Chris Green mentions two companies and their lean environmental program. First is GE, and second is 3M.
With GE, the lean environmental program involves promising to maintain its 2004, if not reduce, greenhouse gases (GHG) emission. The company did this by engine balancing.
With 3M’s program, the company launched the Environmental, Health and Safety Operations (EHS). EHS Lean Six Sigma projects have focused on topics ranging from compliance or due diligence activities to data collection and management to communications.
The initiatives of the two companies will surely inspire all the others. They also show that Lean Six Sigma can help in green initiatives.
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