to those affected. We periodically verify compliance of our operations with these obligations.
ExxonMobil’s culture of risk management Application of OIMS is required across all of ExxonMobil’s operations, with particular emphasis on design, construction and operations. Regardless of job function, all ExxonMobil employees and third-party contractors have the responsibility and expectation to identify, assess and mitigate the risks associated with their activities and ExxonMobil operations. “OIMS is the way we do business. It ensures that we manage SSH&E risks in a consistent and reliable manner to achieve operational excellence. OIMS is embedded in our culture and has resulted in behaviors that reflect our core values.”
We recognize that the impact of our operations extends beyond our work sites, and therefore element 10 of OIMS addresses community awareness and emergency preparedness. Effective management of stakeholder relationships is important to enhance the trust and confidence of the communities where we operate. Emergency planning and preparedness are essential to ensure that, in the event of an incident, all necessary actions are taken for the protection of the public, our personnel, the environment and our assets. For example, continued application of OIMS principles in our drilling operations helps us achieve our vision of Nobody Gets Hurt . In 2005, our drilling operations developed the hurt-free approach to personnel safety. The hurt-free approach was developed as an alternative to traditional treatment-based programs to align with the vision of Nobody Gets Hurt . It provides a framework that enables a culture of caring while also allowing for insightful trends analysis through consistent assessment of actual incident severity and potential consequence. In response to its success in our drilling operations, we rolled out the approach to the Upstream business in 2012 and are now implementing it company-wide. We hold internal and external workshops and collaborative meetings to promote the hurt-free approach across the corporation and across our industry. We have been able to demonstrate that drilling operations can be performed all over the world in a safe and environmentally sound manner, whether in an Arctic environment or other high-risk environments with appropriate application of risk management principles and programs. We will not sacrifice the safety of our employees or our contractors in order to deliver on our commitments to business partners and shareholders.
Paul Schuberth Upstream safety, security, health and environment manager
OIMS enables ExxonMobil — a large organization that operates across diverse cultures and geographies — to speak the same language when it comes to safety and risk management. The OIMS framework is embedded in ExxonMobil’s company culture. In 2013, as part of our commitment to continual improvement, we introduced a new training experience called the OIMS Leadership Academy. The training is aimed at enhancing the OIMS leadership skills of supervisors and managers, who then lead and run the business with more effective utilization of OIMS, thus improving SSH&E performance and minimizing incidents. In total, we have trained more than 1,000 supervisors in 36 courses. OIMS and corporate citizenship Our approach to corporate citizenship is intended to contribute to society’s broader sustainability objectives. We believe OIMS plays a key role in ExxonMobil’s corporate citizenship efforts by communicating expectations to employees, measuring progress and helping ensure results adhere to our SSH&E commitments. For example, OIMS element 6 requires the leadership teams running our facilities to anticipate and meet all applicable laws, regulations, permits and other governmental requirements and ensure the resulting operating requirements are documented and communicated
Kristen Kuhn standing aboard the Maersk Viking drill ship in the Julia field, Gulf of Mexico.
ExxonMobil’s Operations Integrity Management System exxonmobil.com/citizenship
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