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Baxter: Saving and Sustaining Lives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
A Culture of Sustainability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Product Sustainability Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Product End-of-Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Integrated “Lean and Clean” Engineering . . . . . . . 274
Eli Lilly and Company: Reducing the Environmental
Footprint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Environmental Achievements and Goals . . . . . . . . . 274
Leading-Edge Environmental Practices . . . . . . . . . . 276
Applying Green Chemistry for Source Reduction . 276
Lean Six Sigma for Environmental Performance . . 278
Sustainable Packaging for Medical Devices . . . . . . 278
15 Food and Beverage Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Coca-Cola: Global Responsibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Measuring Environmental Performance . . . . . . . . . 283
Sustainable Packaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Sustainable Refrigeration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
ConAgra Foods: Packaging Innovation . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
General Mills: Nourishing the Future . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Unilever: A Vitality Mentality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290

16 Consumer Products Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Kimberly-Clark: Getting Serious about DFE . . . . . . . . 295
Applying DFE to Product Development . . . . . . . . . 295
Using LCA to Develop Greener Baby Wipes . . . . . . 296
Looking to the Future . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Procter & Gamble: Ensuring a Better Quality
of Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Mohawk Industries: Naturally Stain-Resistant
Carpet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Patagonia: Dancing on the Fringe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
17 Materials Production Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Alcoa: Toward Sustainable Materials Management . . 308
Strategic Framework for Sustainability . . . . . . . . . . 308
Converting Wastes to Products in Brazil . . . . . . . . . 309
Holcim: Creating Lasting Value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
A Sustainability Mindset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Process Improvement Initiatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Envirocore™ Family of Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Global Cement Sustainability Initiative . . . . . . . . . . 316