Demonstrating Commitment to Our Communities

To help fulfill Bethlehem's objective of being a good citizen, the corporation has been an active participant in its communities to promote overall health and well-being of the citizens, individually and collectively, in the communities in which we live and operate our facilities.

On some occasions, the corporation's participation in various community organizations has been through voluntary activities by dedicated individual employees. On other occasions, Bethlehem has achieved or accepted leadership positions with various organizations and constituencies on environmental matters.

Community Action Committees

In 1996, after meeting regularly with neighbors and surrounding communities, the Burns Harbor and Sparrows Point Divisions formalized their community discussions by forming, respectively, the Community Advisory Committee and the Community Commitment Initiative. These outreach efforts support the business divisions' goals to be "the resident business of choice" by providing an open forum for dialogue on environmental issues and to raise concerns and offer suggestions.

The Burns Harbor Community Advisory Committee will receive this fall a corporate Excellence in Environmental Achievement Award for its activities in 1998 that advanced the designation of the Little Calumet Restoration Area as a wildlife habitat.

Earth Day

In celebration of the 30th annual observance of Earth Day, Bethlehem facilities sponsored events to demonstrate the corporation's long-standing and significant involvement in efforts to improve the environment.

At the corporate offices in Bethlehem, a donation was made of environmental emergency response equipment to the City of Bethlehem for use by the city's hazardous materials team.

Sparrows Point employees participated in the North Point Peninsula Earth Day Community Clean-up. Pennsylvania Steel Technologies employees took part in the Borough of Steelton's Revitalization Kick Off Ceremony, Memorial Tree Planting Program and Clean-Up Activities. Bethlehem Lukens Plate employees in Coatesville worked to clean up the west branch of the Brandywine Creek.