Heritage Oil | Our Responsibilities

Our Responsibilities

To comply with the law;
To identify and assess potential environmental impacts, assess associated risks and establish operational controls that aim to eliminate acute impacts;
To establish and apply environmental operational standards and processes including Environmental Impact Assessments and Environmental Management Plans;
To set environmental related targets; measure, appraise and report performance against those targets;
To respond promptly and effectively to environmental incidents;
To reduce waste generation as far as is practical and dispose of waste in a responsible manner without creating legacy issues and liabilities;
To require contractors and their sub-contractors to meet the environmental requirements and standards by which Heritage operates;
To demonstrate that, within operations, environmental risks and issues are understood and are managed responsibly;
To carry out our business so that people are not harmed;
To manage related medical and occupational risks and issues systematically;
To set health related targets; measure, appraise and report performance against those targets;
To identify and assess potential health hazards and impacts with respect to employees, contractors and host communities and put appropriate controls in-place to manage the risks;
To establish and apply health standards for application across the Company including fitness for work standards;
To monitor the health of employees and require our contractors to do likewise in order to detect and correct unwanted health trends;
To analyse accident and sickness incidents to identify acute and chronic health hazard control failures and implement the necessary corrective action;
To provide and maintain all workplaces, accommodation and catering services in accordance with legal requirements and best practice;
To respond promptly and effectively to all accidents and medical emergencies;
To prohibit smoking in all operational and restricted areas and other Company assets as considered necessary;
To prohibit the consumption of alcohol and illegal non-prescribed drugs by personnel working at nominated operational facilities during hours of employment;
To seek to ensure that Company and contractor personnel are aware of the infectious disease risk at locations where they work and that those affected will be offered support in disease prevention and counselling if required;
To demonstrate that within operations, health risks and issues are known and being responsibly managed;
To set safety related targets; measure, appraise and report performance against those targets;
To identify safety hazards and unwanted events with the potential to injure or kill people, damage assets, interrupt operations and ultimately threaten Heritage's reputation over the life cycle of each operation;
To assess safety risks and establish controls to manage these such that residual risks always meet tolerability criteria;
To establish and apply safety standards for application across the Company;
To monitor safety performance and correct unwanted trends;
To analyse accidents and incidents to identify root causes and prevent recurrence;
To develop procedures to support safe working;
To respond effectively to accidents and emergencies;
To specify within contracts, the safety requirements and standards that shall be met by contractors and their sub-contractors;
To demonstrate that within operations, safety risks are known and being responsibly managed;
To carry out periodic audits and assessments of safety risks as part of the continuous improvement process;
To behave ethically and work to continue to improve the quality of life of the workforce and host communities;
To respect host communities, their traditional rights and beliefs, and value their cultural heritage;
To establish a plan to manage social risks and issues over the lifetime of the operation;
To build and maintain relationships with host communities, key individuals and organisations in order to engage in consultation, communication and ensure mutual expectations are realistic and achievable;
To investigate and manage grievances that may be raised by host communities;
To carry out periodic reviews and assessments of the above issues and risks as part of the continuous improvement process.