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2010 ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE REPORT
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY AND GUIDING PRINCIPLES All Nalcor Energy companies will
Continuously Improve
help sustain a diverse and healthy
• Audit facilities to assess potential environmental risks and identify
environment for present and future
opportunities for continual improvement of environmental performance.
Newfoundlanders and Labradorians by maintaining a high standard of environmental responsibility and performance through the
• Establish environmental objectives and targets, and monitor environmental performance. • Integrate environmental considerations into decision-making processes at all levels. • Empower employees to be responsible for the environmental aspects of
implementation of a comprehensive
their jobs and ensure that they have the skills and knowledge necessary
environmental management system.
to conduct their work in an environmentally-responsible manner.
The following guiding principles set out Nalcor Energy companies’
Comply with Legislation
environmental responsibility, actions and decision-making:
• Comply with all applicable environmental laws and regulations, and participate in the Canadian Electricity Association’s ‘Sustainable
Prevention of Pollution
Electricity’ Program.
• Implement reasonable actions for prevention of pollution of air, water,
• Periodically report to the Board of Directors, Leadership Team,
and soil, and minimize the impact of any pollution which is accidental
employees, government agencies, and the general public
or unavoidable.
on environmental performance, commitments and activities.
• Use the province’s natural resources in a wise and efficient manner.
• Monitor compliance with environmental laws and regulations,
• Use energy as efficiently as possible during the generation,
and quantify predicted environmental impacts of selected activities.
transmission, and distribution of electricity, and the operation of its
• Respect the cultural heritage of the people of the province and
facilities, and promote efficient use of electricity by stakeholders.
strive to minimize the potential impact of company activities
• Maintain an adequate level of emergency preparedness in order
on heritage resources.
to respond quickly and effectively to environmental emergencies. • Recover, reduce, reuse and recycle waste materials whenever feasible.