Ebenezer Faulkner, MD of Vivo Ghana, addressing participants
Vivo Energy, the company that distributes and markets Shell branded fuels and lubricants in Africa, has held its annual Safety Day recently.
Commenting on Safety Day, James Ngethi, Head of Health, Safety, Security and Environment, Vivo Energy said: “Safety remains an integral and essential part of everything we do and is a top priority for our business, our staff and our contractors. Our annual safety day is a moment for all our teams to stop, reflect on safety issues; and ensure that we are doing everything that we can to achieve our aim of ‘Goal Zero’ – no harm to people or the environment.”
The theme for last year’s Safety Day was “See it, report it, prevent it”.
Mr Ngethi said Vivo Energy’s commitment to achieving and maintaining the highest international Health, Safety, Security and Environment (HSSE) standards is at the heart of its business, adding that in 2016 the company delivered a particularly strong safety performance with a TRCF (total recordable case frequency) of 0.31.
“We are on track for an even better performance in 2017.”
“Vivo Energy has a very strong safety record, but there is always more that can be done, and we must never become complacent. We recognise that the key to great HSSE leadership is identifying and fixing potential incidents before they become actual incidents. We did a good job of reporting potential incidents last year, and by continuing that focus in 2017 we have already exceeded our annual PI reporting target (16,500 PIs reported in 2017) with 18,201 PIs reported in August. We will work hard to achieve our HSSE goals in order to make continued progress to become recognised as Africa’s most respected energy business.”
Managing Director of Vivo Energy Ghana, Ebenezer Faulkner, said the theme for the event generates the safety passion that Vivo Energy puts into its business.
“For us at Vivo Energy, safety is our licence to operate and we will ensure that safety is embedded in all our operations to safeguard people, environment, assets and reputation,” said Mr Faulkner.