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NIJMEGEN, NETHERLANDS
MEAD JOHNSON NUTRITIONALS

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Economic Development

The facility directly contributes to the local economy through employee wages and benefits.

Community and Social Progress

To be in compliance with local legislation and BMS guidelines, we have improved workplace conditions. This includes creating improved physical labor circumstances and an inspiring work environment for team members.
We have implemented the following improvements in physical circumstances:
- Being a powder producing facility, unsafe situations can be caused by static electricity. The plant has made several improvements to further reduce the hazards caused by static electricity.
- The Quality Assurance cabinet for hazardous material has been upgraded.
- The plant is 100 percent asbestos free.
- Built a new micro lab and upgraded the chemical lab to improve work conditions. This is an example of a synergistic improvement; better labor circumstances result in improved product quality.
- Installed new palletizing machinery with improved ergonomic features.

Environmental Performance

The Mead Johnson facility in Nijmegen obtained certification against the final ISO 14001 standard in December 1996 and successfully recertified in February 2000, without observation. The facility had already achieved certification to ISO 9002 when plant management decided to capitalize on the synergy between ISO's quality and environmental management standards. Significant cost savings and both improved quality and EHS performance have been obtained. The application of "productivity equals EHS performance divided by costs" is an important credo.
Received a complete new Environmental Permit in 2004.
In 2005 Mead Johnson Nijmegen issued the third Facility Environmental Program "BMP3," in which the environmental objectives are established until 2010.
Revised the new electrical power contract to "green power."
Replaced cooling towers with energy efficient units.
The motto for the Nijmegen plant is: "Less is More." By creating "less" waste one will have "more" product that will be produced right the first time. By using "less" materials one will have "more" profit. By using "less" energy one will have a better (= "more") environment and "more" profit. By creating "less" waste one will create a "more" productive and a "more" safe work environment.
One waste contractor now manages all waste handling, including the reporting function. Reducing the number of contracts from eight to one improves our ability to trace our waste and decreases the administrative burden. This is another example of "Less is More."

Key Facility Environmental Performance Metrics 2005
Total energy use	231,311 gigajoules
Water use	140,380,000 liters
Nonhazardous waste disposed	253,340 kilograms
Hazardous waste off-site treatment/disposal	3,404 kilograms

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+31-24-3718418

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