The Environment, Safety, and Health (ES&H) Policy of Sandia Corporation (Sandia) is to protect and preserve the environment, and to ensure the safety and health of its employees, contractors, visitors, and the public, while maintaining the corporate vision and mission. As part of its mission, Sandia has adopted three ES&H principles:

• All employees take responsibility and are accountable for improving the work environment and ES&H performance at Sandia.
• An unwavering belief that job-related injuries, illnesses, and environmental incidents are avoidable and unacceptable.
• We are each accountable for minimizing our impact on the environment in our communities.

ES&H performance at Sandia is based upon the core functions and guiding principles of the Integrated Safety Management System (ISMS). The Environmental Management System is integrated into the ISMS and it is a continual cycle of planning, implementing, evaluating, and improving processes and actions for the achievement of environmental goals.

Sandia's corporate ES&H Program mandates compliance with all applicable laws, regulations, the Department of Energy (DOE) directives included in the Prime Contract between DOE and Sandia, internal corporate policy requirements, and permit requirements. Sandia has commited to:

• Plan work, incorporating safety awareness, protective health practices, environmental management, pollution prevention, and long-term stewardship of resources
• Identify hazards, evaluate and monitor, and manage risk with effective ES&H systems
• Implement controls to prevent injuries, exposures to hazardous materials, and releases of materials that could be hazardous to the environment
• Do quality work while protecting people, the environment, and our nation's security
• Continually improve our ES&H performance by establishing, meeting, and assessing measurable ES&H goals, objectives, targets, and milestones
• Communicate ES&H issues to our members of the workforce, the community, regulators, and stakeholders

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