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EHS activities and related awards<br />

Environment, Health and Safety<br />

CWT adopts a <strong>to</strong>p-down approach in ensuring our<br />

people work in a healthy and safe environment<br />

at all times whilst integrating environmental best<br />

practices in<strong>to</strong> our business.<br />

Our Environment, Health and Safety (EHS)<br />

Committee actively promotes a healthy work life<br />

and safe work place driven by our desire for an<br />

accident-free work space. Through education,<br />

enforcement and encouragement we continue <strong>to</strong><br />

instill in our employees individual and collective<br />

responsibility <strong>to</strong>wards this cause. In 2011 CWT<br />

invested more than 1,900 man hours on EHS<br />

training – an increase of 27% over <strong>the</strong> time<br />

invested last year. Our continued and increasing<br />

efforts <strong>to</strong> streng<strong>the</strong>n our safety culture will remain<br />

a <strong>to</strong>p priority.<br />

In addition we continue <strong>to</strong> be guided by<br />

our principles and activities in reducing <strong>the</strong><br />

environmental impact of our operations. Last<br />

year CWT Logistics Hub 3 was accredited with<br />

<strong>the</strong> Green Mark Gold Plus Award by <strong>the</strong> Building<br />

and Construction Authority (BCA) of Singapore<br />

for incorporating internationally recognised<br />

best practices in environmental design and<br />

performance. These included energy and<br />

water efficiency and savings, solar heat gain<br />

minimisation and good natural ventilation design,<br />

among o<strong>the</strong>r green features.<br />

CWT also received Achievement Awards in<br />

Distribution Code and Community Awareness<br />

and Emergency Response (CAER) for <strong>the</strong> third<br />

consecutive year in <strong>the</strong> Responsible Care Awards<br />

organised by <strong>the</strong> Singapore Chemical Industry<br />

Council (SCIC). Responsible Care is <strong>the</strong> chemical<br />

industry’s global initiative <strong>to</strong> continuously improve<br />

its operations in terms of health, safety and<br />

environmental standards.<br />

Annual Report 2011<br />

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