We uphold the management philosophy of "putting environmental protection before anything else", Sinopec has kept refining this management system; has strengthened the protection against environmental risks; has upgraded project-based environmental protection; and made public environmental information, in a bid to improve the level of environmental governance.

Strengthening environmental management

In accordance with national laws and regulations on ecological protection, Sinopec has revised and released its HSE Management System Manual developed and revised 10 environmental protection management systems; established an environmental protection institutional structure dominated by 16 environmental protection systems, and reviewed five and revised four first-level corporate standards. In doing so, the group company has improved its environmental protection standard system step by step.

Sinopec has also organized workshops for improving leadership in security and environmental protection for leaders; training for environmental protection managers; HSE auditor training and some other training for the personnel in key environmental protection posts, to raise their awareness and ability to execute their duties in environmental protection. Also, based on situations, all the subordinate organizations have held diverse forms of environmental protection themed training classes.

Protecting against environmental risks

Sinopec has further included environmental risk prevention and control in its normalized management, and enhanced the level of environmental risk prevention and control. All the subordinate enterprises have carried out environmental risk identification and evaluation as required by the Guide; and exercised strict management for risk sources. Through measures such as developing leveled management plans for environmental risks; defining the responsibility for risk management and control; governing hidden environmental risks; continually strengthening the real level of environmental protection; accelerating the exit of facilities from the eco-red line and advancing the formulation of environmental protection protocols, Sinopec has reduced environmental risks. In 2021, guided by the group company, a major environmental risk and 21 first-level environmental risks were reduced, and no sudden environmental pollution or ecological damage incidents at the group company level occurred.

Building project-based environmental protection management

Sinopec has continued to intensify environmental protection management throughout project construction; and revised and improved the environmental protection management system for projects. It has also strictly controlled the access of technical consulting organizations for environmental impact assessment and the quality of environmental impact assessment reports; ensured the audit and countersignatures for project feasibility study reports and basic design; and pushed for the strict implementation of project environmental impact assessment and approval requirements. As a result, the environmental compliance rate of all the newly built projects was 100% in 2021.

Publicizing environmental Information

Based on Sinopec's requirements, all subordinate enterprises have established a system for publicizing corporate environmental information and publicized environmental information in accordance with the relevant State and local regulations. Besides, they have also put in place a mechanism for communicating ecological information with residents in neighboring communities; and taken active part in or carried out public welfare activities for environmental protection. By far, all subordinate enterprises have publicized environmental information as required, without any punishments or fines for poor transparency.