HS&E Policy

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• HS&E Policy
• Operational Excellence
• Safety & Health Performance
• Environmental Performance
• Product Stewardship
• Sustainable Development
 

In the Lyondell family of businesses, we manage our businesses and facilities to protect the environment and the health and safety of employees, contractors, customers and the public. We are dedicated to the principle that workplace injuries, illnesses and adverse environmental impacts are preventable. Within these contexts we will be identified with the best in our industry.

In support of this policy, we will:

• Comply with all applicable laws, regulations and standards in those countries where we do business or, where appropriate, our company standard if more stringent.
• Maintain management systems that meet or exceed the requirements of the Responsible Care® initiative.
• Build, operate, and maintain worldwide facilities in a way that protects both the environment and the health and safety of our employees, contractors and neighbors.
• Incorporate health, safety and environmental considerations into the development, manufacture, distribution, use and disposal of new products.
• Provide customers, contractors and shippers with information to ensure that our products can be distributed, used, and recycled or disposed in a safe and environmentally sound manner.
• Communicate openly will all stakeholders on health, safety and environmental issues.
• Provide management leadership and require employees to share accountability for continuous improvement in health, safety and environmental performance.
• Provide workplace policies, standards, procedures and training to ensure that employees can perform their jobs in a safe, healthy and environmentally responsible manner.
• Establish health, safety and environmental continuous improvement goals based on sound science, risk assessment and benefit analysis, against which we will measure, audit and communicate performance.
• Require on-site contractors to comply with company health, safety and environmental policies, standards and procedures.