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Case Study

In 1996, GSK’s manufacturing site in Evreux, France, set up a community partnership project for schools. The project was an environment, health and safety (EHS) award scheme that encouraged children to learn about the EHS issues that are important to their future.

In its first year, five schools and 100 children took part. Thanks in part to the continued help of local offices of the French Education Ministry, the French Social and Health Insurance Ministry Office and a local association dedicated to science, 14 schools and 300 children entered the competition in 2003.

Each year has its own EHS theme. For 2003 the theme was Waste Recycling. The first prize - 200 euros towards a school project and a trip to the Science and Industry Hall in Paris - went to a team that created a papier mache educational booklet about waste and recycling. Other prize-winning entries included a game about recycling and a play about waste. An educational film on recycling was shown at the awards ceremony. The theme for 2004 was health and hygiene.

The awards scheme has helped to build and enhance GSK’s reputation in the local community. The project won first place in the community partnership category of our internal awards scheme - the Chief Executive Officer’s EHS Excellence Awards.

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