Our Mission
Vopak is the world’s leading storage provider for bulk liquids. It is our aim to contribute to optimizing the reliability and efficiency of our customers’ regional or global supply chain processes by leveraging our network of terminals around the world, our 400 years experience, our logistics and storage specific know-how and solution driven and agile attitude. We aspire to be the world’s most admired independent storage terminal company and believe that we can only achieve this ambition by living and acting according to values that speak to the economic, social, and environmental responsibilities of business and society, being: integrity, professionalism, improvement, ownership, service, passion and agility.
Our Safety, Health and Environmental Strategy
By achieving a consistently good safety, health and environmental performance, comparable to that of our customers, Vopak aims to be selected as the storage service provider of choice to the oil and chemical industries.
Policy
- Protection of the environment, the safety and health of Vopak’s employees, customers, suppliers and all those involved is an integral part of our activities.
- We are committed to continuous improvement in our processes to manage safety, health and environmental performance.
- We will contribute to the continuity of our company by the systematic control, prevention and elimination of hazards.
- We will continuously work towards ourgoals of zero incidents and no damage to the environment.
- We will strictly adhere to safety, health and environmental governing regulations as a minimum.
- Line Management’s responsibility is to demonstrate visible commitment, enforcement and provision of appropriate resources to implement Vopak’s SHE policy.
- Safety is everyone’s responsibility and we expect every employee to contribute to the prevention of accidents by reporting, analyzing and controlling safety, health and environmental hazards. This will be supported by efficient and effective training programs and the development of annual SHE improvement plans.
John Paul Broeders
Chairman of the Executive Board
december 2008
