ESG Report - Report - Page 20
Environmental Management Systems (EMS)
Environmental Risk Management: We have
employees at each of our operating sites dedicated to
environmental excellence and risk mitigation. Formal
risk assessments, including hazard identification, risk
evaluation, analysis and mitigation are documented,
implemented and maintained 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 record-keeping programs ensure
documents are identified, managed and maintained,
as appropriate. Valero’s progress on environmental
management, including strategic planning, goals
and objectives, is internally reviewed at least annually.
We use both internal and third-party audits in our
approach to environmental management. These
audits and verifications are conducted to identify
the adequacy and effectiveness of environmental
controls, regulatory compliance and excellence vision.
Additionally, our Pembroke refinery is ISO 14001 certified.
Valero has well-developed management structures
central to decision-making and risk management,
including three robust programs that help us oversee
our environmental management.
Commitment to Excellence Management
1 System (CTEMS) - is a proprietary systematic
approach to planning, executing, checking and acting
to improve everyday work activities at many of our
refineries and plants. Within each of the nine elements
of CTEMS, we have identified multiple expectations
necessary 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
requirements, actively involve them in the processes
and share learning across the organization. They are
expected to review CTEMS performance results on an
annual basis.
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• Protecting People & Environment – We have a formal
process to identify and ensure that our ongoing
operations are compliant with all 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. A performance assessment
and feedback process is in place to regularly deliver
accurate performance feedback, track progress
against performance goals, and make specific
recommendations for addressing performance gaps.
• 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 all 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 significant near-miss
reporting and investigation process is in place,
and a companywide tracking system is used to
ensure timely sharing of information and closure of
corrective actions.
• Change Management - A process is in place to
ensure permanent and temporary changes are in
accord with the Valero Management of Change
(MOC) standard.
• Business Competitiveness – Programs are in
place to improve energy and operating efficiency.
