Governing Principle
GrafTech will achieve its vision to enable customer leadership better and faster than our competition through the creation, innovation and manufacture of carbon and graphite material science-based solutions. This success depends upon our continued commitment to conduct our business responsibly and in a manner designed to prevent accidents and pollution and to protect the health and safety of our employees, our customers and the public.

Core Values and Commitments
GrafTech promotes health, safety and environmental excellence throughout all facets of the business. Implementation of this policy and the company’s health, safety and environmental protection procedures is the responsibility of all GrafTech managers and team members. Applicable health, safety and environmental considerations are integrated into business decisions and planning activities. GrafTech designs and implements programs and procedures to provide reasonable assurance that these core values and commitments are met at all locations.

Communication
GrafTech communicates this policy to all employees to ensure their understanding, commitment and active involvement in achieving established health, safety and environmental protection objectives and targets. GrafTech makes this worldwide health, safety and environmental protection policy available to the public and, when appropriate, communicates other relevant health, safety and environmental protection information regarding its products and operations, including any significant hazards, to potentially affected persons and other interested parties.

Compliance
GrafTech is committed to comply with all relevant health, safety and environmental legal requirements, and with all established internal policies and procedures.

Responsibilities and Accountabilities
It is the responsibility of every GrafTech employee to adhere to this policy. GrafTech line managers are responsible and accountable for health, safety and environmental protection performance within their respective areas of responsibility, including:

Setting, reviewing and assuring that health, safety and environmental objectives and performance targets are met.

Integrating health, safety and environmental protection management systems with other internal policies and external requirements.

Balancing production goals and financial performance with health, safety and environmental requirements.

Providing adequate leadership, resources, training and delegation.

Operations
GrafTech designs, maintains and operates its facilities in such a manner as to avoid accidents and unacceptable risk to the environment, human health and safety.

Products
GrafTech produces and sells products that do not present an unacceptable risk to the environment, human health or safety.

Continuous Improvement
GrafTech monitors best available technology and management practices, and remains committed to continuous improvement by measuring its performance against established health, safety and environmental protection goals.