Striking a Balance

UKOOA Sustainability Strategy - "Striking a Balance" - First Report 2002 Foreword The publication last year of 'Striking a Balance' was a milestone for the UK oil and gas industry. It was our first attempt at setting out a strategy for sustainable development in the upstream (exploration & production) industry and our first step towards defining our relationship with society at large - our interactions, impacts and responsibilities... UKOOA Sustainability Strategy Commitments 2001 - 2003 Commitment 1. Economic Sustainability     Introduction 1.1 Operational Efficiencies through co-operation 1. Focus on recovery efficiency (also in 4.1) 2. Undeveloped discoveries: the satellite accelerator 3. Undeveloped discoveries: clustering 4. Shared logistics 5. Decommissioning - operational efficiencies through co-operation 6. North Sea economic co-operation 1.2 Maximising mutual benefit with supply chain 7. Generating new UK business 8. Support for UK business overseas 9. Supply chain management 10. Supply chain champions 11. E-commerce 1.3 Developing new technologies 12. Technological innovation: brokering demand/supply 13. Technological innovation: focus on opportunity areas 14. Technological innovation: venture capital support 15. Decommissioning: new technologies 1.4 Stimulating business activity 16. Web site support for asset trading 17. Licence trading event (farm-ins) 18. On-line data source for UKCS information 2. Social Sustainability     Introduction 2.1 Safety and working conditions 19. Workforce safety: setting new targets 20. Workforce safety: behavioural change, leadership 21. Workforce safety: developing leading indicators 22. Workforce safety: industry/workforce engagement 23. Workforce conditions [Working Time Directive 2003] 2.2 Enhancing recruitment, skills and training 24. Development of a workforce development plan for the industry 25. The attraction and recruitment of young people 26. Careers support for the existing workforce & for job changers 27. New entrant training/ongoing training 28. Encouraging flexibility in the workforce 2.3 Engagement with society - communities, schools and fishermen 29. Further development of industry's schools strategy 30. Earth science in service training (INSET) 31. Relations, local communities: industry contributions 32. Relations, local communities: community dialogue 33. Working with other industries (especially users of sea) 34. Relations with fishermen: FishSafe 2.4 Managing structural change ahead 35. Addressing industry uncertainties on skill needs 36. Understanding long term social issues with stakeholders 3. Protecting the Environment     Introduction 3.1 Environmental management 37. Continual improvement and the six guiding principles 38. Industry-wide adoption of EMS 39. Biodiversity and environmentally sensitive areas 40. Sharing good practice, ensuring guideline compliance 41. Workforce environmental awareness and training 3.2 Increasing knowledge and understanding of impacts 42. Environmental monitoring and research 43. Environmental impact assessments 44. Greenhouse gases: measurement, forward assessment 45. Provision of timely data to the industry database 3.3 Managing Environmental Impacts 46. Produced water 47. Greenhouse gases 48. Oil spill prevention: exploration and production 49. Oil spill prevention: shipping operations 50. VOCS 4. Stewardship - Making Prudent use of Natural Resources     Introduction 4.1 Responsible use of our products, overall impacts 51. Engagement in the use of our product 52. Whole life cycle impact of upstream operations [2002] 4.2 Design For Environment 53. Infrastructure and equipment design 4.3 Reducing Energy Used And Wastes Generated 54. Waste management including future drill cuttings 55. Energy Efficiency 4.4 End Of Operations Legacy 56. Existing drill cutting accumulations 57. Decommissioning - dialogue, potential reuse 58. Pipelines and cables 5. Key Processes Supporting the Delivery of our Contribution to Sustainable Development     Introduction 59. Sustainability indicators, targets, annual review 60. Annual integrated reporting on sustainability issues 61. Upstream industry - government partnership 62. Stakeholder engagement 63. Sharing best practice within industry

Striking a Balance

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