philippines<br />
stands out.<br />
Our <strong>FMC</strong> site in Cebu finds new uses for existing<br />
resources through a collaborative bottle recycling<br />
program. Working with Marriott Cebu City, <strong>FMC</strong><br />
employees collect used plastic bottles from the<br />
hotel and repurpose them, along with bottles<br />
collected from our site location, for local seaweed<br />
harvesting efforts. The recycled water bottles are<br />
used as floats for seaweed systems that grow near<br />
the surface.<br />
Using these bottles reduces the use of polystyrene<br />
floats, which are non-recyclable, have a shorter<br />
usage life and can potentially break up, introducing<br />
smaller pieces of polystyrene into the water.<br />
The bottle collection and reuse effort decreases<br />
waste and reduces operating costs while putting<br />
otherwise waste-generating bottles to productive<br />
use. After this second use, all bottles are disposed<br />
of properly.<br />
The Bottle-to-Floaters Program is a partnership<br />
between <strong>FMC</strong> and Marriott Cebu City. The two groups<br />
collect plastic bottles for the Indo-Pacific Sourcing<br />
Center, a local <strong>FMC</strong> BioPolymer seaweed producer. In<br />
Carcar, Cebu, the plastic bottles find a new purpose as<br />
floaters suspending seaweed seedling cultivation lines.<br />
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FOCUSED FORWARD<br />
SUSTAINABLE SEAWEED<br />
FARMING<br />
For over 4O years, <strong>FMC</strong>'s BioPolymer<br />
Division has demonstrated a commitment<br />
to advancing seaweed cultivation practices<br />
around the globe. We took a leadership<br />
role in establishing standards for both<br />
product consistency and the welfare of<br />
our workforce and our suppliers. We also<br />
developed a training program that covers<br />
the latest farming techniques, provides<br />
safety and health education, and offers<br />
guidelines for environmentally sustainable<br />
practices. <strong>FMC</strong> is currently in the process<br />
of reaching out to stakeholders in an<br />
effort to evolve a shared set of principles<br />
related to the further advancement of<br />
sustainable seaweed farming.<br />
Listening Leads to Collaboration<br />
A key element of <strong>FMC</strong>’s sustainability approach<br />
is to increase engagement with all stakeholders,<br />
particularly on social, environmental and economic<br />
issues connected to the five market-shaping shifts<br />
(see page 2). In 2012, we established several<br />
efforts to gather feedback and initiate dialogue<br />
with both internal and external groups. These<br />
efforts included:<br />
• Creating activities to engage employees in our<br />
sustainability efforts;