2005 Annual Report - SBM Offshore

Report of the Board of Management
Padre Horacio, Angola
In Angola, the Company is financially supporting a project
similar to Casa do Menor, an institution run by an Argentinian
priest Padre Horacio who lodges and feeds street children.
Education is given to these children, including some technical
subjects such as basic mechanical and electrical knowledge.
SBM Offshore is now committed to incorporate some of the
children from this institute in the ESSA project for enhanced
training of electricians and the creation of an electrical
workshop.
Orphanage on Sakhalin Island, Russia
For several years, the Company has been providing support
to the Sakhalin Orphanage on Sakhalin Island where the
Company operates the FSO Okha.
HIV and AIDS awareness programmes, Myanmar
In Myanmar, the Company is providing financial support to
two programmes under the umbrella of the United Nations
organisations UNAIDS, UNICEF and the National AIDS
Programme MBCA (Myanmar Business Coalition on AIDS).
• Over recent years an HIV/AIDS awareness programme has
reached 14,077 seafarers at the Maritime Institute of
Yangon, out of a potential 60,000 seafarers in Myanmar.
The target to reach during 2006 a minimum of an additional
4,000 seafarers has been reconfirmed.
• An HIV/AIDS educational programme reached 5,000
factory workers and families in the cities of Yangon and
Pyay. A further estimated 10,000 were reached through
public talks, video shows and through peer educators in
Pyay and in nearby towns, Shwetaung and Sin Mee Swe.
The programme managed to convince and mobilise two
core groups in Pyay: the hotel managers, through their
association, and a humanitarian social group called the
‘Khittaya Lu Nge’ to reach all social strata. The
mobilisation of these two groups enhances the
sustainability of the programme for the future.
Regular meetings with these organisations and the auditing
of their programmes continue to confirm both the legitimacy
and the effectiveness of the Company’s sponsorship.
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Health, Safety and Protection of the
Environment
General
Good HSE performance is recognised as an indicator of the
effective overall management of the Company. It is with this
in mind that a Group Management System has been put in
place to cover the combined activities of Quality Assurance,
Health & Safety, Environment and Security. This Management
System is designed to be compliant with the requirements of
the following International Standards:
• ISO 9001:2000 Quality Management;
• ISO 14001 Environmental Management;
• OHSA 18001 Health & Safety;
• the ISPS Code for ship security;
• the ISM Code for the safe management and operation of
ships and for pollution prevention.
This Group Management System has been further developed
in 2005 to fully integrate the arrangements for the
management of HSE with other business activities and
objectives. The main challenge has been to develop these
arrangements in a way that takes into account the dynamic
nature of the business whilst at the same time being
adaptable to different cultures and the geographical regions
in which we conduct our operations. To achieve this, the
Company has focused on softer issues such as promoting
and measuring ‘leading indicators’, also encouraging the
involvement of senior and project management in safety
tours and incentive schemes with the objective of reinforcing
an open reporting and no blame culture.
A fire fighting exercise at the ESSA training centre in Luanda, Angola