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Introduction
Safety
Environment
Community
People
Governance
Appendix
Environmental Management
Systems (EMS)
Environmental Risk Management
We have employees at each of our re昀椀neries, ethanol
plants and renewable diesel plants dedicated to
environmental excellence and risk mitigation. Formal
risk assessments, including hazard identi昀椀cation, risk
evaluation, analysis and mitigation, are implemented
at every site. In addition, we provide training so
employees are skilled and competent to perform
duties in an environmentally responsible manner.
Our compliance team monitors and communicates
changing regulations and helps to verify our
operations comply with legal requirements. We have
processes in place to assess the implementation
and effectiveness of operational controls and for
tracking and evaluating environmental performance.
Our programs are designed to ensure documents
are identi昀椀ed, managed and maintained, as
appropriate. Valero’s progress on environmental
management, including strategic planning, goals
and objectives, is reviewed internally at least annually.
We use both internal and third-party audits in our
approach to environmental management. These
audits and veri昀椀cations are conducted to identify the
adequacy and effectiveness of our environmental
controls, regulatory compliance and excellence
vision. Additionally, our Pembroke re昀椀nery is ISO 14001
certi昀椀ed.
Valero has well-developed management structures
that are central to our decision-making and risk
management, including three programs that support
our environmental management as follows:
1
Commitment to Excellence
Management System (CTEMS)
CTEMS is a proprietary systematic approach to
planning, executing, checking and acting to improve
everyday work activities at many of our re昀椀neries and
plants. CTEMS has nine major elements and, within
each, we have identi昀椀ed multiple expectations to
achieve our commitment to excellence, including:
Leadership Accountability – Leaders at every
level demonstrate their commitment and personal
accountability for operational excellence as a core
value through their active and visible participation
in CTEMS. Leaders make employees aware of CTEMS
expectations, actively involve them in the processes
and share learning across the organization. They are
expected to review CTEMS performance results on an
annual basis.
Leak Detection Sensor Network
(LDSN) is a pilot program recently
implemented at certain of
our re昀椀neries to drive the next
generation of leak detection, and
to enhance process safety and
air emissions reductions efforts.
Protecting People & Environment – We have
a formal process to help identify and ensure
that our ongoing operations are compliant
with relevant health, safety and environmental
laws and regulations. Identifying and assessing
risks and potential environmental impacts are
also components of this process. Additionally,
environmental performance indicators are
established, monitored and reported, and programs
and processes are in place to drive improvement.
People & Skills Development – Training processes
are in place to ensure that employees receive
appropriate training throughout their employment.
We expect our teams to effectively communicate
with and listen to each other, fostering an
environment of collaboration, creative thinking,
teamwork and open communications.
Operations Reliability & Mechanical Integrity –
Quality assurance programs, inspections and
preventive maintenance standards are in place
to ensure reliability of equipment. Valero’s internal
risk matrix is used to evaluate hazards, incident
investigations, recommendations, process hazards
analysis results and high-risk activities.
Technical Excellence & Knowledge Management –
The Project Development and Execution Process
(PDEP) is in place to incorporate health, safety,
environmental, reliability, operability, maintainability
and loss prevention standard requirements into the
selection, development and execution of projects.
An internal incident and signi昀椀cant near-miss
reporting and investigation process is in place,
and a company-wide tracking system is used to
ensure timely sharing of information and closure of
corrective actions.
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