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SO quarterly summaries Q4 2004 Shanghai Health Study on effects of benzene exposure in the workplace The Shanghai Health Study consortium held its second annual meeting in August 2004 in Monterey, California. The meeting brought together the Principal Investigators (both Chinese and American research team members), the Scientific and Ethics Review Panel members and the industry sponsors. The objective of the meeting was to provide a forum to review the study's progress to date and expectations going forward. Key accomplishments and milestones discussed at the meeting included: The launch of the state-of-the-art Joint Sino-US Clinical and Molecular Laboratory (JCML) at Fudan University in December 2003 Partnership with 30 Shanghai hospitals that have allied themselves with the JCML Since January 2004, the inflow of cases into the JCML has exceeded expectations by two times the original estimate No cases or controls have refused to participate in the study Several factories have agreed to participate and formal data collection is underway for three to four factories; the PI's conducted preliminary analyses on one factory, a Shanghai rubber factory. Preliminary results indicate that the study will indeed make a difference and help bring new clarity to the field. The Consortium will hold its 2005 annual meeting in Shanghai next year. For further information, please contact Patsy Clegg 2004 SO targets for Nanhai project exceeded Two key targets were agreed for 2004 to demonstrate that the CSPC-Nanhai petrochemicals complex is being developed in line with SO principles. Both targets were related to the need to restore the livelihoods of those in the community who lost their sources of income as a result of the project. The first target was for 1050 resettled villagers to be retrained for new employment opportunities and the second target was for 70% of resettled villagers to gain new employment, either within or outside the joint venture. By the end of the year, 1,923 people had been retrained and 70.7% of those impacted had gained new employment. One example of the actions that have been taken was the hiring by the JV of a management consultant to provide support to local small business development. The primary focus has been on helping the two communally owned engineering companies (owned and operated by the resettled villages) through a series of training programmes along with advice and consultation on the business challenges they face. Based on an assessment of their current needs, the training programmes cover tendering, quality management, risk management, human resources, and marketing. For further information, please contact Nick Wood SO learning in Shell Chemicals Japan The office staff of Shell Chemicals Japan Ltd in Tokyo were recently briefed by their colleague and Chemicals SO Network member Shoichi Watanabe on SO concepts and progress against the Shell Chemicals five-year SO goals. SH ELL-MCCLU RG-060587 In the two years since the team was last given an SO briefing, the importance of the topic to Japanese companies has increased significantly. Corporate Social Responsibility and SO are now high on the agenda of major corporations, a trend encouraged by the national media and government authorities. For further information, please contact Shoichi Watanabe Scotford's 20-year thank you fund To celebrate Shell's 20-year presence at Scotford, a fund was created by Shell Chemicals and Shell Canada as a thank-you to the community for its support. Various opinion leaders were asked about the needs of the community and meaningful themes for a grant fund. The request came back to set up a fund for community safety - a theme close to Shell's heart as well. So far, the fund has contributed to bicycle safety helmets for low income children, safety goggles for a school science program, and safety vests for a motorcycle training course. One-half of the fund will go towards a Farm Safety Fair for children and families. Beginning in 2005, the thank-you fund is a three-year commitment in partnership with the local county jurisdiction. The program supports Scotford's stakeholder relations efforts and regulatory strategy. For further information, please contact Beverlee loat Successful low cost solution for removal of dioxane on PD~ plant Research efforts by the CTCPT/1 team at the Westhollow Technology Center have led to the successful implementation of a weak acid ion exchange resin for cobalt removal at the PDO1 unit at Geismar, Louisiana, under process conditions for which the experts said "it would never work". The change required no new capital expenditure and has been demonstrated to provide root cause mitigation of 1,4-dioxane formation, a priority pollutant that does not biodegrade. The weak acid resin system provided sufficient process performance to allow the high temperature hydrogenation section at PDO-1 to operate at design conditions, allowing high purity product to be made for a new customer, which extended sales revenues by more than $3.5million for 2004 alone. In the absence of this process change, the US EPA would have required the application of "best available" mitigation technology. This would have entailed the installation of a steam stripper, a step that would have incurred estimated costs of $1 million, but which would still have only eliminated 60% of the dioxane in waste water. Root cause mitigation thus provided a more cost effective and more environmentally sustainable solution. For further information, please contact Joe Powell Sowing new SEEDS of sustainability A new employee initiated and managed group called SEEDS (Shell Employees Encouraging Development for Sustainability) has been launched in the US to promote sustainable development. Formerly called "Project Better World - USA", the group is an employee network with four areas of particular emphasis: Awareness, Education, Partnerships and Volunteerism. Membership spans the breadth of Shell companies I locations in the US. SH ELL-MCCLU RG-060588 For more information, visit the SEEDS web site: http://amsdc1-s-840.europe,shell.com/pbwusa! Scotford Responsible Care re-verification Scotford's Responsible Care re-verification audit was conducted on 19-20 October, 2004 by a team of verifiers from CCPA (Canadian Chemical Producers Association) and a local community representative. The general impression was that, since its previous re-verification audit, Shell had put a lot of hard work into promoting Responsible Care values and developing its Community Awareness program. The verifiers felt that the organisation (including contractors) was committed to Responsible Care and safety at the sites. The general sense the verifiers got from employees/contractors was that Shell was a good place to work. The verifiers commended Shell on their efforts in fostering community awareness, and in their commitment to safety and Emergency Response at the site. They also recognised the support that Shell provides to the CCPA. The local community representative thanked Shell for the opportunity to get a better understanding of operations at Scotford and commented on the great attitudes of the people he met. He indicated that he went away feeling good about Shell's overall commitment to safety and security at the plant and planned to promote these feelings within the community. The re-verification team had no significant findings, although the final re-verification report may contain some suggestions or improvement opportunities. For further information, contact Karl Blonski Employee SO survey The results of a cross-business survey to gauge employee awareness of SO and perceptions of the commitment to SO in Shell were delivered in November 2004. The summary findings included: y There was a surprisingly high level of ability to describe the concept of SO; jr SO is most associated with the environment and least with social; > There is a generally poor appreciation of how to use SO to deliver value; jr and where leadership is active, the knowledge and appreciation of SO is highest. For further information on the survey results, contact Jollan Breukelaar Communications highlights The Shell Chemicals public website, www.shell.com/chemicals. was re-Iaunched at the end of December, making it easier and faster for visitors to find the information they need. As part of the re-Iaunch, a new Environment and Society section has been created. It consolidates information on our commitment to sustainable development and reports on our ongoing performance. Check the new section out at http://www.shellchemicals.com/env soc. Joe Machado, Manager, Technology Strategy and Innovation in Shell Global Solutions, gave a presentation at Rice University on 27 September 2004 on the theme of China and Sustainable Development. Find a copy of his presentation in the 'presentations & speeches' section of the Chemicals SO intranet at: http://sww-chemicalssd.shell.com/html/default.html For further information or to provide feedback, contact Heather Rogers SH ELL-MCCLU RG-060589