CORPORATE SOCIAL
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Status-quo Beerensgas mission is to develop, own and operate the Group’s assets to the highest technical and commercial standards thereby maximising the benefits to its shareholders and other stakeholders. This includes zero tolerance for corruption; impeccable safety records; compliance with all environmental regulations and respect for human rights.
The Board of Directors (the Board) has adopted the Group’s policy for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and is responsible for overseeing the Group’s CSR strategies and procedures. Environmental and health and safety KPIs are reported to the Board on a regular basis. This initiated a process that will consolidate several policies and guidelines into a Group Code of Conduct and a Supplier Code of Conduct, which will be issued in 2018. The Company aims to conduct Group-wide training in the Code of Conduct once it is completed and issued.
SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS As a provider of LNG services,
communication, expectations
Beerensgas conducts activities that
expressed by governments and
may impact the environment and
civil society as well as recent
local communities. The Company
developments in international
is committed to ensuring safe and
standards.
sustainable management of such impacts. In 2017, Beerensgas took several important steps to further develop its CSR approach. Most notable were the decisions to review the Company’s CSR governance systems and to report its sustainability performance according to the international guidelines of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) To ensure a targeted approach to CSR management and reporting, Beerensgas conducted a systematic materiality assessment of the Company’s environmental, social and ethical impacts. To capture external perspectives, key stakeholders – investors, banks and customers – were consulted directly. Several employees with extensive external contact also contributed with their experience of stakeholders’ perspectives, as raised through regular channels for dialogue such as investor roadshows, customer
To capture internal perspectives, an extensive selection of Beerensgas management and employees were asked to rate a list of CSR issues according to their impact on Beerensgas ability to achieve its objectives. Finally, the potential financial, legal, operational, strategic and reputational impacts of the most critical issues were assessed by Beerensgas ’s management team. The following issues were identified as most important to Beerensgas: Working conditions and health and safety, ethics and anti-corruption, supply chain standards, climate change and environmental footprint, CSR due diligence, stakeholder engagement, tax and ship recycling. This CSR report summarises Beerensgas ’s management systems, performance and future priorities in this area.
ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTION
OUR EMPLOYEES
Beerensgas contributes to economic
All managers conduct performance reviews
development not only by maximising shareholder
of all office employees on an annual basis.
value. Beerensgas also creates value by
Beerensgas has a clear policy to offer equal
providing services to its customers, which
opportunities. Discrimination based on race,
includes the economic benefit for the customer
gender or similar grounds is not accepted.
of access to competitively priced natural gas. In
However, male and female representation in
addition, Beerensgas creates value through the
the industry’s recruitment base is unequal, in
remuneration of its employees, payments to its
particular for maritime personnel. All members
suppliers and payments of taxes.
of the Board and top management are male.
HEALTH AND SAFETY Beerensgas depends on its dedicated and competent employees to deliver world-class services. Operation of LNG supply chain requires strong focus on safety. The Group’s safety culture is built on the firm belief that zero harm to people can be achieved. Beerensgas has developed several safety procedures and routines easily accessible to all employees. All operations of the Group are done according to the occupational health and safety standard OHSAS 18001.
ETHICS AND ANTI-CORRUPTION The Group’s global operations require high
The Company pays attention to business
attention to compliance and risk mitigation.
development projects as they may expose
Corruption is a pervasive problem in
the Company to corruption risk. New
global business, and the LNG industry is
projects
no exception. The LNG industry is typically exposed to facilitation payment risks relating to port access and services as well as corruption and bribery risk in relation to business development and securing permits and licenses to operate Beerensgas ethical rules define the Company’s values and the expected behaviour of all employees of the Group. Beerensgas has zero tolerance for bribery and corruption and does not accept any use of facilitation payments. Further, the Group shall fully comply with insider trading requirements and competition rules in all jurisdictions where the Company operates.
and customers are therefore carefully assessed and subject to due diligence procedures. New agents acting on behalf of the Company and potential joint venture partners are subject to due diligence and Board approval prior to engagement. Project members with the highest exposure to corruption risk receive more extensive training. Beerensgas will also adopt a Code of Conduct based on internationally recognised standards covering issues such as human rights, labour standards, employment conditions and HSE, the environment and anti-corruption. The
The Company’s anti-corruption policy and
compliance officer provides annual reports
manual applies to all employees and are
to the Board on progress and activities in
part of the introduction program for all new
relation to anticorruption and compliance.
employees.
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