Waste Reduction

HSE training sessions conducted

Sustainability

Health and safety culture

The company’s leading position was further honored when it won the 2008 Dubai Quality Award in the industrial organizations category, in recognition of its excellent business practices and procedures. Further acknowledgment of ADGAS’ excellence and performance came in the form of the Sheikh Khalifa Excellence Award, Gold Category, Oil and Gas Sector for 2012.

In addition to these excellent awards, ADGAS also achieved in August 2013 the extraordinary milestone of 55 million man hours without a single lost-time injury, which makes it one of the best oil and gas companies with high HSE standards.

ADGAS strives to sustain its position as a regional leader by developing and promoting strategies that ensure industrial reliability, business efficiency, and open communication with its employees, contractors, and clients alike. This is coupled with ADGAS’ long-established role as a responsible corporate citizen within the UAE community. Over the years, the company has launched scores of social and environmental initiatives that put it at the forefront of social progress, and make sustainability an embedded concept in all corporate policies and procedures.

ADGAS aims to satisfy customers by producing the best natural gas products, which are subject to intensive lab analyses before they are shipped.

The Product Quality Department also carries out regular testing, verification, and approval of all incoming raw materials, outgoing products, and process streams for ADGAS and ADMA-OPCO operations on Das Island.

Major hazards and business risks associated with production assets are managed through a management framework called AIRMS (Asset Integrity and Reliability Management System), and the company’s environment management system gained ISO-14001 accreditation in 1994, audited and re-certified every three years.

The robust HSE Management System, that ADGAS is implementing in line with the ADNOC HSEMS, allows ADGAS to effectively and safely manage all the risks associated with the variety of activities conducted on a daily basis.

To make sustainability a daily business, employees receive training on safety and environmental issues, and are encouraged to participate in activities within the community through several partnerships and initiatives.

Strict HSE and quality control measures are taken throughout the production stages to ensure compliance with customers’ quality and HSE criteria. Occupational healthcare is a constant priority in ADGAS’ endeavors to provide employees with a healthy workplace. Regular surveys assess exposure to hazardous materials such as isocyanate-based paints, benzene, toluene, ethyl benzene, xylene, and welding fumes.

Bi-monthly monitoring of the thermal working environment takes place to ensure compliance with thermal work limits, as advocated by the Health Authority-Abu Dhabi. This allows for an estimation of the maximum safe work rate for working in heat with the prescribed work-rest cycles for workers.

Detailed ambient noise monitoring is undertaken to protect the affected workforce from the harmful effects of industrial noise. This is based on the occupational health risk assessment recommendation and the fact that noise is one of the most important occupational health risks affecting the workforce in ADGAS.

A thorough survey of naturally occurring radioactive material (NORM) showed results were well within exemption limits and did not demonstrate the presence of NORM sources in ADGAS facilities. ADGAS’ concern for its employees extends to their families, running regular campaigns on themes such as road safety, heat stress, and fires at home. All employees are encouraged to spread these messages to their families and friends.

ADGAS medical coordinators are also available to give medical advice to employees and their families. ADGAS offices have also been designed to create a healthy working environment, following best-practice ergonomics and complementing the company’s commitment to encouraging employees to adhere to a healthy lifestyle.

In line with core ADGAS values and commitment to ethical behavior, the business ethics program “Tanbeeh”’ has been established for employees, contractors, and stakeholders to further enhance good governance and develop a culture of transparency.

Tanbeeh provides an additional channel to communicate concerns confidentially through a secure telephone line and a web-based reporting tool. ADGAS has partnered with EthicsPoint, an independent service provider, to host the reporting system for ADGAS. This system allows the communication of employee concerns efficiently and anonymously, to eliminate any real or imagined fear of retribution.

In addition to conventional reporting methods, Tanbeeh provides ADGAS employees and other stakeholders with a round-the-clock reporting facility in multiple languages to make suggestions, ask questions, or report concerns about business practices, safety, violations of law, and company policies in a secure environment.