Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) today issued its 2005
Corporate Citizenship Report (CCR) covering the company's global
performance in meeting world energy demand while advancing the
company's environmental, social and economic programs.
New additions to the 2005 report include a description of the
company's approach to engagement with a variety of parties, greater
discussion around future initiatives and challenges and an extensive
presentation of the company's position on climate change. The report
also includes a comparative performance data table for the years
2002-2005 and, for the first time, a third party assurance by Lloyd's
Register Quality Assurance of the company's methodology in
non-financial reporting.
Achievements in 2005 include industry-leading safety performance,
the company's best-ever record in spill prevention and extending
investments in energy-saving cogeneration technology which now deliver
a 9-million metric ton annual reduction in carbon dioxide emissions.
The report is available on www.exxonmobil.com.
"This report illustrates our commitment to meeting energy demand
in an economically, environmentally, and socially responsible manner,"
said Rex W. Tillerson, ExxonMobil's new Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer in his opening letter. "We firmly believe the way we achieve
results is as important as the results themselves. We are proud of our
achievements to date, and we look forward to even greater achievements
in the future."
Report Highlights
The report adheres to the International Petroleum Industry
Environmental Conservation Association (IPIECA) and the American
Petroleum Institute (API) Oil and Gas Industry Guidance on
Sustainability Reporting. The majority of these guidelines are
consistent with those issued by the Global Reporting Initiative. A
comparison between the IPIECA and GRI guidelines is new to this year's
report. Highlights of the report include:
-- Throughout 2005, ExxonMobil maintained its industry-leading
safety and health record. Adhering to its consistent
objective, "Nobody Gets Hurt," the company inaugurated a new
reporting system, IMPACT, designed to expand its ability to
collect and analyze health, safety, and environmental
incidents. ExxonMobil has already reduced employee lost-time
incidents by 90 percent since 1994, and by 60 percent since
2000.
-- In 2005, ExxonMobil made significant additional progress in
meeting energy needs while operating responsibly everywhere it
does business. The company had only two minor oil to water
incidents, the lowest ever number of such incidents; increased
cogeneration facilities to 85, reducing greenhouse gas
emissions by approximately 9 million metric tons annually;
continued its effort to develop and deploy economically viable
technologies that can meet future energy demands; and
reinforced expectations to all its business lines for superior
environmental performance. In particular, the company was
recognized for its leadership in energy conservation and
environmental stewardship at the 27th Industrial Energy
Technology Conference in New Orleans in May 2005.
-- ExxonMobil is committed to reducing energy consumption and
improving energy efficiency in its operations. Since its
inception in 2000, the Global Energy Management System (GEMS)
has developed internal targets for efficiency improvements
that have resulted in ExxonMobil reducing energy costs by
about $500 million per year, and associated global greenhouse
gas emissions by about 7 million metric tons per year.
-- In 2005, ExxonMobil introduced its Framework on Security and
Human Rights for implementing the Voluntary Principles on
Security and Human Rights in seven countries: Angola,
Cameroon, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Indonesia, Nigeria, and
Venezuela. The Framework provides guidance and expectations
for managing security relationships with both host governments
and private security providers. It is being integrated into
the company's Operations Integrity Management System for these
and all other ExxonMobil-operated facilities worldwide in
2006.
-- ExxonMobil supports transparency, opposes corruption, and is
committed to honest and ethical behavior wherever the company
operates. During 2005, the company added two additional
agreements regarding transparency of payments with
governments, those of Kazakhstan and Nigeria, bringing
ExxonMobil's total number of transparency agreements to five.
-- ExxonMobil is keenly aware of the health and economic impacts
of malaria on its workforce, their families, and the
communities where the company operates. ExxonMobil works with
partners to advance the objectives and strategies of the
global initiative to Roll Back Malaria. Through ExxonMobil's
Africa Health Initiative, the company has awarded more than
$20 million to support health organizations and programs in
the fight against malaria and related public health
priorities.
-- Last year, the company launched a new community investment
program, the Educating Women and Girls Initiative, in eight
countries. As an extension of ExxonMobil's long-standing
support for education, it invested more than $3 million to
help reduce a major barrier to economic growth by providing
women and girls in developing countries greater access to
education and training. In 2005, major projects were funded in
Qatar, Kazakhstan, Indonesia, Colombia, Angola, Chad,
Equatorial Guinea and Nigeria, to help girls stay in school
and provide professional and vocational education and adult
literacy training, among many other initiatives.
-- ExxonMobil's Workplace Flexibility Program was updated to
enhance employees' ability to achieve an effective work-life
balance. In addition, the Working Globally program was
introduced to help bridge cultural gaps in global work teams.
The company closely monitors its diversity performance,
continuously striving for improvement, including better gender
balance and broader leadership opportunities for women
worldwide. In the United States, the focus continues on
increasing representation of women and minorities.
