Environmental Management

Since 1970, Whirlpool has maintained a formal global environmental management process designed to integrate environmental considerations into product design, employee training, monitoring operations, and manufacturing processes.  We also have a corporate environmental council that formulates and updates the company's official environmental policy.

While we agree that certification against international standards is worthwhile, Whirlpool employs its own rigorous compliance audit process.  This process is based on the Whirlpool Corporation global standards that assess the same environmental risks as the ISO 14001 and the same health and safety criteria as the OHSAS 18000. 

The Whirlpool audit process also uses auditors who are experts in environmental health and safety (EHS) challenges within the home appliance industry and who typically spend more time reviewing a plant's EHS management systems and performance than is customary for international audits. All of our plants are held accountable to comply with and are audited against the Whirlpool Corporation global standards, but individual plants determine whether they want to pursue certification against ISO or OHSAS.