Dresser-Rand releases annual CSR

Dresser-Rand Group Inc. has published its fifth Corporate Sustainability Report.

The report features numerous photos and real-life examples of how Dresser-Rand products and people are making positive impacts on the environment and society, while promoting the highest standards of governance.

“It’s all about the people,” said Vincent R. Volpe Jr., Dresser-Rand’s President and CEO. “You’ll see in this report a myriad of examples of our employees involved in community outreach, acting as role models for future generations and advancing our commitment to education in local communities.”

Advanced technologies helping the planet

The Report, titled ‘Bringing Energy and the Environment into Harmony through Technology’, highlights how the company’s advanced technologies contribute to a more sustainable planet and help reduce adverse environmental impacts.

Under the leadership of its Board of Directors and executive leadership team, the Company remains focused on the three intersecting areas of sustainability – the environment, society and governance.

Performance highlights for 2013 included:

• Undertook an important and ambitious initiative to develop a global HSE management system certified to ISO 14001.
• Implemented a process within the enterprise HSE software application where employees can suggest process improvements.
• Achieved OHSAS 18001:2007 global certification by Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance.
• Recognised as one of America’s safest companies by EHS Today magazine.
• Partnered with and invested in the IMPS (in Angola) infrastructure and laboratory.
• Implemented an Internet-based entity management system for all US subsidiaries.
• Designed and initiated a due diligence process for reviewing the supply chain to determine origin of conflict materials to facilitate compliance with SEC conflict minerals disclosure rules.

Best reporting practices

In determining the scope of this report, Dresser-Rand looked at the best practices in reporting and is pleased to be reporting at level B, according to the Global Reporting Initiative G3.1 Guidelines. The Report outlines progress the Company made on its 2013 sustainability commitments and the 15 goals established for 2014.

Dresser-Rand's goal is to provide a balanced view of the key issues the company faces and outline the major achievements it made that affect Dresser-Rand stakeholders across environmental, societal and governance areas.

The online version of the report, which includes a downloadable PDF, is available at: http://sustainability.dresser-rand.com/ The report is also printed in limited quantities on FSC-certified paper.

Edited from source by Elizabeth Corner

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