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Project Pack: Fairmount Minerals |
Sustainable Development Principles:
Meet the needs
of the present without compromising the future.
Fairmount strives
to exceed standard practices and expectations in ensuring that our
actions consider
the impact on each of the 3 pillars of sustainability:
People, Planet, Prosperity.
The Fairmount Minerals Sustainable Development AI
Summit
The Fairmount Minerals Sustainable Development AI Summit
was held at the Eaglewood Resort and Spa in Itasca, Illinois, in August 2005. The
company-wide summit brought together more than 225 employees from all levels
of the business and external stakeholders such as neighbors, suppliers and
customers. Using
the Appreciative Inquiry methodology – a process focused on evolving in
the direction of positive images – we worked to discover our core strengths,
dream of a possible future and design a plan to achieve our vision. In
February 2006, we had a series of follow-up summits to engage employees who could
not make the first meeting and provide an update to all our stakeholders on the
progress of the 12 initiatives previously identified at the original summit. Based
on the feedback from the series of summits, Fairmount Minerals adopted a set
of sustainable development ideals and guiding principles.
Objectives:
- Discover Fairmount’s core strengths and valued past – the “positive
core” of Fairmount we want to maintain and build upon to create a
sustainable future that delivers stakeholder value.
- Dream and envision the shared future we want to create – our vision
for becoming a sustainable company on each of the “3-P’s” of
sustainable development: People, Planet and Prosperity.
- Design sustainable development into our organization’s purpose
and principles and into our day-to-day business products, services and
operations, as well as into our personal lives.
- Deploy a set of actions – value creation initiatives and
follow-up learning processes (with metrics) to actively move us in the
direction of our shared aspirations and commitments.
Outcomes: During the Sustainable Development Summit,
participants used Appreciative Inquiry questions to tap
into their own high-point experiences at Fairmount Minerals. The diverse
group present discovered many commonalties and shared hopes for the future.
The participants then learned how to leverage these past strengths and
shared visions to create action plans for positive change.
Specific outcomes included 12 Initiatives Teams:
- Mission and Principles
- Best Practices
- Branding, Marketing & Communications
- Corporate Social Responsibility
- Eco-Efficiency (Transportation & Packaging)
- dataManufacturing
- Health, Wellness & Safety
- New Markets & Globalization
- Training, Awareness, Sustainability and Knowledge (TASK)
- Recover, Recycle, Reuse (RRR)
- Environmentally Responsible Products
- Continuing Integration of AI
A New Mission Statement and Guiding Principles:
Mission: We, the Fairmount Minerals family, are
united in our commitment to exceed all expectations while fulfilling our
economic, social and environmental responsibilities.
Principles: Principles that unite us in our vision of
sustainability:
Ethics: Honesty, Trust, and Integrity are the foundation
of ALL we do. We do what is right.
Leadership: We will develop and appreciate leaders that
demonstrate commitment to the 3P’s (people, planet and prosperity),
build trust, and exceed expectations in themselves.
Total Quality: We are committed to exceeding our customer’s
expectations by providing error-free service and products at every step
of our relationship.
Environmental Stewardship: We will manage our resources
wisely to sustain the prosperity of people and the planet.
Empowerment: We empower our Family members with education,
information, training, and by respecting and supporting each other’s
ideas and opinions. Our decisions are made with personal commitment, ownership,
and accountability.
Personal Excellence: We give our personal best while striving
to become better. We will treat others in the same way we want to be treated,
with fairness, respect and kindness. We win with people.
Continuous Improvement: We continue to improve in all
we do. We learn from our past, and are innovators of today and tomorrow.
Improvement brings growth and growth brings strength.
Celebrate / Fun: When success is celebrated, it is repeated.
We will enjoy the journey and celebrate our achievements.
Teamwork / Shared Ownership: We think and act like owners,
collaborating with our family members to create mutual benefits for all.
There is no "I" in sand.
Social Responsibility: We maintain a healthy balance among
the responsibilities in our work, our home, our community, and our world.
Safety: We are committed to Safety. Everyday we work
together to ensure our family members are safe and healthy at home, at work,
and at play.
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