Environmental, Health and Safety Policy

It is the policy of Tektronix to conduct its business activities in a manner that protects and maintains the natural environment, and that promotes and protects the health and safety of its employees, customers, and members of our local communities worldwide. We strive to integrate sound environmental, health and safety programs and practices into the organization to address the applicable laws in the countries where we operate. Tektronix is committed to continuous improvement and using development and manufacturing processes that do not adversely affect the environment, that minimize waste and prevent pollution, and that minimize health and safety risks. We intend to achieve these goals by adhering to key strategies of empowering people, ensuring compliance, and validating environmental, health and safety accountability through performance management.

Our policy objectives are to:

Empower People

• Motivate and prepare employees through training and leadership.
• Engage all employees to address potential environmental, health and safety issues and implement solutions.

Ensure Compliance

• Assure adherence to laws, policy, and procedures at all levels of the business through regular auditing of environmental, health and safety issues in our business activities.
• Implement programs and procedures to meet or exceed regulatory requirements.

Validating Environmental, Health and Safety Performance and Accountability

• Operate under an ISO 14000 compliant environmental management system.
• Integrate environmental, health and safety objectives and concerns systematically into design of products, manufacturing processes, and company principles leading toward:
• Development, manufacture, and marketing of products that are safe for their intended use, that are efficient in their use of energy, and that can be reused, recycled, or disposed of in an environmentally sound manner.
• Development and manufacturing processes that do not adversely affect the environment, that minimize waste and prevent pollution, and that minimize health and safety risks.
• Management of a strategy that substantially reduces the use of chemicals and the generation of hazardous waste, while disposing of wastes safely and responsibly.
• Integrate EH&S requirements directly into product design and manufacturing standards as an integral part of our total quality commitment, and routinely apply principles and practices of continuous improvement through efforts of teamwork of employees and organizations.

Richard H. Wills
President/CEO
September 11, 2000