omnia holdings annual report 2010 omnia holdings annu

64 OMNIA ANNUAL REPORT 2010 SUSTAINABILITY REPORT continued
Audits
The number of external and internal SHE audits steadily
increased over the reporting period – an indication of greater
participation in the IMS implemented and our commitment to
continual improvement. Divisions schedule their own internal
or external audits, with assistance from internal SHE resources
as well as Group SHE for second-party audits.
Other SHE initiatives during F2010 include:
� Routine medical surveillance tests continued according to
schedule on all sites.
� A water spraying system has been installed on the bulk
ammonia storage facility at our liquid fertilizer production
plant at Wesselsbron.
� The construction of a new enclosed chlorine storage facility
for the bulk storage of chlorine gas cylinders at Protea
Chemicals Cape Killarney Gardens site has been completed.
The commissioning of this facility will significantly reduce
the risks associated with the storage of chlorine cylinders
at the site.
� Upgrade of acid repacking areas has been initiated.
A number of containment measures have been installed,
for example, additional bunds/channels in solvents areas
and warehouses.
� In terms of energy conservation, a co-generation project
which involves the installation of a 1 920 kW Turbo-
Generator was successfully commissioned at the Omnia
Fertilizer factory in Sasolburg. The implementation of this
project will result in a direct electricity saving of about
10% at the Sasolburg site.
Legal compliance
Several initiatives to improve compliance with safety, health
and environmental legislation at all divisions of the Omnia Group
have been introduced during the period under review. Important
initiatives implemented to improve the legal compliance of all
facilities within the Group can be summarised as follows:
� Omnia, through CAIA and Business Unity South Africa
(BUSA), participated in various initiatives to assist with
the formulation of:
– The National Waste Act
– Minimum emissions standards for point sources
– Contaminated land in terms of the National Waste Act
– A new national waste minimisation strategy
– The new National Transport Act
– NEMAQA-listed activities
– EIA processes in terms of the National Waste Act
– Air priority working groups
– SANS standards relating to MHI, electrical issues, tanks
standards and pressure vessels.
� A project to evaluate legal compliance with the conditions
of all applicable legal requirements, including authorisations
and permits, was launched by the Group Engineering
Projects and Services Department. Two audits in the
Fertilizer division, four at the Protea Division, one at
BME and three EIA environmental authorisations have
been conducted.
� Legal compliance assessments at our international sites are
in process. A project plan, which sees all our international
sites being evaluated over a three-year period, has been
approved. As part of these assessments, contract
management will also be included and compliance to local
depots and warehouses will be extended beyond the current
assessments. As part of our international compliance
assessment, the current legal register will be extended to
key international sites and smaller local sites.
Public participation
Attendance of the following environmental forums
is ongoing:
� Industry Forums
– CAIA and Responsible Care ® workshops
– Sasolburg Inter-company Response Meeting
– NapCof
– Institute of Safety Management
� Environmental participation
– Vaal Triangle Priority Area Air Meeting
– Vaal Triangle Priority Area Air Technical Task Team
– Leeu-Taaibosch Forum (and Technical Task Team),
with one of our employees voted as chairperson for
the LTF Forum
– Sasolburg Rejuvenation Committee
– Highveld Priority Area Air Quality Officer Forum
and Multi-stakeholder Reference Group
� Community Forums
– Sasolburg Community Working Group
– Local Security Forum