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| SHE
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Everyone who works at ONGC is responsible
for protecting the environment, health and safety of our people
and communities worldwide. Our commitment to SHE performance
is an integral part of our business, and achieving cost-effective
solution is essential to our long-term success.
The dedication to the causes of environment and safety in ONGC
is amply demonstrated by the fact that a separate institute
named Institute of Petroleum Safety, Health and Environment
Management (IPSHEM) had been set up way back in 1989 to
deal with these issues.
Click here to read more about IPSHEM. |
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ONGC's safety policy seeks to provide
safe and healthy working conditions and enlist the active support
of all staff in achieving these ends. The objectives of the
Policy are:
To promote standards of safety, health & welfare in
accordance with the requirements of
Directorate of Mines Safety and also other
relevant statutory provisions as well as approved codes
of practices.
To maintain safe and healthy work places and safe systems
and methods of work.
To protect staff and others, including the public and employees
of contractors, from foreseeable
work hazards on ONGC's premises.
To equip the staff with the information, instructions,
training and supervision needed for safe
working.
To provide and maintain a safe and healthy working environment
for staff with adequate facilities
and arrangements for their welfare.
To develop safety awareness amongst the staff.
To make staff aware of their individual responsibility
to take all reasonable care for the health and
safety of themselves and others who may be
affected by their acts of omissions at work, and to
cooperate with management and other staff
in matters of safety.
To have required safety organization adequately manned
for the purpose.
To budget expenditure required for above purposes. |
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| Environment
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The development activities of the
ONGC should be planned on sound ecological principle and must
incorporate appropriate environmental safeguards.
Environmental impact assessment, with the details required
by the "Department of Environment"
should be prepared at the earliest stage
of project formulation and necessary financial provisions
for various environmental program and safeguards
be indicated in the project estimates.
Environmental norms prescribed by the Central and state
government, statutorily empowered to
do so, in the matter of air and water quality,
noise, land use, afforestation etc. should be strictly
observed in the design, construction and
operation of all facilities of the corporation.
The widest possible range of information on practical options
available for the design of the project
should be gathered and analyzed for final
decision making technology that ensures energy
economy, environmental safeguards, recycling
of resources and utilization of wastes should be
adopted for all projects.
Releases of hydrocarbons, chemicals and other materials
should be controlled so that it does not
disturb the flora and fauna. Releases containing
viruses, pathogenic bacteria and parasites, which
survive in marine life, should be completely
eliminated and precluded from entering marine waters.
Productivity of the environment adjacent to the project
areas and resource of the coastal waters
should not be adversely affected. No action
harmful to the potential for marine resources such as
fish, salt, corustacea, etc. should be permitted.
Coastal marine areas should not be subjected to
unplanned salutation, erosion, changes in
flow pattern and coastal contours.
Microbiological activity of significance to marine and
estuarine life and people dependent on the
coastal waters should be fully protected.
Aesthetic, cultural and social patterns and historical
characteristics of the areas covered by or
adjacent to the ONGC's prefects should not
be unduly disturbed by the project activities. Scenic
landscapes, historical heritage and cultural
monuments should be preserved and the environment
around them should be kept clean and hygienic.
As far as possible, a minimum area of 500 meters from the
high tide mark in respect of coastal
projects located near river banks should
be kept clear of all structures so that beach activities or
river front development are not adversely
affected.
Effective mechanisms for monitoring the environment and
for collection of the required data of
various parameters of the environment for
the purposes of surveillance should be set up within
each project.
Work environment in the operational areas should be conducive
to safe and healthy working
conditions. Good housekeeping is an integral
part of sound environmental management.
Promoting a healthy, safe, productive, and aesthetically
satisfying environment is the responsibility
of ONGC. |
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