Unsolicited Ideas
From time to time, Newell Rubbermaid does post specific requests for technology
and innovation challenges on our Web site under
Technology Assets on the “Our Company” page. There are several requirements
to responding to a technology request – for instance, your idea must be patented
or patent-pending with a published patent application, and it must specifically
relate to one or more of the listed areas of
Technology Interests. Detailed information on how to respond to a specific
request for information or innovation challenge is provided on our Web site. Responses
will only be reviewed if they are submitted in accordance with the requirements
on the specific request.
If you do send us any unsolicited ideas or suggestions, you agree that there is
no confidential relationship with respect to such information and that Newell Rubbermaid
has no obligation, including financial, to you in connection therewith. You expressly
disclaim and waive all rights in any such information or unsolicited ideas that
you submit to Newell Rubbermaid and agree that Newell Rubbermaid will be free to
use it in any way without any obligation or payment to you. Furthermore, you represent
that you are free to disclose such information and that no other party has any rights
in the information.
Our health and safety goal is simple – provide a safe work environment for all of our people and eliminate all incidents associated with Newell Rubbermaid activities, products and services. We will accomplish this through leadership commitment, following a well-defined, proactive safety process, acting globally and thinking locally, promoting involvement, and recognizing and building on our successes. Safety must be present in every aspect of our product life cycle from the suppliers with whom we partner, to the employees who build and distribute our products, to our customers that sell our products, and finally to the consumer who uses our products.
To track the results of our efforts we will use the Global Recordable Incident Rate as our lagging metric and Safety Excellence and Leadership (SEAL) score as our leading indicator. Our historical performance and goals are as follows:
• Reduce Global Recordable Incident Rate to < 1.0
Background: Global Recordable Incident Rate measures the total recordable incidents for every 100 employees working 200,000 hours a year. The base for recording follows the United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) total recordable incident reporting criteria.
• Improve the Global SEAL Score to > 80 percent
Background: SEAL is an incident prevention roadmap that establishes a consistent set of safety expectations for all of our global locations. The assessment is a diagnostic tool. The SEAL score is the percentage of points achieved versus points possible on the assessment.
