sustainable development industry reporting (sdir) programme
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"Sustainable Development Industry
Reporting (SDIR) Programme - supporting the National Climate Change Statistics and
Reporting"
By
Saif Al-Naimi
Director, HSE Regulations & Enforcement Directorate
Qatar Petroleum
5 December 2012
Agenda
Prioritizing sustainable development in industry
Brief overview of Qatar Energy and Industry Sector
Successful SD initiative
The way forward
Supporting the National Statistics and Reporting
Brief overview of
Qatar Energy and Industry Sector
• Qatar energy and industry sector, which
is represented by many companies
operating within eight sub-sectors:
1. Oil & Gas (E & P)
2. LNG/NGL
3. Refinery
4. Petrochemical
5. Mining & Minerals and Others
6. Power & Utilities
7. Transport, Storage and Distribution
8. Support Services
• Geographically located in offshore and
onshore across three major Industrial
cities which include Ras Laffan Industrial
City (RLC), Messaied Industrial City
(MIC) and Dukhan.
Brief overview of Qatar’s Energy & Industry
Sector
Prioritizing sustainable development in industry
Sustainable Development of the Energy and Industry Sector
Sustainable Development has been prioritized in the Qatar National Development Strategy 2011-2016
Sustainable Development has been aligned and supports the four main pillars of the Qatar National Vision (QNV 2030)
Under the guidance and visionary leadership of His Highness Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani and His Highness the Heir Apparent Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad
Al-Thani, the State of Qatar is committed to Sustainable Development (SD)
Qatar’s Commitment to Sustainable Development
Value added Global Significance
Our SD Strategy for Energy & Industry Sector
• Industry to address SD seriously
• Establish comprehensive planning
capacity
• Identify & implement best actions and
instruments
• Integrate climate, energy, economic,
environmental development
• Support partnership actions of community
International Agreements
Energy and industry sector
National Plans
Other Sectors
Our Sustainable Development Strategy
Platform for improvement
Sustainable Development
Strategy
(1) SD Guidelines
(2) System & Implementation
plan
(3) Methods for conducting a risk
based assessment
(4) Furthering association
involvement
(5) IT portal for data sharing
(6) SD best practices
summaries
(7) Close gaps and identify
emerging issues
(8) Performance tracking ,
reporting and awarding
(9) Capacity Building and Technology
Transfer
(10) Partnerships to help meet the
2030 QNV
Focus:
Qatar’s Energy and Industry Sector
particularly Petroleum Industry
A proposed approach for SD activities in
Qatar’s Energy and Industry sector
SD Steering
Committee for
Energy and
Industry sector
Major groups in
Sustainable
development
DG •Strategies •Policies •Reporting •Oversight
Implementation Follow-up G
ovt.
Agencie
s
Regional and
International
bodies
Successful SD Initiative
“The Future We Want: Outcome document adopted at Rio +20” paragraph 47 which states:
We encourage industry, interested governments as well as relevant stakeholders with the support of the UN system, as appropriate, to develop models for best practice and facilitate action for the integration of sustainability reporting --Rio+20 Outcome
Unique, Important and Visionary Programme:
• First of its kind in the region-
• Reaching out to the wider global audience
• Effective mechanism for identifying industry sustainability challenges.
• Track the economic, environmental and social performance and impact of the sector.
• Harmonize and strengthen health, safety and environment (HSE) and sustainability reporting across all
companies.
• Build capacity and knowledge, particularly on industry best practices, emerging HSE&SD issues.
• Acknowledge leadership and best practice.
• Due recognition and appreciation of the stakeholders for noteworthy performances.
• Important platform in responding to new challenges & mechanisms, national priorities, the specific
circumstances & needs of Stakeholders, Civil society participation.
Case Study: Sustainable Development Industry
Reporting(SDIR) Programme
Progress from year 2009 to present
2009 -Organized team
-Developed strategy
2010 -Stakeholder engagement
-Drafted guidelines
-Briefings and workshops conducted & industry consultation to finalize the guidelines
-Finalized guidelines for implementation
2011 -Alignment with NDS 2011-2016
-Submission of 17 companies’ Sustainability Reports
-Public release of the SDIR 2010
-Active stakeholder engagement through meetings and workshops
- Launch of the SDIR 2010 Report
-Appreciation ceremony held for the participating companies
2012 -Engaged energy & industry 36 companies
-Effective and more active engagement with stakeholders
-Hired consultants, designers and sought participation of external advisors
-Standardized & systematic reporting process
- SDIR Framework & 31 SDIR Indicators
-Collection of more aggregated data
- Alignment with Rio+20 outcome
-Drafted SD Policy for industry consultation
-SDIR Award Scheme launch
- Focus areas for future reporting years
SDIR Programme to become mandatory for the sector and further enhanced for the future years
To reaffirm my commitment and support to the SDIR Programme, I have decided the following:
• Make the scheme for the next reporting period mandatory for all the operators within the sector.
• All operators to comprehensively report their HSE and SD performance and evolve a 5-year strategy that incorporates continual improvement in this regard.
• The report shall be issued each year to the HSE Regulations and Enforcement Directorate who will have the responsibility to produce the Annual SD Report reviewing the overall sector performance and report its key findings to me.
H.E. Dr. Mohammed Bin Saleh
Al-Sada
Minister of Energy and Industry
Chairman and Managing
Director, Qatar Petroleum
Commitment by Energy and Industry Sector
Sustainability Reports 2011 from the Energy & Industry Companies
www.hse-reg-dg.com
Workshops and Ceremonies
One-to-one meetings with Industry Stakeholders
Purpose of the SDIR Programme
• State Policy and Legal requirement
• Alignment/Mandate
• Assess and monitor SD
• Enhance SD performance
• Capacity building
• policy development
• Benchmarking and recognition
• Ensuring implementation of SD activities of
operators
Sustainable Development
Strategy
(1) SD Guidelines (2) System &
Implementation plan
(3) Methods for
conducting a risk based
assessment
(4) Furthering association
involvement with GSDP, ESCWA UN
CSD
(5) IT portal for data sharing (6) SD best
practices summaries
(7) Close gaps and identify
emerging issues
(8) Performance
tracking , reporting and
awarding
(9) Capacity Building,
Technology Transfer
(10) Partnerships to help meet the 2030 goal
QNV
2030
NDS 2011-2016
Sectoral Strategies
Industry
Decree Law No. (4) of
1977
Preserving Oil Wealth
SD Guidelines
References and Additional Source Materials
• SD guidelines for the Energy and Industry Sector - Practical guidance to Companies
under Energy and Industry Sector on the following two areas on SD.
• Sustainability Indicators Reporting
• Sustainability Projects-Self Evaluation
• IPIECA/API/OGP Guidelines which we are adopting by the DG guideline was
tailored specifically to the Energy and Industry Sector and is sufficiently
flexible to meet individual Company /Operator needs.
• IPIECA/API/OGP Guidelines 2nd edition 2010 covers a range of issues and
allows companies to select from related indicators and offer a choice on the
depth and detail to be communicated.
• The “GRI G3 Guidelines” and the “Oil and Gas Industry Guidance on
Voluntary Sustainability Reporting- IPIECA/API/OGP, 2nd edition, 2010” are
part of the attachments to this Guideline.
• The Global Reporting Initiative(GRI) has pioneered the development of the
world’s most widely used Sustainability Reporting Framework and is
committed to its continuous improvement and application worldwide. This
framework sets out the principles and indicators that organizations can use to
measure and report their economic, environmental and social performance
• Roles and responsibilities and Professional background
• Use of specific guidelines or frameworks
• Regulatory versus voluntary nature of the Sustainability reporting.
• Internal systems supporting data collection.
• Ownership of the report data and development of key performance indicators (KPI)
• Matching of stakeholders and Sustainability reporting in relation to content and medium.
• Involvement at the Executive and/or Board level
• Key drivers
• Future directions for the organization and Sustainability reporting.
Lessons learnt : Strategic issues – Individual organizations to overcome to start
the Reporting Process.
Case Study: Sustainable Development Industry
Reporting (SDIR) Programme
Supporting the
National Climate Change Statistics and Reporting
• Annual reporting on SDIR indicators by 33 companies and increase of reporting companies every
year
• Climate Change - one of the priority areas of the SDIR programme framework
• Aggregation of performance data of reporting companies, sector and subsector analysis and,
importantly, year-on-year performance comparisons wherever possible.
• Explicit alignment of sector level performance measures with the objectives and measures of the
QNV 2030 NDS 2011-2016, thereby quantifiably capturing the contribution of the sector towards
these national strategies.
• Standardize the collection and consolidation of sector-wide data.
• Important tool for overseeing, monitoring and reviewing progress for effective decision making.
Ongoing engagement with the stakeholders through nominated focal points for
additional data/info and clarification .
Supporting the National Climate Change Statistics
and Reporting
SDIR Programme measures
SDIR Programme measures- Alignment
GRI and IPIECA Alignment Climate Change measures - SDIR Programme
Way forward
SD Way forward-Energy and Industry Sector
• Engagement with GSDP and QSA particularly on alignment with QNV2030 & Implementation of NDS
2011-2016, National reporting & National Statistics
• Engage in national and international committees, organizations, and institutions that support and
promote SD.
• Active participation in national and international major events.
• Conducting joint conferences and Organize workshops to promote SD in specific and specialized fields
as per the requirement.
• Regular and ongoing engagement with Government, National bodies, Industry Stakeholders regarding
SD activities.
Questions?
Thank you
Saif Al-Naimi
Director, HSE Regulations and Enforcement
Directorate
Office : 4013-2555/2525
Fax: 4013-9473
Email: [email protected]
Backup slides
CC Statistics in SDIR Report
SDIR Programme measures- Climate Change
Measurement and reporting of GHG emissions
SDIR Programme measures- Climate Change
Mitigation: Energy Efficiency
SDIR Programme measures- Climate Change
Mitigation: Flaring