ENVIRONMENTAL AUDITS
In our Environmental Policy, we commit our company to routine
internal and external environmental audits to assess our
environmental compliance, management systems and practices. PT
Freeport Indonesia's environmental audits provide our managers
with information on current environmental performance and help
identify opportunities for improvement.
In 2003, two environmental audits were conducted.
Representatives from Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.
audited PT Freeport Indonesia's operations in August as part
of the annual corporate internal auditing program. In
November, the International Certification Services Division of
Société Générale de Surveillance (SGS), an ISO 14001
registration body based in Geneva, Switzerland with offices in
Indonesia, conducted an environmental management system audit
of PT Freeport Indonesia as a requirement to maintain the ISO
14001 certification granted in 2001. (Please see ISO 14001
Environmental Management System section below.) Actions have
been taken to implement recommendations for improvements that
were made in both audits.
Our environmental management system also includes an in-house
environmental inspection program that is conducted continually
throughout the year. These inspections are conducted at 369
facilities, including contractors and privatized companies,
from the Grasberg mine site to the port. The purpose is to
assess conformance by all facilities to our environmental
management system. The results from these inspections serve as
a measurement of our environmental performance and a basis for
determining continual improvement. The results are also used
in the calculation of employee bonuses, providing an added
incentive for our workforce to maintain high environmental
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ISO 14001 ENVIRONMENTAL
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
ISO (International Standardization Organization) 14001 is an
international standard that provides companies with a
systematic approach to effective environmental management and
continuous improvement. PT Freeport Indonesia was one of the
first mining operations in Indonesia to achieve this
recognition when we were awarded ISO 14001 certification in
December, 2001 for our mining and ore processing operations.
This significant achievement demonstrates our strong
commitment to providing effective environmental management at
our operations. This formal certified environmental management
system is the basis for measuring continual improvements in
our environmental performance, a cornerstone of ISO 14001.
Periodic follow-up reviews are required by ISO 14001
protocols. These are conducted by the certification agency to
determine the status of conformance and to assess continued
certification for our operational facilities. PT Freeport
Indonesia was reviewed in 2002 and again in November 2003 in
conjunction with the audit by the certification agency, SGS
International Certification Services, Inc. The audit verified
that PT Freeport Indonesia's Environmental Management System
was in conformance to the ISO 14001 standards in both 2002 and
2003 and remains certified. |
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