Health, Safety and Environment

The company’s main priority in everything we do is operational safety and minimizing the impact of our activities on the environment and local communities.

A major element in the corporate commitment to the environment is the search of synergies between our activities and renewable energy. Thanks to our extensive know-how and advanced technological infrastructure, we believe that the gas sector is the ideal partner for the development of renewable resources in the future.

Responsibility toward the environment is one of our top priorities.

All activities take place with respect and care for the environment and we are systematically assessing risks with the aim toward achieving sustainable development. What NAFTA is doing to reduce our environmental footprint goes beyond what the law requires, with legislative restrictions the essential minimum. Internal and external control activities and the subsequent resolution of disagreements and recommendations for continuous improvement consistently fulfill these objectives.

Methane emissions

NAFTA also sought to lower methane emissions, which the natural gas sector is actively addressing. NAFTA is involved in various international working groups and studies concentrating on reducing methane. Information is provided by us on measures and values for methane emissions at our operations for the purpose of taking action.

Occupational Safety and Health (OHS)

Company´s core values include professional performance and responsibility that contributes toward increasing safety on the job. A great deal of emphasis is placed on the safety of our employees at operations, which is also associated with our role as a stable pillar of secure gas supplies. The company aims to continuously improve the level of operational safety, especially in prevention. It is paying due attention to process safety and applying various best practices.

Evidence of the high quality and expertise are the evaluations of above standard compliance that are reported by external audit companies during regular audits.

NAFTA successfully passed a safety audit conducted at its Inzenham- West, Wolfersberg and Breitbrunn/Eggstätt facilities by Berufsgenossenschaft Rohstoffe und Chemische Industrie (BG RCI), an established professional association. NAFTA Speicher also successfully completed a periodic inspection for the issue of a permit to operate our storage facilities in the coming years. Both of these events confirm the precision of corporate processes and activities that have been set up. Passing both the audit and the inspection provides firm assurance of NAFTA’s safe operation of these facilities.