Environmental, Health & Safety Policy
Our Policy
Williams is committed to the continuous improvement of environmental,
health and safety performance to help achieve the greatest benefit for
all our stakeholders. It is our policy to meet or exceed all applicable
environmental, health and safety laws and regulations, and to facilitate
full and open discussion to addresss responsible standards and practices
where laws and regulations do not exist. Accordingly, this Enviornmental,
Health and Safety Policy is a standard by which Williams, its business
units and employees are continually measured.
Our goals under this policy:
Operations
- Integrate environmental, health and safety stewardship into our core
business activities.
- Make environmental, health and safety considerations a core component
in existing operations and in the planning, design and construction
of new and expanded facilities, including the integration of physical
risk management into our business and decision processes.
- Establish a system for total employee involvement in environmental,
health and safety processes and a means to measure that participation.
Communications
- Promote environmental, health and safety awareness among customers
and in the communities where we operate.
- Provide environmental, health and safety training and promote awareness
among all employees.
- Cooperate and coordinate, in the spirit of partnership, with local,
state and federal authorities and other stakeholders on environmental,
health and safety matters and incidents.
Evaluation
- Incorporate critical environmental, health and safety performance
metrics into our existing management reporting systems. Include the
achievement of high environmental, health and safety standards of excellence
as a component of the performance review process for each employee.
- Perform environmental, health and safety process assessments and independent
compliance audits at a frequency appropriate to the size and nature
of the operations and facilities, and implement corrective action. Perform
evaluations of incidents and near misses through formal investigation
including the identification of basic and root causes and steps to prevent
reoccurrence of a similar event.
- Assess environmental, health and safety risks of existing operations,
new business ventures and acquisitions.
Each employee is responsible for compliance with this policy and for
implementing the policy within his or her area of responsibility.
The leadership of each business unit is responsible for implementing
management systems with appropriate standards and procedures to carry
out this policy.