Long-term thinking is key to Vopak’s sustainability
Long-term commitment is a key guideline for Vopak’s sustainable entrepreneurship when doing business with partners in strategic alliances, joint ventures and with customers, as well as in relationships with its employees. Vopak takes long-term safety, health, environmental and social aspects into account in all its decisions. The principle underlying this policy is sustainable development on the basis of People,Planet, Profit.
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Operational Excellence; safety, health, environment and quality Sustainable growth Vopak approaches safety, health, environment, technical and operational matters under the banner of Operational Excellence. This ensures that growth goes hand in hand with the maintenance and further improvement of high quality standards. Consequently, the environment and safety are a natural and completely integral part of our operating processes and business practices. Read more >
Safety above all Vopak’s comprehensive safety policy is set out in the Fundamentals on Safety programme, which was implemented at all terminals four years ago. These constitute strict operational rules of conduct and procedures that are in line with the requirements that Vopak’s customers set in the areas of safety and risk control in the chemical and oil industries. Read more >
Further improvement through measuring and reporting The Executive Board and senior management explain the significance of safety during safety inspection visits, with employees at the terminals being addressed on this theme. Line managers also perform regular inspections. Measuring is the basis for being able to make further improvements, even for incidents. Read more >
Environmental objectives Vopak has two environmental objectives; reducing emissions into water, soil and air as far as possible and also reducing its CO2 footprint relative to the throughput of products. Vopak does not itself generate CO2 from its operating processes although these processes do use energy and CO2 is released in generating it. Read more >
On the road to sustainable terminals It is Vopak’s intention to be leading in its line of business in terms of the sustainability of its operations. Vopak’s emphasis is on safety, health and the environment and forms the distinguishing factor for its customers and results in a new generation of design requirements for its new terminals. Read more >