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About Gulf Petrochemical Industries Company (GPIC) Gulf Petrochemical Industries Company (GPIC) is a leading joint venture setup and owned by the Government of the Kingdom of Bahrain, Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Petrochemical Industries Company (PIC), Kuwait. GPIC was set up for the purposes of manufacturing fertilizers and petrochemicals. Being a major manufacturer within the Kingdom of Bahrain, GPIC is also a proactive stakeholder within the Kingdom and the region with our activities being represented by natural gas purchases, empowering Bahraini nationals through training & employment, utilisation of local contractors and suppliers, energy consumption and other financial, commercial, environmental and social activities that arise as a part of our core operations within the Kingdom. For the purpose of clarity throughout this report, ‘GPIC’, ’we’ ‘us’, and ‘our’ refer to the Gulf Petrochemical Industries Company; ‘SABIC’ refers to the Saudi Basic Industries Corporation; ‘PIC’ refers to the Petrochemical Industries Company, Kuwait; ‘Nogaholding’ refers to the Oil and Gas Holding Company, Kingdom of Bahrain; and ‘Board’ refers to our Board of Directors represented by a group formed by Nogaholding, SABIC and PIC. The Oil and Gas Holding Company (nogaholding) is the business and investment arm of NOGA (National Oil and Gas Authority) and steward of the Bahrain Government’s investment in the Bahrain Petroleum Company (Bapco), the Bahrain National Gas Company (Banagas), the Bahrain National Gas Expansion Company (BNGEC), the Bahrain Aviation Fuelling Company (Bafco), the Bahrain Lube Base Oil Company, the Gulf Petrochemical Industries Company (GPIC), and Tatweer Petroleum.
In 2012, Gulf Petrochemical Industries Company becomes part of the global transformation for a sustainable future by committing to the United Nations Global Compact’s ten principles in the realms of Human Rights, Labour, Environment and Anti-Corruption.
GPIC becomes an organizational stakeholder of Global Reporting Initiative ( GRI) in 2014. By supporting GRI, Organizational Stakeholders (OS) like GPIC, demonstrate their commitment to transparency, accountability and sustainability to a worldwide network of multi-stakeholders.
GPIC is a Responsible Care Company certified for RC 14001 since July 2010. We are committed to the safe, ethical and environmentally sound management of the petrochemicals and fertilizers we make and export. Stakeholders’ well-being is always a key priority at GPIC.
GPIC Sustainability Report 2016
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