Health,safety and environment

Shell is commited to:

• Pursue the goal of no harm to people
• Protect the environment
• Use material and energy efficiently to provide our products and services
• Develop energy resources, products and services consistent with these aims
• Share openly information on our HSSE performance
• Play a leading role in promoting best practice in our industry
• Manage HSSE maters as any other critical business activity
• Promote a culture in which all Shell employees share this commitment

To reach this commitment, Shell:

• Has a systematic approach to HSSE management designed to ensure compliance with the law and to achieve continous performance improvement
• Pursues its activities so as to protect employees and others from associated health hazards
• Promotes safety awareness, believes all injuries are preventable and promotes individual accountabilitiy for accident prevention
• Conducts thorough investigations into HSSE incidents and near-misses with significant actual or potential consequences and reports accordingly
• Sets targets for improvement and measures, appraises and reports performance
• Requires contractors to manage HSSE in line with this policy