Goodyear's environmental, health and safety efforts are integrated into the company's business plans for a higher calling, namely for the benefit of our associates, our customers and the communities in which we operate.

The company performs many socially-responsible activities in relative anonymity. It is all part of doing business as the world's largest tire company.

Goodyear accepted the following awards in 2003:

• Goodyear's Wingfoot de Chihuahua subsidiary in Mexico received an "excellent" rating during a 2003 environmental inspection. This recognition was reserved for the top 17 percent of the industries in Chihuahua.
• The Medicine Hat, Alberta, plant was named the 59th "Partner" in the province's "Partner in Health and Safety Program," an elite group of companies that assists in developing, implementing and evaluating safety programs in Alberta.
• Goodyear Indonesia's plant in Bogor won the Kalpataru award as the best environmental company in the West Java Region. The plant is now a candidate for the best environmental company in the entire country.
• The company's Danville, Virginia; Gadsden, Alabama; and Buffalo, New York plants were recognized by the Rubber Manufacturers Association to receive the organization's Safety and Health Improvement award, signifying at least a 10 percent improved accident incidence rate.
• The North Carolina Department of Labor presented a Gold Award to the Statesville, North Carolina, tire mold plant for its outstanding safety and health record in 2002.
• Goodyear Thailand received the government's award as an "Outstanding Enterprise for Environment, Health and Safety." Goodyear also was one of only six companies in Thailand to receive the Grand Award; this was the sixth consecutive year that Goodyear earned this award.
• 70 percent of global manufacturing operations showed significant improvement and several plants passed safety milestones.
• The Spring Hope, North Carolina, conveyor belt plant celebrated one year without a lost-time injury.
• The Beaumont, Texas, chemical plant's 600 associates surpassed one million work-hours without an OSHA lost-time recordable case.
• Goodyear's North American Tire manufacturing plants set a safety improvement rate record that was 30 percent lower than 2002. The company benefited from reduced worker's compensation and insurance rates, as well as improved worker performance.