• Comply with all applicable governmental and internal health, safety and environmental requirements. • Design facilities and conduct operations in a way that avoids unacceptable risk to human health, safety and the environment. • Produce and sell products that, if manufactured, used, handled, stored, distributed and disposed of using Praxair’s product safety guidelines and common safety practices, do not present an unacceptable risk to human health, safety and the environment. • Conduct appropriate research and communicate the known hazards of its products and operations with relevant health, safety and environmental protection information to potentially affected persons. • Establish and present responsible and consistent positions to governments and the public. These positions concern health, safety and environmental matters affecting products and operations. • Remain committed to a continuous improvement process that enables all employees to perform to their full potential concerning safety, health and environmental matters.