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Qatar Energy Industry Sector Sustainability Report 2012 Contributing to Qatar’s Sustainable Development About This Report Welcome to the third sustainability report of the energy and industry sector in the State of Qatar. The report focuses on the consolidated 2012 performance of 35 companies, covering a range of sustainability topics, and highlighting their contribution to the sustainable development ambitions of Qatar. The report has been produced by the Qatar Petroleum’s HSE Regulations and Enforcement Directorate (DG), custodians of the Sustainable Development Industry Reporting (SDIR) programme, a sector-wide initiative lead by His Excellency the Minister of Energy and Industry. In producing the report, the sector has used the reporting framework of the SDIR programme which has been developed in line with a range of international corporate sustainability reporting guidelines as summarised in the report. The reference guidelines include the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) G3.1 reporting guidelines, the GRI Oil and Gas Sector Supplement and the oil and gas sector specific IPIECA reporting guidelines. The performance data and information presented in this report has been supplied to DG by the 35 companies within the sector, and has gone through a review process. Companies are being encouraged to conduct assurance on their statements and data. This report has been subjected to review by a range of stakeholders, but no formal third-party assurance has been conducted on the information contained within it. For more information on the SDIR programme and this document, please contact [email protected] Qatar Energy and Industry Sector 2012 Sustainability Report Contributing to Qatar’s Sustainable Development His Highness Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani Emir of the State of Qatar Table of Contents Message from the Minister of Energy and Industry 6 Message from the HSE Regulations and Enforcement Directorate – DG 8 Executive Summary 10 Overview, Context and Stakeholders 14 SDIR Programme and Sector Performance 20 Health and Safety 34 The Environment 60 Climate Change and Energy 84 The Economy 106 Society 120 Workforce 132 Appendix A – Participating Companies 149 Appendix B – Case Study Reference 153 Appendix C – SDIR Indicators 158 Appendix D – GRI and IPIECA Alignment 159 Appendix E – Acronyms, Glossary and References 160 Feedback and Contact Details 163 Message from the Minister of Energy and Industry I am very pleased that our For the next reporting cycle, sector Sustainable Development I would like the sector to Industry Reporting (SDIR) consolidate and improve on programme has emerged as one the progress already achieved, of the most effective initiatives and I expect to see participating advancing the State of Qatar’s companies: ambitions for sustainable • Reinforce performance reports development. and assessments by basing them on company specific The Energy and Industry Sector five-year sustainable H.E. Dr. Mohammed 2012 Sustainability Report development strategies and consolidates the remarkable plans. progress of this initiative in Bin Saleh Al-Sada • Report health, safety, driving sector-wide performance environment, and overarching Minister of Energy and Industry and transparency. We witnessed sustainable development Chairman and Managing Director an increase in programme performance by using the Qatar Petroleum participation to 35 companies SDIR indicators and other and improvements in their international guidelines. systematic reporting against 33 sustainability indicators. Areas • Assure the quality of of notable progress include performance data and expanded coverage, improved statements through verification data quality, better presentation processes, continuing to of key performance insights and enhance our collective ability to trends, and the timeliness of the determine trends and insights report. for the sector and subsectors. • Move towards publicly From the data presented in this releasing their sustainability report we can see a number reports before June every year, of areas where the sector has using various channels of performed strongly, namely a communication for meaningful reduction in flaring, employee engagement with a wide range injury and illness rates, as well of stakeholders. as increases in Qatarization, female employment, revenues The SDIR initiative remains and community contributions. the cornerstone for advancing Challenges remain as the sector the Qatar energy and industry experienced eleven fatalities in sector’s performance and 2012. We need to continue to leadership on sustainable reduce environmental impacts development and a key enabler while also driving expansion and of the Qatar National Vision 2030 growth. and the National Development Strategy 2011-16. We shall take The SDIR programme has proactive steps for engagement now established a platform in an effort to learn and share on for stakeholder engagement, the international and national baseline company and sector stage. Our approach can be wide reporting, and awards for replicated by other sectors in best performance. These are Qatar and provide an example for all elements of our envisioned other parties to follow. sector framework for sustainable development that will also I am appreciative of the include a forum for collective commitment and active policy alignment and input, participation of the entire sector sector strategy development and in making this vision a reality for performance assessment. our country. H.E. Dr. Mohammed Bin Saleh Al-Sada Minister of Energy and Industry Chairman and Managing Director, Qatar Petroleum Sustainability Report 2012 pg 7 Message from the HSE Regulations and Enforcement Directorate - DG Welcome to the Qatar Energy and As in previous years, the report has Industry Sector 2012 Sustainability focused on issues relevant to the Report, a consolidated State of Qatar, with the focus in presentation and valuable source 2012 on the themes of health, and of information on the sector’s on energy and water management. sustainability performance. Guidance on these topics was provided to standardise and This year, the sector has risen to improve reporting approaches. the challenge of achieving higher levels of disclosure by a larger We will focus on offering number of companies while also participating companies the producing the report much earlier tools and guidance through than in previous years. Areas of documentation and workshops particular improvement include: on a range of important topics, Saif S. Al-Naimi • Improvements in data quality: including: Director To better understand the quality • Supporting the companies HSE Regulations & Enforcement of the data being provided, in developing high quality Directorate (DG) companies this year have sustainability reports for public been asked to state the basis release, using international on which their data has been frameworks such as the GRI and prepared (such as whether it is IPIECA guidelines. directly measured, calculated • Providing guidance on reporting or estimated) and what of corporate five-year sustainable process they have used for development plans. checking it. This will support • Encouraging assurance the establishment of future processes of sustainability guidelines on verification and reports. assurance. • Providing clarity on future focus • Greater performance insights: areas for reporting, enabling the Better and more comprehensive sector to take action and report data covering longer time back on achievements and frames is helping to illustrate progress made. performance trends and areas of opportunity. Most importantly, in line with the • Improved timeliness: An proposed framework, we shall emphasis on the principle of promote the SDIR programme and timeliness has resulted in this sector on the national stage, using report being released earlier the data and information gathered than last year. to inform policymakers, generate • Expanded coverage: Despite dialogue and engagement on the accelerated timeline sustainable development. for reporting, coverage has increased, with the report I would like to thank all the encompassing more companies, companies in the sector for their who in turn are reporting on continued participation and their more indicators. commitment to the goals we are all working to achieve. Participation in the SDIR programme has increased from I would also like to take this 33 to 35 companies. The number opportunity to thank His Excellency of companies reporting on more Dr. Mohammed Bin Saleh Al-Sada, than 75% of the indicators has Minister of Energy and Industry, also increased, from 14 to 25. Chairman and Managing Director, Overall coverage of all 33 SDIR Qatar Petroleum for his leadership indicators was 83% in 2012, to this programme and vision for enabling us to discern emerging the sector. trends and identify areas of strength and weakness for the sector as a whole. It also provides useful comparative information on performance for each reporting company. Saif S. Al-Naimi Director HSE Regulations & Enforcement Directorate (DG) Sustainability Report 2012 pg 9 Executive Summary The SDIR Programme The SDIR programme was sustainability management, with established in 2010 by His the aim of delivering improved Excellency the Minister for Energy performance at a company and and Industry with the purpose sector level. The programme is of enhancing sustainability in now also delivering value as a the sector and optimizing its reference point for other sectors contribution to the State of Qatar. and ministries.