Celanese is committed to protecting the environment, preserving the health, safety of our employees and communities, and assuring the safe operations of our processes.

We consider Sustainable Development as an economic, social, and environmental prerequisite for continued commercial success.  

We believe in a performance-based culture that encourages our employees to strive for best practices in business, production, and research while continuously improving our environmental, health, and safety performance. Therefore, Celanese and its businesses set ambitious continuous improvement goals for their environmental, health, and safety performance.

Guiding Principles

Celanese businesses bear full responsibility for their environmental, health, employee safety, process safety and security performance. Celanese management and all of its employees adhere to the following Guiding Principles:

Complying with applicable requirements ...

• We will comply with all applicable laws and regulations in each country in which we do business.
• We will comply with these Guiding Principles and the business’s applicable environmental, health, and safety policies and standards at all of our operations worldwide.

Using good science ...

• We will use good science to define and manage all significant risks arising from our activities or our products.
• We will produce and sell only products that can be manufactured, distributed, used, and disposed of safely.

Operating safely....

• We will design and operate our facilities to provide our employees with a safe workplace and to minimize the potential for any adverse impacts on health and the environment.
• Each employee is accountable for safe work practices and responsible environmental conduct.

Managing contractors...

• We will only do business with contractors who perform their services in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations.
• We will require our contractors to comply with applicable Celanese environmental, health, and safety standards.

Communicating proactively...

• We will openly communicate our environmental, health, and safety performance with internal and external stakeholders.
• We will implement responsible incident management and crisis communications procedures and processes.
• We will promptly communicate to affected persons the potential hazards of our products and activities while sharing methods necessary for environmental, health, and safety protection.

Managing responsibly ...

• We will implement our Guiding Principles through environmental, health, safety and security management systems.
• By acting in compliance with the Environmental, Health, and Safety Policy and Guiding Principles, Celanese, its operating businesses, managers, and employees support the goals of the chemical industry’s international Responsible Care program.

By acting in compliance with the Environmental, Health, Safety Policy and Guiding Principles, Celanese, its operating businesses, managers, and employees support the goals of the chemical industry's international Responsible Care program.

Revision Date: 5/13/2010