Michigan Radio NPR Interview about the Suppliers Partnership
for the Environment (SP) with SP's Vice Chair and Communications & Marketing Chair,
Roger Strelow of Federal-Mogul Corporation
Supplier Enviro Group
8/14/03
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The US Environmental Protection Agency, General Motors, and a group of
auto suppliers have teamed up to clean up manufacturing. They've formed
the "Suppliers Partnership for the Environment." For the Great Lakes
Radio Consortium, Bill Poorman reports.
The Partnership includes some of the biggest auto suppliers, including
Delphi, Visteon, Lear, and Federal-Mogul. Federal-Mogul's Roger Strelow
is the group's Vice Chairman. He says they want to find
ways to help the environment and cut costs, by combining the expertise
of the EPA, GM, and auto suppliers.
For example, Strelow says, take a company that learns how to cut manufacturing waste.
Strelow: "They are both saving money by having to buy less raw
material to make a given unit of product. At the same time, if there's
less scrap, there's less material going out to scrap heaps or landfills
or somewhere else."
Strelow says the group is still evaluating ways to measure its success.
One way could be measuring the amount of energy each company saves. For
the Great Lakes Radio Consortium, I'm Bill Poorman.
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