An important step toward building effective partnerships is engaging local communities to better understand and address their issues, concerns and aspirations. Many companies with facilities, such as refineries, gas plants, pipelines and drilling operations, establish local councils that inform citizens about the facility’s operations and what provisions are in place to protect the health and safety of the community. These councils, sometimes referred to as Community Advisory Panels (CAPs), typically reflect the makeup of the community and meet regularly with facility managers. Community councils provide a forum for discussing matters of mutual interest and for promoting decisions and actions. Many companies are also partners in community health programs with the aim of improving health related services to local communities or in supporting regional and national programs. Chief among emerging community health concerns, especially among developing countries, is the prevention of HIV/AIDS, malaria and other blood borne diseases. Many companies work directly with local communities to promote a variety of prevention strategies ranging from education and sanitation improvements, to making medical facilities and staff available, or to building and staffing community hospitals.
Partnering with Wyoming's Department of Environmental Quality
In the state of Wyoming, industry, government, environmental groups, educators and landowners are working together to solve issues surrounding the state permitting process for water-discharge permits.
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Preserving Unique Cultures and Habitats in Canada
Appreciation of an area's culture and history are key factors in protecting habitat and other resources. Anadarko and other operators have participated in studies designed to minimize environmental impacts and disturbance to culturally and historically significant areas.
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President's Community Panel
Alyeska Pipeline created the President’s Community Panel in 1999. When structuring this Panel, Alyeska looked for a diverse group of community and ”thought leaders” - individuals who reflect a cross-section of Alaskan communities and industries.
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HIV/AIDS Prevention Initiatives
BHP Billiton is actively supporting health programs in southern Africa to help provide care for HIV/AIDS patients.
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HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa
In 2002 HIV infections and AIDS-related deaths in sub-Saharan Africa continued to rise. BP is also supporting external HIV/AIDS awareness-raising and education programmes in partnership with government, NGOs, trade unions and other businesses.
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Resettlement at Dinh Co, Vietnam
The Nam Con Son Pipeline is the largest natural gas project in Vietnam and is being jointly developed by an investor group that includes Petro Vietnam, ONGC, Conoco, and BP, which serves as the operator. The project has involved developing terminal facilities at Dinh Co to support the Lan Tay and Lan Do gas fields, which now supply natural gas for power generation in Vietnam.
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Coins that Care – Moving to the Euro
An innovative partnership between BP and the Red Cross was set up to channel all the funds gathered by the ‘Coins that Care’ campaign back into local Red Cross programmes. The programme coincided with the changeover to the Euro and gave people across Europe the opportunity to donate their old coins to charity.
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Supporting the "I Saved A Life Today" First Aid Initiative in France
BP, in partnership with The French Red Cross, created the unique ‘I Saved A Life Today’ Programme together. One aim of the programme is to try to ensure that each BP motorway site has between one and four personnel trained in advanced first aid, depending on the size of the site, and the proximity of the emergency services.
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Helmets for Kids: Road Safety in Vietnam
Vietnam saw some 13,000 road fatalities in 2002, representing around 37 deaths per day – a rate that’s eight times higher than in the UK. In conjunction with the Asia Injury Prevention Foundation, BP has helped establish a plant in the Vietnamese capital Hanoi, which produces high-quality helmets specially designed for use in tropical conditions. Profits from the sale of helmets to adult riders helps free helmets for children.
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Promoting Driving Safety through Active Partnerships
Over one million people die as a result of road accidents every year, with 80% of these deaths occurring in developing countries. The World Health Organisation (WHO) expects road accidents to be the third highest cause of death by 2020. In 2003 BP participated in a number of initiatives designed to highlight driving safety issues or promote safety standards – working in partnership with other businesses, local community organizations and government agencies.
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API Cites Colonial for Distinguished Safety and Environmental Performance
Colonial Pipeline received in 2003 the pipeline industry’s most distinguished honor for safety, environmental protection and community outreach during the American Pipeline Institute’s annual gathering of the nation’s pipelines.
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River Boat Clinic – Health Care Delivery at their Doorsteps Nigeria
In 2000, CNL Nigeria Limited, along with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation and the government of Delta State, launched a river boat clinic that takes health care to the doorsteps of CNL’s neighbors.
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The Fight Against HIV/AIDS Angola and Nigeria
ChevronTexaco and its Block 0 partners – Sonangol, TotalFinaElf, and Agip – joined forces to set up a state-of-the-art blood bank Cabinda province. The bank has improved blood-screening services for hepatitis, HIV, malaria, and other infectious diseases.
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Safety Management System
At TCO’s Tengiz Field, employees of different nationalities and languages work shoulder-to-shoulder, major construction equipment roams the field for most of the year, and weather conditions rank among the globe’s most extreme. Despite such obstacles, by October 2001, TCO’s staff of 3,200 had posted some 17 million hours – almost three years – without a lost-time incident.
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Community Safety Projects
Protection of human life is the first step in assuring lasting community progress; thus, safety plays an important, if sometimes under-recognized, role in sustainability.
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Stakeholder Engagement through Community Advisory Councils
Thirteen of the company’s 14 company-operated refineries have established community advisory councils (CACs) that meet regularly and promote dialogue between the local community and refinery management.
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Engaging Concerned Citizens
The Mackenzie Valley A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed with the Aboriginal Pipeline Group, which represents many of the local communities. The memorandum ensures that the local people will benefit from the development.
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Development and Tradition Working Together
At the Alpine field on Alaska’s Western North Slope, ConocoPhillips operates the first oil production facility located and developed on Native Alaskan land. As part of the land access negotiations prior to development, ConocoPhillips and the community of Nuiqsut created a Surface Use Agreement that defines the responsibilities and obligations of both parties.
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Supporting the American Red Cross
ConocoPhillips has long been a supporter of the American Red Cross, and one of our most recent projects with the national agency exemplifies one of the more unique approaches ever undertaken to provide emergency education and response.
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Community Safety
The company’s concern for safety extends to its employees’ families and the communities in which it operates, and many company locations have safety outreach programs.
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Devon Energy Wins National Award for Corporate Citizenship
Devon Energy Corporation's strong record of community outreach, safety and environmental stewardship resulted in national recognition for citizenship within the energy industry. Oil and Gas Investor named Devon the year's "Best Corporate Citizen" as part of the publication's annual Excellence Awards announced in the magazine's March 2005 issue.
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Chad-Cameroon: The Largest Public Consultation in Africa
During the course of project planning for Chad oil production and the pipeline to Cameroon, there was extensive environmental planning and public consultation. This included over 900 public consultation meetings in more than 300 villages in the oil field area and pipeline route.
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Fighting Malaria
In April, 2004, ExxonMobil Corporation announced more than $2 million in research and partnership grants to global health organizations to combat malaria in African communities. The grants are to improve treatment, educate citizens, and help prevent the spread of malaria.
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Preventing HIV/AIDS in Africa
In an effort to reduce the spread of AIDS in Africa, the company is working with local communities to strengthen HIV education and prevention programs. ExxonMobil joined in a public-private partnership in Angola that supports a variety of community-focused HIV/AIDS education and prevention strategies. In Chad and Cameroon, programs to prevent and mitigate the effects of HIV/AIDS are part of our World Bank-approved environmental management plan.
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Assuring Product Safety
ExxonMobil Biomedical Sciences, Inc., (EMBSI) continues to promote consumer health through its work with the International Association for Research in Cancer. This work expands the application and interpretation of molecular markers.
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Public Information and Policy Research
ExxonMobil supports organizations that research significant domestic and foreign policy issues and promote informed public discussion on issues such as economics, the environment, and law and justice.
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Community Engagement through Responsible Care®
In 1999, MAP was one of the first companies to become a pioneer company in the National Petrochemical & Refiners Association (NRPA) Responsible Care Partnership Initiative, which focuses on improvement through implementation of key HES practices.
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Supporting Health Initiatives
Improving the health of it’s employees and helping the residents of the communities in which it operates is important to MAP. From changing the occurrence of colon cancer to donating bone marrow, employees are eager to make a difference.
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Operating in Your Neighborhood Program in Canada
Gain a better understanding of what local residents wanted to know about the company's upstream operations. These findings helped shaped Petro-Canada's Operating in Your Neighbourhood program, which is intended to provide all of Petro-Canada's drilling and gas plant neighbours with easy-to-understand information about its activities and environment, health and safety precautions.
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Addressing Public Concerns in Canada
Petro-Canada consults with those who may be affected by its projects and development plans. Public consultation is an ongoing activity at Petro-Canada, with an emphasis on building relationships and actively seeking public input.
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Community Advisory Committee in Canada
The volunteer-led Community Advisory Committee (CAC) to Petro-Canada’s Oakville Refinery in Ontario was formed in 1991 to work with the refinery to reduce environmental impacts on the community.
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Environmental Management and Co-Operation Project
Since September 1997, Petro-Canada’s Montreal refinery has been involved in an environmental management and co-operation project with the Quebec Ministry of the Environment and the Montreal Urban Community’s Environment Department.
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“Petro-Points for Cancer” Program
In 2000, Petro-Canada launched “Petro-Points for Cancer” program which gives its Petro-Points customers the opportunity to donate their points (in increments of 5,000) to the Cancer Information Service (CIS).
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Calgary Interfaith Food Bank
The Calgary Interfaith Food Bank depends on donations to distribute food hampers across the city. Hampers contain a week’s worth of groceries and are delivered primarily to the “working poor.” Hampers also exist for emergencies, the homeless, and households with babies. For nearly 20 years, Petro-Canada employees and retirees have volunteered their time to this fundraiser.
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Addressing HIV/AIDS
Across Sub-Saharan Africa we run AIDS prevention and care programmes for our employees and their families using our retail outlets to raise public awareness. We will be adopting a global HIV/AIDS Standard. In January 2002, in partnership with Population Services International (PSI) and other NGOs, Shell Côte d’Ivoire opened the Shell Institut to carry out HIV prevention in Yamassoukrou, the Ivory Coast’s political capital.
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