ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH, SAFETY, AND SECURITY

SABIC is dedicated to high Environment and Human Health, Safety, and Security (EHSS) standards across its global operations, fostering a strong culture of safety and environmental stewardship throughout its divisions, partners, and supply chain. Key focus areas include advancing digital tools, optimizing EHSS data quality, and strengthening performance by enhancing our capacity to predict and discover EHSS issues through predictive analytics, AI, and visualization tools. Guided by our Code of Ethics, EHSS policy and the Safety, Health, and Environmental Management Standards (SHEMS) framework, we strive to maintain safe, compliant, and environmentally responsible operations while protecting employee wellbeing and building strong community relationships. 

SABIC's reporting is consistent with globally reported EHSS KPIs in similar industries. All injury- and illness-related data and metrics are created and calculated using definitions and procedures analogous to those set forth in the United States' 29 CFR 1904 (the Occupational Safety and Health Act, OSHA) and SABIC's EHSS policy. All process safety-related data and metrics are created and calculated as per the guidelines of the American Petroleum Institute (API) 754 (Third Edition, August 2021).

In addition to complying with our internal EHSS management standard, our programs are certified to comply with key external standards:

• Responsible Care^® 14001 certification at chemical manufacturing locations around the world.
• ISO 14001 Environmental Standard certification at chemical manufacturing plants globally plus many of our other locations.
• ISO 45001:2018 Occupational Health and Safety Standard certification at Middle East and Africa manufacturing plants plus other locations.

As a certified Responsible Care^® company, SABIC is developing world-class EHSS programs and practices. In 2024, SABIC successfully transitioned to the new Responsible Care^® First Periodical & Transition RC14001 technical specification RC 14001:2023 and passed the Environmental Management System (EMS) standard ISO 14001:2015, including amendments, for sites across the Middle East and Africa, the Americas, Europe, and Asia. In the Middle East and Africa, we also passed the First Periodical ISO 45001:2018 certification audit for occupational health and safety.

INCIDENTS AND INCIDENT RATE

The Total Recordable Injury and Illness Rate improved by 10% compared to 2023.

As part of ongoing efforts to enhance EHSS awareness and engagement, frequent health and safety campaigns targeting frontline workers were launched across sites, featuring themes based on past incident analyses. These campaigns included experiential training, incident lessons, and interactive safety games.

PROCESS SAFETY

SABIC continues its pursuit of process safety excellence with focus in alignment with key strategic pillars: capability building, risk management, and emergency preparedness. This approach supports improvement and establishes new benchmarks in process safety.

In 2024, SABIC focused on promoting the mindset of proactive risk discovery through smart metrics that encourage identifying and reporting concerns while also advocating for effective mitigation measures, supported by the SABIC Assurance for EHSS Risks (SAFER) management and stewardship framework.

Read more about EHSS at SABIC.

_{Disclaimer: This abridged interactive version of the SABIC Integrated Annual Report 2024 is based on the original PDF report published on this website. In case of any discrepancy, the original PDF report will prevail.}