Environmental, Health, Safety and Security Strategy
Our Journey to Zero is both a commitment and an operating framework, reflecting CPChem’s unwavering focus on protecting our people, our operations, and the communities where we live and work.
This long standing program serves as the foundation of our Environmental, Health, Safety and Security (EHSS) strategy and is built on three core priorities:
At CPChem, the health, safety, and well being of our employees and contractors is paramount. Our safety culture is embedded across every aspect of our business and empowers our workforce to consistently do the right thing, the right way, every time.
Safety Focused
Our Journey to Zero and focus on Operational Excellence help us advance our vision to eliminate high consequence and high potential process safety events and serious injuries.
2025 marked the strongest Operational Excellence performance in CPChem’s history, with best ever results across all OE metrics.*
CPChem tracks High Consequence/Potential Incident (HIPO) events and Process Safety Event Rates (PSER) to proactively identify and manage risks that could lead to serious injuries, fatalities, or major process incidents. These leading and lagging indicators provide critical insight into the effectiveness of operational controls, enabling continuous improvement in safety performance. By closely monitoring HIPO and PSER, organizations reinforce their commitment to protecting workers while preventing incidents that could adversely affect surrounding communities and the environment.
In 2025, CPChem achieved its strongest HIPO rate to date. While the first half of the year presented challenges, the company demonstrated strong operational discipline and successfully course-corrected through a renewed focus on Line of Fire risks and adherence to Basic Operating Fundamentals. As a result, CPChem realized a 59% reduction in recordable injuries in the second half of 2025 compared with the first half. Reflecting the effectiveness of our robust safety programs and caring culture—and reinforcing our commitment to SDG 3, Good Health and Well-Being—the company also achieved its best ever PSER.
HIPO Rate
0.09
Combined Recordable Incidence Rate (RIR)
0.07
Combined PSER
0.029
Reportable Environmental Event Emissions (REEE)
0.48MMlbs
Tier 1 Process Safety Events
Zero
* Best excluding 2020, which saw a reduction in at-risk work due to COVID-19.
Guiding Principles
The safety of our employees and contractors is our top priority, and we uphold a strong safety culture through guiding principles that provide direction in every situation, regardless of role or responsibility. These principles underscore the importance of maintaining unwavering operational discipline.
Work safely or not at all.
There is always time to do it right.
If it’s worth doing, do it better.
Life Saving Rules
Our nine Life Saving Rules relate to activities that, if not executed correctly every time, have a high potential for serious injury or fatality. At CPChem, these Life Saving Rules reinforce our charge to get everyone home safely at the end of the day.
Operational Excellence
At CPChem, we take pride in our pursuit of Operational Excellence, aiming to be the leading company in our industry by consistently doing the right things the right way. Our OE System is a risk management methodology designed to standardize our global efforts, continuously improve, and elevate operational discipline across health, safety, security, reliability, quality, and environmental performance.
Tenets of Operation
CPChem’s Tenets of Operations extend our values and principles to all employees and contractors. These Tenets provide a universal code of conduct that guides decision-making and risk management practices in the workplace.
Voluntary Protection Program
The Voluntary Protection Program is an OSHA initiative where facilities take responsibility for managing their safety through policies, programs, and reinforcing behaviors to ensure a safe working environment for employees, contractors, and visitors. All 18 of CPChem’s eligible U.S. locations have achieved Star Status, the highest VPP certification awarded by OSHA.
