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Fishermen from nearby villages cast their nets just offshore Chevron Nigeria Ltd.’s oil and gas processing facility
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Striving for Environmental Excellence
Protecting people and the environment is a fundamental part of The ChevronTexaco Way. Responsible environmental stewardship of all aspects of our operations and our products is not only an expression of our values but also a business imperative.
We understand and share the concerns many people have about the potential environmental effects associated with the development and consumption of energy. These concerns range from effects on air or water quality to community health in a particular location to the ways our industry and the use of our products can contribute to global climate change.
Our goal is to be recognized and admired for environmental excellence. We are proud of the ways we are progressing toward that goal, such as making sustained improvements in our energy efficiency. We also are committed to further integrating environmental considerations into our business decisions and enhancing how we manage and measure our environmental performance. We are committed to continually improving our processes for minimizing pollution and waste, conserving natural resources, responsibly stewarding our products, and enhancing our broader understanding and management of the environmental aspects of our businesses.
ChevronTexaco's Health, Environment and Safety Policy provides the framework for our approach to environmental issues. Our Operational Excellence Management System (OEMS) provides specific corporatewide expectations for environmental performance and processes.
Focusing on Conservation and Efficiency
At the heart of our approach to environmental responsibility are conservation and efficiency, two concepts that we believe offer tremendous promise for minimizing the environmental footprint of our company and industry. The principles of conservation and efficiency are integrated across our operations, from exploration and production to distribution and disposal. We seek to maximize the recovery of oil from a given reservoir, strive to continually improve our efficiency by getting more output from each unit of energy we use, look for ways to limit our use of and impacts on natural resources, and encourage consumers to use our products more efficiently. In doing so, we contribute to meeting the world's demand for energy while minimizing our total environmental footprint.
About this Section: Working to Measure Performance
The environmental section of this report provides an overview of how we are addressing a range of environmental issues across our operations. The issues addressed reflect our views on the most significant environmental issues facing our company today. We have included corporatewide performance data where available, although in many cases we provide information on a country, operating company, business unit or facility level. Where we mention a performance or process requirement for our business units, we typically are referring to a specific expectation contained in our Operational Excellence Management System.
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ChevronTexaco's operations on Australia's Barrow Island demonstrate the successful coexistence of industry and biodiversity.
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For nearly two decades, ChevronTexaco has supported the Conservation Awards Program to honor outstanding conservationists.
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