The nature of our businesses and our global reach entail special responsibilities and create a wide variety of expectations in our employees, our partners and civil society. Our main challenges in responding to these responsibilities and expectations are summarized below. 

Sustainably developing our energy supply 

• Ensure optimum development of oil and gas reserves and invest and innovate to meet demand 
• Expand our gas supply
• Help to diversify energy sources and develop renewable energies 

Ensuring the safety of our operations and reducing their environmental footprint

• Ensure the safety of our processes and product transportation, prevent and manage the risks of industrial and occupational accidents to protect the health and safety of our employees, contractor employees and people living near our industrial facilities.
• Manage our emissions and releases into the air and water and reduce the risk of accidental pollution 
• Monitor the environmental impact of our products throughout their life cycle 
• Maintain biodiversity

Helping to combat climate change

• Manage and reduce our greenhouse gas emissions 
• Develop carbon dioxide capture and sequestration solutions 
• Enhance the energy efficiency of our processes
• Encourage our customers to use energy more efficiently

Respecting and promoting human rights

• Ensure that human rights are respected wherever we operate
• Deploy human resources policies whose cornerstones are fairness, diversity and employee dialogue

Respecting neighboring communities and contributing to the development of host countries  

•  Inform neighbors about our operations and prevent disamenities and accidents that could affect them  
• Contribute to economic and social development in host regions, in particular the least developed
• Contribute to more transparent management of oil revenues