GEMI Benchmark Survey Water Use, Issues & Management

GEMI SurveyGlobal EHS RegulationsFebruary 2004Carl WirdakOccidental Petroleum CorporationGEMI Benchmarking ChairOutline• Survey Recap• Context• Regulation Tracking• Development of Company Standards• EHS Program/Implementation•N ext S tepsGlobal EHS Regulations Benchmarking – February 2004 2Survey overview• Response rate was just above 70%Outstanding!Not all companies completed all questions• There was good coverage across the sectors represented in GEMI• Thank you to all participants!Global EHS Regulations Benchmarking – February 2004 3Context10Sales Revenue8Operations6420<20% 20 - 40% 40 - 60% 60 - 80% >80%U.S. PortionOnly 2 firms with non-U.S. headquarters provided responses to surveyGlobal EHS Regulations Benchmarking – February 2004 4ResponsesWhat frames company EHS focus?Regulatory ImpactProductsEqualweightsOperations03691215Number of CompaniesCompany EHS focus is generally driven by issues related to operationsGlobal EHS Regulations Benchmarking – February 2004 5EHS performance and reputation linkImportance of EHS PerformanceExtremely ImportantUnimportant1980's 1990's Today FutureThe importance of EHS performance on company reputation has increasedGlobal EHS Regulations Benchmarking – February 2004 6Company EHS StructureDecentralizedHybridCentralized036912Number of CompaniesLocal or shared (with corporate) decision-making is the norm for survey respondentsGlobal EHS Regulations Benchmarking – ...