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Environmental Awards and Voluntary Programs
Boulder former Mayor Shaun McGrath, left, presents the Partners for A Clean Environment (PACE) certificate to Don Fitzgerald, President and Site Manager of Roche Colorado.
Partners for A Clean Environment (PACE) Certification
Roche Colorado became one of three manufacturing facilities in Boulder County to receive PACE certification in 2000. PACE certification recognizes companies that demonstrate management support for a company-wide pollution prevention program and the implementation of projects that have a quantifiable benefit to the environment. For example, Roche Colorado works with its suppliers on solvent formulations that enhance recycling opportunities.
Learn more about the PACE program here.
Responsible Care®
RC14001 Certification
Roche Colorado has been certified under the American Chemistry Council's Responsible CareŽ RC14001 and the ISO 14001 standards since 2006. This certification was obtained through a comprehensive independent audit of Roche Colorado's environmental, health, safety and security management system. The Responsible CareŽ program requires companies to go above and beyond regulatory requirements, openly communicate results to the public, and extend these best practices to business partners through the industry supply chain.
Learn more about Responsible Care® here.
View Roche Colorado's Responsible Care® Certificate of Registration
Presidential Green Chemistry
Challenge Award
Roche Colorado received the 2000 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge award from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). This award recognizes Roche Colorado's success in designing pharmaceutical production processes that incorporate the principles of Green Chemistry. In the specific process that was featured for the award, Roche Colorado's technical development scientists designed an alternative for the production of the antiviral agent, CytoveneŽ, that reduced solid and liquid waste by 89 percent and air emissions by 66 percent.
Environmental Leadership
Recognition
Environmental Leadership certification recognizes companies that voluntarily perform above and beyond the existing mandated environmental regulations. Environmental Leaders, like Roche Colorado, must have a comprehensive and operational environmental management system and a pollution prevention plan that commits the company to a program of continuous environmental improvement. In its letter announcing the Environmental Leader certification, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment thanked Roche Colorado for the "effort and dedication" it brings to environmental issues. In 2003, Roche Colorado received the highest environmental honor that the State of Colorado bestows, the title of "Gold Level" Environmental Leader.
EPA Climate Leaders Program
Roche Group U.S. affiliates are a Climate Leaders Partner. Climate Leaders is an EPA industry-government partnership that works with companies to develop long-term comprehensive climate change strategies. This is a voluntary program in which partners set corporatewide greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction goals and inventory their emissions to measure progress. Roche Group U.S. affiliates pledged to reduce total GHG emissions by 10 percent from 2001 to 2008 to measure progress. Following an initial goal of reducing GHG emissions by 10 percent from 2001 to 2008, the Roche Group U.S. affiliates achieved an 18.1 percent reduction over that same period.
Indian Country School Laboratory Hazard Consultation Program
The Indian Country School Laboratory Hazard Consultation Program was designed by the EPA to help schools identify and manage hazardous chemical risks in their laboratories and to share pollution prevention techniques that help avoid the use of chemicals. Roche Colorado has been actively engaged in this endeavor with the EPA, helping to design program procedures and conducting safety surveys and chemical inventories at a number of tribal schools. As a tribute to Roche Colorado's commitment to the School Laboratory Hazard Consultation Program, the company received the 2007 24-Karat Gold Challenge Award from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and five Roche Colorado employees received the 2005 Environmental Achievement Award from the EPA.
