Ashland Inc.
Fiscal 2012 Sustainability Overview
Ashland’s Basic Elements of Sustainability Products Quality Product Stewardship Sustainability
People Safety Community Compliance Diversity and Inclusion
Planet Environment Carbon Footprint Community
Corporate responsibility Corporate responsibility and sustainability are important in all of Ashland’s business activities. This Sustainability Overview highlights Ashland’s efforts to find the best balance among environmental, social and economic needs. To prepare this document, Ashland followed the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) guidelines, one of the world’s most widely used sustainability reporting frameworks.
GRI Application Level C Ashland is moving forward with tracking and reporting sustainability metrics. This report is an overview of Ashland’s efforts using GRI’s 2006 G3 guidelines at Application Level C. Please refer to GRI’s website, www.globalreporting.org, for more details.
See page 26 for a complete list of indicators. Oct. 1, 2011, to Sept. 30, 2012
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