2015 Sustainability GoalsS O L U T I O N S F O R A B E T T E R , S A F E R , H E A LT H I E R W O R L D
To Our Stakeholders:At DuPont, we have transformed our com-
pany several times since our founding in
1802, constantly challenging ourselves with
this question: Are we doing the right things
to build a stronger company, help solve the
world’s toughest challenges, and build a
brighter future for people and our planet?
At the heart of our transformation to a
science company is the imperative for
sustainable growth — putting our science
to work to develop sustainable, global
solutions. From our fi rst safety rules in 1811
to our fi rst statement of environmental
responsibility in 1938, our core values have
guided DuPont on a path to sustainability,
even as the concept itself has evolved.
In the 1970s and 1980s, our focus was on
internal safety and meeting environmental
regulations.
In the late 1980s and 1990s, we focused
on voluntary footprint reduction, going
beyond regulatory requirements and
pursuing a goal of zero safety and environ-
mental incidents. We looked to increase
shareholder value as we reduced our
emissions and decreased our raw material
and energy use.
We now see ourselves in a third phase of
sustainable growth, characterized by a
holistic approach, fully integrated into our
business models.
In this phase, safety and environmental
protection are market-driven business
fundamentals throughout the global value
chain. Working in partnership with others, we
are building sustainability into our products
themselves as well as into the way we make
them. Sustainability is central to our total
value proposition, impacting not only our
business, but every customer and every
consumer we touch, everywhere in the world.
DuPont’s 2015 Sustainability Goals span
all of our operations — from R&D to manu-
facturing to marketing. They go beyond
traditional footprint reduction to include
goals that tie our business growth even
more directly to the development of safer
and environmentally improved new prod-
ucts for the many global markets we serve
— transportation, construction, agriculture,
and communications, to name a few.
While we have made progress, we rec-
ognize we have more to do. Science and
innovation are about the future, and we
will honor our commitment to the future by
directing our science to sustainable growth
— not as a distant goal, but as an immedi-
ate reality for DuPont employees and our
extended family of customers and partners
around the world.
DuPont’s vision is to be the world’s most dynamic science company, creating sustainable solutions essential to a better, safer, healthier life for people everywhere.
At the DuPont R&D Center in Shanghai, scientists target innovations for needs in the Asia Pacifi c region.
DuPont Fuel Cells is driving the technology necessary to make fuel cells a commercial reality in the near- and long-term, enabling clean, effi cient energy.
A DuPont scientist applies nanotube research in fl exible electronics, which could enable thinner displays that use less material.
A DuPont scientist develops new biofuels in a state-of-the-art fermentation lab at the DuPont Experimental Station in Wilmington, Delaware.
Chad HollidayChairman & Chief Executive Offi cer
Environment, Energy, and Climate
Environmentally Smart Market Opportunities from R&D Efforts:
By 2015, DuPont will double our investment in R&D programs with direct, quantifi able
environmental benefi ts for our customers and consumers along our value chains.
Products that Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions:
By 2015, DuPont will grow our annual revenues by at least $2 billion from products
that create energy effi ciency and/or signifi cant greenhouse gas emissions reductions
for our customers. We estimate these products will contribute at least 40 million
tonnes of additional CO2 equivalent reductions by our customers and consumers.
Revenues from Non-Depletable Resources:
By 2015, DuPont will nearly double our revenues from non-depletable resources
to at least $8 billion.
Safety
Products that Protect People:
DuPont will enhance our focus on protecting people. We will increase the amount
of R&D spent on developing and bringing to market new products that will protect
people from harm or threats. Between now and 2015, we will introduce at least
1,000 new products or services that help make people safer globally.
The DuPont™ StormRoom™ with Kevlar® helps protect people from the impact of hurricanes and tornadoes.
Bio-PDO™, which can be made using corn as the raw material, is the key ingredient for Sorona®, used in apparel and carpeting and other applications.
2015 Sustainability Goals: Serving the Marketplace
Turnout coats made of DuPontTM Nomex® help fi refi ghters manage the extremes of heat while delivering incredible lightness and durability.
DuPont™ SentryGlas® Plus offers superior strength, allowing larger windows and doors to meet hurricane code requirements.
Meeting global market needs through science and innovation
Since 1802, DuPont has been awarded patents for more than 34,000 inventions, which
means that, on average, we have introduced a new innovation every other day for the
last two centuries. The majority of those discoveries have come in the second half of
our history, with the pace rapidly accelerating the closer we get to the present.
These innovations are delivering benefits in both safety and environmental protection to
markets around the world. For example, through our focus on biology, DuPont will help
transform a petroleum-based economy to one that increasingly utilizes non-depletable
resources and is characterized by more efficient use of resources overall.
Agriculture & Food • Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., a sub-
sidiary of DuPont, dramatically increases
and enhances the world’s food supply by
using advanced plant genetics to develop
field crops that are more productive, of
higher quality, more nutritious, and better
suited for specific uses.
• Pioneer® brand low linolenic soybeans
are used to produce soybean oil that
eliminates the need for hydrogenation,
a process that creates trans fats, which
have been linked to heart disease and
other health concerns.
• The Solae Company, a joint venture
created with Bunge Ltd., is involved in the
research and application of soy protein
and other ingredients to meet the growing
demand for better tasting, more nutritious
foods and beverages.
• DuPont introduced low-dose crop
protection chemicals in agriculture with
sulfonylureas (SUs), environmentally
acceptable herbicides that work by inhibit-
ing a key enzyme that weeds need to grow.
SUs leave little to no residue and degrade
rapidly in soil.
• The DuPont Qualicon BAX® system is a
fast and accurate way to detect bacteria,
including Salmonella and E. coli 0157:H7,
in food ingredients and finished products.
• The DuPont Clean & Disinfect business
supplies products and expertise to help
customers keep the food supply safe. For
example, Virkon® S, the world’s premier
veterinary disinfectant, has been specified
by the United Nations and has demon-
strated its effectiveness against the
H5N1 bird flu virus.
Farmers in Latin America increase crop yield
with the help of DuPont high-yield seeds
and crop protection solutions.
Building & Construction
• DuPont™ Tyvek® Weatherization Systems
are used in millions of homes to combat
water, moisture, and air infiltration. DuPont™
Tyvek® HomeWrap® forms a protective skin
on a home, helping to keep wind and rain
out. DuPont™ Tyvek® AtticWrap™ creates
a sealed attic system, reducing air leakage
and energy loss through the roof.
• DuPont has eight products used in
photovoltaic solar panels. The company is
investing in continued expansion of these
products and is innovating next-generation
solutions to help improve solar module
lifecycle and efficiency.
• DuPont™ SentryGlas® Plus and DuPont™
StormRoom™ with Kevlar® help provide
protection against hurricane-force winds
and airborne debris.
• A joint venture between DuPont and
U.K.-based Tate & Lyle is building one of
the world’s largest bio-materials facilities
in Tennessee. It will convert corn sugar into
Bio-PDO™, the key renewable ingredient
that is used to make DuPont™ Sorona® poly-
mer for a number of products including carpet,
where it provides permanent stain protection.
• DuPont technology and products are
incorporated into air filters, water filtra-
tion products, smoke alarms and carbon
monoxide alarms that make commercial and
residential buildings healthier and safer.
Communications
• DuPont Imaging Technologies offers
DuPont™ Cyrel®FAST, Cromaprint™ and
Artistri™ digital printing systems that are
environmentally smart, with no processing
solvents to handle, store, or recycle. They
also use significantly less water, ink, and
energy than conventional printing systems.
• DuPont technology is used in miniaturized
fuel cells for consumer electronics to
enable continuous power for laptops and
cell phones, while using less energy.
• DuPont™ certified limited combustible
cable has insulation and jacket materials
that are specifically engineered to reduce
smoke generation and flame spread. It also
offers environmental benefits compared
to typical wire and cable jacketing and
insulation materials—it is free of heavy
metals, phthalates, PBB and PBDE.
• DuPont™ Abandoned Cable Services
supports the removal and recycling of
abandoned copper communications cable,
which is typically combustible and is pres-
ent in many commercial buildings today.
• Looking to the future, we are working in
partnership with Environmental Defense
to develop a framework for responsible
development, production, use, and disposal
of nano-scale materials critical to “next
generation” communications devices.
Transportation • In partnership with BP, DuPont is develop-
ing next-generation biofuels that can be
produced from agricultural byproducts
containing sugar, while promoting sustainable
agriculture. We also are developing seeds
to increase the production of alternative
fuels and automobile efficiency.
• DuPont technology is enabling the
development and commercialization of
fuel cell-powered vehicles. Today, fuel
cell-powered buses and automobiles are
running in demonstration fleets, a prelude
to their eventual mass commercialization.
• DuPont is introducing new grades of
DuPont™ Hytrel® thermoplastic elastomer
made with renewable resources for use in
a range of automotive parts.
• DuPont™ Spallshield® is used to create
automotive sunroofs that protect passen-
gers more effectively and reduce weight
by up to 30%.
• DuPont Performance Coatings offers
low-VOC emission automotive coatings
and is developing finishes based on
renewable resources.
• DuPont has identified and is now testing
new proprietary refrigerants to reduce
their global warming potential in future
automotive air conditioning systems.
• DuPont™ Kevlar® fiber provides durability
to automotive tires, protects soldiers and com-
bat vehicles, and makes cars and airplanes
stronger, lighter, and more fuel efficient.
• DuPont has committed to a three-year,
$100 million global expansion for DuPont™
Nomex®, a flame-resistant fiber. Used as
lightweight structural support, Nomex®
helps substantially improve the performance
and safety of most commercial aircraft.
• DuPont Safety Resources is a world-class
consultancy that has helped more than 1,600
clients reduce workplace injury rates. Custom-
ers include companies in the aerospace, trans-
portation, energy, and health care industries.
DaimlerChrysler reduced clearcoat
air emissions by 25% at its Dodge Durango
plant in Delaware by using SuperSolids™
technology developed by DuPont.
Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Since 1990,
DuPont has reduced our global greenhouse
gas emissions measured as CO2 equivalents
by 72%. By 2015, we will further reduce
our greenhouse gas emissions at least 15%
from a base year of 2004.
Water Conservation: DuPont commits
to reducing water consumption by at
least 30% over the next ten years at our
global sites that are located where the
renewable freshwater supply is either
scarce or stressed as determined by the
United Nations analysis of river basins
globally. For all other sites, DuPont will
hold water consumption flat on an absolute
basis through the year 2015, offsetting any
increased demand from production volume
growth through conservation, reuse and
recycle practices.
Fleet Fuel Efficiency: Effective immedi-
ately, DuPont will introduce fleet vehicles
that represent the leading technologies for
fuel efficiency and fossil fuel alternatives.
By 2015, we will ensure that 100% of our
off-site fleet of cars and light trucks meet
these criteria. We will continue to ensure
these vehicles are safe as well as fuel
efficient, and we will track and report
on our fuel efficiency improvements.
Air Carcinogens: Since 1990, DuPont has
reduced our global air carcinogen emis-
sions by 92%, well beyond legal require-
ments. By 2015, we will further reduce our
air carcinogen emissions at least 50% from
a base year of 2004. This will bring our
total reductions since 1990 to 96%.
Independent Verification: By 2015, DuPont
will ensure that 100% of our global
manufacturing sites have successfully
completed an independent third-party
verification of the effectiveness of their
environmental management goals and
systems. We will make this information
publicly available and communicate it
to our local communities.
2015 Sustainability Goals: Reducing DuPont’s FootprintWhile we have made progress in reducing our environmental footprint, we recognize we
have more to do. At DuPont, “The Goal Is Zero.” Guided by our core values, reducing our
footprint will always be a priority.
Recognition for the progress we have made
• Ranked #1 on Business Week’s 2005 list
of “The Top Green Companies.”
• Recognized as 2006 “Best in Class” for
our approach to climate change, by the
Carbon Disclosure Project, a coalition
of global investors.
• Recipient of the National Safety Council’s
2006 Green Cross Safety Medal.
• Ranked #1 in the U.S. and #2 globally by
Ceres in 2006 for meeting the business
challenges associated with climate change.
• Named to the 2006 “Wired 40” list,
published by Wired magazine to recognize
companies for innovation, strategic vision,
and global reach.
• Named to Fast Company magazine’s 2006
“Fast 50” list of people and organizations
who will change the world. DuPont was rec-
ognized for the development of products
based on non-depletable resources and
reduction of greenhouse gases.
• DuPont™ Sorona® polymer was recognized
in 2004 as the “Most Visionary Innovation”
by the China State Intellectual Property
Offi ce and China Central Television (CCTV).
• Recipient of the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency’s 2003 Presidential
Green Chemistry Award for Bio-PDO™.
• Recipient of the 2005 Black Pearl Award for
Food Safety Excellence from the Interna-
tional Association for Food Protection.
• Recipient of one National Medal of Science
and four National Medals of Technology,
including one in 2003 for leadership in the
phase-out of CFCs and the development
of CFC alternatives.
• Named by Scientifi c American magazine
to the 2005 “Scientifi c American 50,”
a list of the leaders shaping the future
of technology.
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As our journey to sustainable growth continues, our progress in delivering safer and en-
vironmentally improved solutions has been recognized by a number of external groups.
We appreciate this recognition, though we know we have more work to do. What mat-
ters most is what happens in the marketplace and the world as a result of
our actions, and our commitment is to make further progress in the years ahead.
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