Environment, Health and Safety

Our Safety, Health and Environment Policy sets a clear vision for responsible development of the oil sands resource.

Syncrude's Safety, Health and Environment Policy

At Syncrude we are committed to protecting and promoting the safety and well-being of our employees, our contractors, our communities and our environment.

We believe excellence and continuous improvement in environment, health and safety performance are in the best interest of all of our stakeholders. Our Corporate success depends upon it.

Our desired outcomes are a workplace where everyone upholds Syncrude’s Vision, Values and Guiding Principles, a workplace that fosters the emotional and physical well-being of employees, a workplace where incidents that could harm people or the environment do not occur, and a workplace where all employees and contractors demonstrate personal commitment to operational excellence.

Toward this:

• we aim for a safe and reliable operation where all risks that could compromise the health and safety of workers, or the environment, are identified, understood and managed.
• we meet all regulated standards for safety, health and environmental performance as the minimum expectation.
• we learn from best practices applied elsewhere and endeavour to incorporate such lessons into our practices and procedures.
• we integrate safety, health and environment considerations, along with economic factors, into all business decisions.
• Syncrude management takes a leadership role in advocating workplace health and safety, and environmental sustainability, in appropriate regional, provincial and national forums.

Through the efforts and collective experience of our employees and contractors, Syncrude will be an acknowledged leader in safety, health and environmental performance.  We will continue to improve by working together and sharing responsibility for a healthy environment, as well as the safety and well-being of our co-workers, our families, our communities and ourselves.