HSE Annual Report 2010 (English) - WINTERSHALL

HUMAN RIGHTS.
The Wintershall Group respects human rights and,
as a responsible company, supports observance
and promotion of them.
In its economic activity, Wintershall sees itself as an
attractive employer, dependable partner and good
neighbor that nurtures the development of friendly,
open and respectful relationships and mutual understanding
between nations.
Our employees’ working conditions worldwide
comply at the minimum with basic international
labor standards and the law of the countries where
we operate. That includes preventing child and
forced labor, upholding the principle of non-discrimination
at work and the right to freedom of assembly
and association.
INSIGHTS.
As a company which has operations around the
world and employs more than 2,000 people from
over 40 nations, we experience the enriching power
of exchange across cultural borders daily and
have promoted it for years at the international level.
We feel connected to the regions in which our
company operates. In addition to our cultural commitment,
we also focus on helping people in need.
Where we have activities, Wintershall sees itself as
a neighbor who helps out when needed.
Our employees have lent a helping hand in providing
sports clothing and school uniforms for 30
learners in the Cañadón-Asfalto Basin in Southern
Patagonia, organizing computers and printers for a
neighboring hospital or through supporting a public
kitchen run by Caritas in Tierra del Fuego together
with our partner Total.
In North Africa, Wintershall Libya helped build a
school and renovate a nursery school in jakhira.
The company also gives support to regional festivals,
public institutions and events for the workforce and
the population of the region. When the mosque on
the premises of Wintershall Libya became too small
for the large number of local employees, the company
had a new, bigger one built in 2004. Under
Wintershall is also committed to fundamental values
derived from its corporate philosophy: success,
innovation, increasing value added, health and environmental
protection, safety, intercultural competence,
mutual respect, open dialogue and a high
level of integrity. These values are defined in guidelines
that are applied in our daily activities. That is
because every single Wintershall employee acts as
a role model and contributes to the company’s
success with his or her actions.
Wintershall engages in many cultural and social
projects worldwide in the regions where it operates.
CORPORATE NEIGHBORSHIP.
the supervision of a Libyan engineer, between 15
and 20 employees of a local construction company
worked for five months on the new Omar Ben Al
Khatab mosque. The mosque has been officially
recognized and registered by the relevant authority.
An imam has been appointed, who now calls the
faithful to prayer every Friday.
In Turkmenistan, Wintershall has helped equip a
hospital room to Western standards.
With the assistance of Wintershall’s subsidiary
WINGAS, a home for blind and visually impaired
children in Russia was connected to the public gas
network, electricity lines and water pipes were renovated
and the buildings were expanded. Picture
books and games specially designed for visually
impaired and blind children were also donated.
We have also by now established a tradition of not
giving Christmas presents to customers and business
partners. Instead, we support charities and
humanitarian organizations in Germany and our
operating regions. In recent years, for example, we
have given to schools, homes for children, and an
SOS Children’s village, as well as to voluntary organizations
and facilities for promoting the young.
SOCIAL RESpONSIBILITY