1. Legal and Voluntary Responsibilities of PETROTRIN
Presented by:
Avryl Mohammed

2. Agenda Legal Responsibilities Voluntary Responsibilities
Legislation
Voluntary Responsibilities
Outreach Projects
HSE Community Projects
(CAER and GLOBE)
Regulatory Agencies
Partnering

3. Legal Responsibilities
Petrotrin holds a moral and legal obligation to adhere to the laws and legislation of the country of Trinidad and Tobago.

4. Petroleum Related Legislation
Petroleum Act 2001
Regulation for drilling and licensing
Petroleum Production Levy and Subsidy Act 2002
Subsidies placed on petrol
Petroleum Taxes Act 2004
Taxes on foreign energy companies
Petrotrin Vesting Act 2007
Legal ownership of assets from all predecessor companies
Pipelines Act 2000
Directives for laying of pipelines

5. Environmental Management Act
Draft Waste Management (Solid Waste) Rules 2000
Draft Air Pollution Rules 2005
Certificate of Environmental Clearance Rules 2001
Noise Pollution Rules 2001
Water Pollution Rules 2006
Environmentally Sensitive Areas Rules 2001
Environmentally Sensitive Species Rules 2001

6. Other Legislation Occupational Health and Safety Act 2006
Pesticide and Toxic Chemicals Act 1979
Public Health Ordinance

7. Voluntary Responsibilities
In establishing ourselves as a CSR-focused Company, we undertake projects via the following channels:
Sport
Culture
Education
Health, Safety and Environment

8. Outreach Projects - Petting Zoo - Tree Distribution to Schools
- HSE Activity Booklet for Primary Schools
- Distribution of Fire Extinguishers to Schools
- HSE Community Projects
CAER
GLOBE

9. HSE Community Projects
HSE Community Projects have considerable overlap in areas of Education and Culture.
Through the dissemination of information in the aspects of:
Community Health
Related Environmental Issues
Living Safely

10. HSE Community Projects - CAER
CAER - Community Awareness Emergency Response
The CAER programme has proven to be successful in many countries and in specific areas of Trinidad namely the Point Lisas and the East Coast; the latter of which Petrotrin itself has been a part of.
CAER affords our Company the opportunity to partner with its fence line communities in achieving an acceptable level of commensalism.

11. HSE Community Projects - GLOBE
Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment
The GLOBE programme is an environmental education programme designed to improve student’s skills in mathematics and science through hands-on environmental activities.
Petrotrin has supplied over 100 GLOBE kits to schools throughout Trinidad and Tobago to date. The company is the major sponsor of the programme in Trinidad and Tobago.

12. Regulatory Agencies Town and Country Planning
Ministry of Energy Resources
Ministry of Labour, Small and Micro Enterprise Development
Regional Corporation
Fire Services Division

13. Partnering
A low-cost way of achieving green status through CSR is by using the method of ‘Partnering’.
Partnering in the business world has brought tremendous success.

14. Partnering Stakeholders

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