Sterling Bank Services is dedicated to the practice of sound environmental stewardship and promotion of health, safety and well being of our employees. These values originate at the company’s top management and are emphasized through all levels of responsibility within the organization. As such, the Company agrees to:

• Meet or exceed all applicable federal, state, local and company environmental, safety and health standards.
• Provide a workplace free of recognized hazards and maintain healthy working conditions for all company employees.
• Participate in recycling to the greatest practical extent to reduce impact on landfills and promote recovery of valuable resources.
• Create opportunities to increase energy efficiency in our work environments.
• Convey to our clients, industry associates, vendors and the general public our strong environmental, safety and health commitment.
• Strive to continuously improve our commitment to the above-stated principles through exercise of our policy, improved technology, production changes and due diligence.

Sterling Bank Services implements these environmental commitments through the following actions:

• Development and sales of a custom formulated line of environmentally friendly cleaning products, design specifically for use on banking equipment.
• Field operations programs to encourage re-use of cleaning rags, recycling of obsolete signs, light bulbs and other parts, and carefully routed work to reduce use of fossil fuels.
• Office practices increasing energy efficiency through auto shutdown of computers, programmed thermostats, access to bike racks to encourage alternate modes of transportation. Programs to reduce resource use to include recycling of aluminum, plastic and paper, and implementation of paperless processes.
• Ongoing training programs to ensure the safety and health of our employees.