RasGas Awarded Five-Star Rating by British Safety Council

Doha, September 25 (QNA) - RasGas Company Limited (RasGas) has been awarded a five-star rating by the British Safety Council subsequent to an Environmental Audit, and the Occupational Health and Safety Audit. RasGas Chief Marketing and Shipping Officer, Khalid Sultan R. Al Kuwari underlined in statement issued Sunday that RasGas is deeply committed to delivering cleaner energy to customers in a manner that is safe, efficient and preserves the environment. He added that this is a fundamental corporate goal, considering the British Safety Councils rating as testament to the success of RasGas efforts to maintain these rigorous standards. The impressive achievement was attained after a quantified, objective evaluation of the environmental, and occupational health and safety management systems of the shipping and LNG transportation functions. The Environmental Audit measured the Shipping Department's performance against set criteria, including a number of key environmental management indicators, providing a worldwide benchmark of the departments environmental management performance, policies, processes and procedures; while the Occupational Health and Safety Audit measured performance against key safety management indicators. These audits have, since 2013, included two additional indicators, Leadership and Continuous Improvement, thereby placing greater emphasis on occupational health, employee wellbeing, the safety culture, allocation of resources to health and safety, and planning for change. All of these are now considered best practice factors. The British Safety Council's Five Star Environmental, and Occupational Health and Safety audits offer a structural path for continuous improvement, and RasGas five-star grading in both is the highest possible rating that can be achieved. The British Safety Council is a government-regulated awarding organization primarily concerned with ensuring no-one is injured or made ill in the workplace. RasGas world-class shipping fleet comprises long-term LNG charter vessels that efficiently serve to meet the needs of a global customer-base. (QNA)