Environmental Sustainability Promise

The Vanguard Companies are committed to creating a culture of environmental, employee and corporate financial sustainability in all that we do. We believe that we have an obligation to attach the future of our company to our ability to manage all of the resources we consume, cause to be consumed or create for the next generation of products at the end of our product's usable life. We will achieve this through the following guidelines:

• We will consider the impact of each step in the value chain of every product we create or manufacture.
• We will do business with others who do the same.
• We will sell products to customers who respect sustainability efforts and see the value that this creates.
• We will hire employees who believe in sustainability and apply it daily.
• We will set yearly goals to challenge ourselves and grade our progress.
• We will share our knowledge with others so that they may do the same.