ExxonMobil Issues 2005 Corporate Citizenship Report; Highlights Safety, Spill Prevention, Energy Efficiency Achievements: Progress in Transparency, Human Rights and Engagement.IRVING, Texas Irving (pronounced 'er-ving') is a city located in the U.S. state of Texas within Dallas County. According to the 2000 U.S. Census, the city population was 191,615; the 2006 estimate was 201,927 according to the North Central Texas Council of Governments, and 196,084 according to -- Exxon Mobil Corporation Exxon Mobil Corporation U.S.-based oil and gas company formed in 1999 through the merger of Exxon Corp. and Mobil Corp. It has investments and operations in petroleum and natural gas, coal, nuclear fuels, chemicals, and ores. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :XOM XOM Exxon Mobil Corporation (stock symbol) XOM X/Open Object Management XOM OSI-Abstract-Data Manipulation API XOM Xml Object Model XOM X/Open Osi Abstract Data Manipulation ) today issued its 2005 Corporate Citizenship Corporate Citizenship The extent to which businesses are socially responsible in meeting legal, ethical and economic responsibilities placed on them by shareholders. The aim it to create higher standards of living and quality of life in the community in which it operates, while Report (CCR 1. CCR - condition code register. 2. CCR - (Database) concurrency control and recovery. ) covering the company's global performance in meeting world energy demand while advancing the company's environmental, social and economic programs. New additions to the 2005 report include a description of the company's approach to engagement with a variety of parties, greater discussion around future initiatives and challenges and an extensive presentation of the company's position on climate change. The report also includes a comparative performance data table for the years 2002-2005 and, for the first time, a third party assurance by Lloyd's Register a register of vessels rated according to their quality, published yearly. - Brande & C. See also: Lloyd's Quality Assurance of the company's methodology in non-financial reporting. Achievements in 2005 include industry-leading safety performance, the company's best-ever record in spill prevention and extending investments in energy-saving cogeneration technology which now deliver a 9-million metric ton annual reduction in carbon dioxide carbon dioxide, chemical compound, CO2, a colorless, odorless, tasteless gas that is about one and one-half times as dense as air under ordinary conditions of temperature and pressure. emissions. The report is available on www.exxonmobil.com. "This report illustrates our commitment to meeting energy demand in an economically, environmentally, and socially responsible manner," said Rex W. Tillerson, ExxonMobil's new Chairman and Chief Executive Officer in his opening letter. "We firmly believe the way we achieve results is as important as the results themselves. We are proud of our achievements to date, and we look forward to even greater achievements in the future." Report Highlights The report adheres to the International Petroleum Industry Environmental Conservation Association (IPIECA IPIECA International Petroleum Industry Environmental Conservation Association ) and the American Petroleum Institute The American Petroleum Institute, commonly referred to as API, is the main U.S. trade association for the oil and natural gas industry, representing about 400 corporations involved in production, refinement, distribution, and many other aspects of the industry. (API) Oil and Gas Industry Guidance on Sustainability Reporting Corporate sustainability reporting has a long history going back to environmental reporting. The first environmental reports were published in the late 1980s by companies from the chemical industry which had serious image problems. . The majority of these guidelines are consistent with those issued by the Global Reporting Initiative. A comparison between the IPIECA and GRI GRI Graduate, Realtors Institute GRI Global Reporting Initiative GRI Gas Research Institute GRI Gallaudet Research Institute GRI General Rate Increase GRI Geoscience Research Institute (Loma Linda, CA) guidelines is new to this year's report. Highlights of the report include: --Throughout 2005, ExxonMobil maintained its industry-leading safety and health record. Adhering to its consistent objective, "Nobody Gets Hurt," the company inaugurated a new reporting system, IMPACT, designed to expand its ability to collect and analyze health, safety, and environmental incidents. ExxonMobil has already reduced employee lost-time incidents by 90 percent since 1994, and by 60 percent since 2000. --In 2005, ExxonMobil made significant additional progress in meeting energy needs while operating responsibly everywhere it does business. The company had only two minor oil to water incidents, the lowest ever number of such incidents; increased cogeneration facilities to 85, reducing greenhouse gas greenhouse gas n. Any of the atmospheric gases that contribute to the greenhouse effect. greenhouse gas emissions by approximately 9 million metric tons annually; continued its effort to develop and deploy economically viable technologies that can meet future energy demands; and reinforced expectations to all its business lines for superior environmental performance. In particular, the company was recognized for its leadership in energy conservation and environmental stewardship The integration and application of environmental values into the military mission in order to sustain readiness, improve quality of life, strengthen civil relations, and preserve valuable natural resources. at the 27th Industrial Energy Technology Conference in New Orleans New Orleans (ôr`lēənz –lənz, ôrlēnz`), city (2006 pop. 187,525), coextensive with Orleans parish, SE La., between the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain, 107 mi (172 km) by water from the river mouth; founded in May 2005. --ExxonMobil is committed to reducing energy consumption and improving energy efficiency in its operations. Since its inception in 2000, the Global Energy Management System (GEMS) has developed internal targets for efficiency improvements that have resulted in ExxonMobil reducing energy costs by about $500 million per year, and associated global greenhouse gas emissions by about 7 million metric tons per year. --In 2005, ExxonMobil introduced its Framework on Security and Human Rights for implementing the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights in seven countries: Angola, Cameroon, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Indonesia, Nigeria, and Venezuela. The Framework provides guidance and expectations for managing security relationships with both host governments and private security providers. It is being integrated into the company's Operations Integrity Management System for these and all other ExxonMobil-operated facilities worldwide in 2006. --ExxonMobil supports transparency, opposes corruption, and is committed to honest and ethical behavior wherever the company operates. During 2005, the company added two additional agreements regarding transparency of payments with governments, those of Kazakhstan and Nigeria, bringing ExxonMobil's total number of transparency agreements to five. --ExxonMobil is keenly aware of the health and economic impacts of malaria on its workforce, their families, and the communities where the company operates. ExxonMobil works with partners to advance the objectives and strategies of the global initiative to Roll Back Malaria. Through ExxonMobil's Africa Health Initiative, the company has awarded more than $20 million to support health organizations and programs in the fight against malaria and related public health priorities. --Last year, the company launched a new community investment program, the Educating Women and Girls Initiative, in eight countries. As an extension of ExxonMobil's long-standing support for education, it invested more than $3 million to help reduce a major barrier to economic growth by providing women and girls in developing countries greater access to education and training. In 2005, major projects were funded in Qatar, Kazakhstan, Indonesia, Colombia, Angola, Chad, Equatorial Guinea and Nigeria, to help girls stay in school and provide professional and vocational education and adult literacy training, among many other initiatives. --ExxonMobil's Workplace Flexibility Program was updated to enhance employees' ability to achieve an effective work-life balance. In addition, the Working Globally program was introduced to help bridge cultural gaps in global work teams. The company closely monitors its diversity performance, continuously striving for improvement, including better gender balance and broader leadership opportunities for women worldwide. In the United States, the focus continues on increasing representation of women and minorities. |
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