ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT BARDOLINO DEVELOPMENT

Bardolino Development Environmental Statement
2 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
Shell U.K. Limited (Shell) has a formal Corporate Management System (CMS) that is
designed to facilitate the implementation of the Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) policy
(Appendix 2) within all Shell business processes, asset groups and support services. The
CMS describes how Shell manages environmental protection throughout its business. Shell
UK’s Environmental Management System (EMS) is embedded in the CMS and is
independently verified to ISO 14001, which meets the requirements of OSPAR
Recommendation 2003/5. A brief description of our EMS is given in section 3.1 of our
previous public environmental statement, which can be accessed by the following link:
• Shell Environmental Report
The proposed development will fall within the scope of the EMS, and environmental protection
is considered at all stages of the life cycle of Shell’s oil and gas facilities. This section
provides a summary of all elements of the CMS and describes how these will be applied to
the proposed Bardolino development. The specific environmental commitments made by
Shell for the Bardolino development throughout the ES are summarised in Section 7, Table
7.1.
2.1 POLICY
A copy of the Shell Policy on HSE is provided in Appendix 2. This Policy contains a
commitment to protect the environment and states that we have a systematic approach to
HSE management designed to ensure compliance with the law and to achieve continuous
performance improvement.
2.2 HSE PLAN
A Bardolino Project HSE Plan has been developed for all phases of the development of the
Project. This document sets out how health and environmental issues will be managed and
how effective implementation of Shell’s Health, Safety and Environmental Policies and
Corporate Management System (CMS) will be achieved. It applies to all work carried out on
the project, whether it be carried out in Shell or contractors’ offices, construction sites, or
vessels.
This Project HSE Plan sets out:
� How health, safety and environmental issues will be managed.
� How effective implementation of Shell’s Health, Safety and Environmental Policies and
Corporate Management System will be achieved.
2.3 PLANNING
All Bardolino Development activities will be managed in accordance with Shell’s CMS and
supporting procedures. The potential environmental aspects of the activities (discussed in
Sections 5 and 6) have been assessed by Shell, and appropriate controls are in place to
ensure that these do not lead to adverse impacts on the environment.
The Shell U.K. Limited Policy on HSE contains a commitment to comply with environmental
legislation and other requirements. In addition to legal requirements, Shell also has a number
of Shell Group requirements, which set targets and require reporting of performance for Shell
Group companies.
Shell promotes compliance and continuous improvement in performance by establishing
appropriate environmental objectives and targets within an annual HSE Plan. The Bardolino
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