Gulf Petrochemical Industries Company
(GPIC)

Achievements & Activities

Environmental Events and Achievements in 2004.

1. The National Environment Day was celebrated on 8th February with full zeal. GPIC’s commitment to protect environment was praised by Dr. Ismail Al Madani, Secretary General to Public Commission for the protection of Environment, Wild life and Marine resources in a visit to GPIC on the National Environment Day.
   
   
2. Representatives from GPIC attended Fourth Specialty Conference on Environmental Progress in the Petroleum and Petrochemical Industries held in Bahrain from 23rd to 25th February. GPIC presented paper on ‘Integrated Safety, Health and Environment approach in GPIC.’
   
   
3. GPIC won the prestigious Shaikh Abdullah bin Hamad Al Khalifa Award for Best Environmental Garden in Companies and Industries.
   
   
   
   
4. Members of the Capital Governorate’s Environment Committee visited GPIC in March 2004 and praised companies plans and programs for Environment protection.
   
   
5. Students from Sitra Primary School visited GPIC in March and acknowledged company’s efforts to protect environment.
   
   
6. 50 Number of can recycling bins were procured for distribution to various schools in Bahrain.
   
   
   
   
7. Breeding of Alma lard flying duck was successful for the first time on the island in GPIC’s bird sanctuary in April –2004.
   
   
8. Labour and Social affairs Minister, Dr. Majeed AlAlawi visited GPIC. He praised various activities in GPIC, including Fish farm and Bird sanctuary, which promote the Environmental care.
   
   
9. The General Manager attended the Middle East conference on Sulphur organized by British Sulphur in May-2004. The GM highlighted the growth of region’s environmental awareness.
   
   
10. Mr. Maitham Al Oraibi presented a paper on integrated Safety, Health and Environment system in the SABIC Environment Committee meeting on 27th March 2004.
    
    
11. POM, SPRE and PE attended a seminar on Air Quality in Bahrain in the month of May 2004.
    
    
12. The 6th International Conference and Exhibition on Chemistry in Industry was held at the Gulf International Convention Center from 27.09.2004 to 29.09.2004, under the patronage of His Excellency Dr. Hassan Abdullah Fakhro, Minister of Industry, Kingdom of Bahrain. On behalf of the General Manager, Dr. Mustafa Al-Sayed, the Technical Services Manager, Mr. Yousif Abdulla Yousif, delivered a plenary lecture entitled: “Opportunities for Expansion of the Gas-Based Petrochemical Industry in Bahrain”. The technical programme featured more than 120 papers covering a wide range of industrial areas, including a full session on “Water and Environment”. Members of the subcommittee attended the lectures and viewed the exhibition.
    
    
13. GPIC launched a BD 5000, “Ministry of Education &GPIC Environmental fund for supporting the Environmental research. Under this program 21 research programs will be funded to aid Environmental awareness and resource conservation, within secondary schools. There were 84 project entries of which 21 were selected. The program will conclude by the end of academic year 2004-2005.
    
    
14. Members of Parliament visited GPIC complex on 10th may. They praised GPIC’s safety records and efforts in training Bahrainis and company’s efforts in conserving environment.
    
    
    
    
15. On 12th June the tenth batch of See-Brims (30,000 numbers) was released to the sea, which were harvested in GPIC’s fish farm.
    
    
16. A fresh batch of 30,000 Sea Brims was placed in GPIC Fish Farm in the month of November-2004.
    
    
17. There will be a permanent section in the report to the Board of Directors covering the environmental activities and incidents related to the complex.
    
    
    
    
18. A team of Chinese ministers visited GPIC in the last week of November. The team praised the healthy and safe environment in the company and planted a tree. GPIC’s efforts to promote Environment were praised by the team.
    
    
19. By the year 2004 there are 43 green areas developed in side and around the complex. The number of trees planted in and around the complex totalled 4,180.
    
    
20. As per the plan to have lectures on Environmental topics in GPIC, Dr. Waleed Zubari from Arabian Gulf University gave a lecture on “Management and Sustainability of ground water resources in Bahrain”.
    
    
21. GPIC got the prestigious accreditation for OHSAS 18001 in the year 2004.
    
    
22. The Environment Management System is followed all over the complex and audited internally on a regular basis. External auditors did two assessments from Lloyds and they were successfully completed with minor observations and the recommendations are being followed up.
    
    
23. As a part of GPIC’s commitment to promote Environmental awareness and share the philosophy with other industries, meeting was held with representatives of other companies in GPIC in the month of June-2004.

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