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year will be focused on our contractor performance
We had our best-ever performance with one employee g o
where improvements need to be made.
Time Accident (LTA).However, our attention this should combine to reduce emissions per GWh signifi
c
and ef
belt, the panel of inquiry and their findings, and the
f the Business Continuity Plan, trading desk reaction
results with excellent growth in profitability
c future operations and maintenance.
forts, the demolition and rebuild of the conveyor
the key successes were in our financial, investment,
We had a strong year on our performance and Everyone in Energy Wholesale must help minimise our
environmental and our external recognition.
. Some of own carbon footprint and that of our business.
u
a
eneration and renewables in our latest Business Plan
t
n
s
tl
without the right culture across the company
y. The message is clear: we canʼt achieve these
.
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Management, a central team will coordinate a
consistent approach to operations and maintenance
With Martin in his new role as head of Asset
a
meant by maximise value. Starting at a very high level, across all power stations.
nuclear build programme, the impact of changing
i
Sandy Rae and Mike Woodhouse recapped what is
E
weather patterns on demand and our competitor
re the Energy Review White Paper
Among the key challenges the business has to face
, the potential new b against industry best practice, to deliver the objectives.
xcellence has been developed, using benchmarks
A model for Operational
behaviour in terms of new build and customer growth.
in the most sustainable and ef
t is looking at the de-regulated, competitive
were reminded that maximising value applies to us all
usiness we operate in, ensuring our business is run
kicked of
but he remains confident that we have experienced
every day we are at work. Itʼ
ficient way. Delegates
illustrating how this Big Goal has progressed.
Hugh Finlay and Ian Chisholm (aka Smith and Jones)
f the Outstanding People Experience section,
s
A demanding year lies ahead, John told delegates, opportunities to make money
s about spotting those
were handled by members of staf
a
taf
Health and Safety Big Goal sponsors Ron Hunter
f in place to meet these challenges. u
They outlined what has been achieved this year
, or save money.
business.
A variety of questions raised within their sketch
business aims to meet the Big Goal objective of
of the combined Energy Wholesale team.
nder Big Goal through the hard work and dedication
Arlene Stokes, Senior HR Consultant, outlined the
f from around the
world-class health and safety performance.
nd Tony Fegan gave a presentation on how the
answer session on the
w
s
The recent Group H&S Standards Assessment
Opportunities Big Goal.
BG sponsor Morris Van Looy hosted a question-and-
achieve this big goal: anticipate, test, communicate
Anticipate and Realise Big Goal and what was available to all employees to
o
too many
howed Energy Wholesale are the lead business with
nly one employee L
. With 11 contractor L
TA this year
TAs this year
, but this is still one
, contractor
a
There were four clear steps to help make their experience outstanding.
ay forward for the Outstanding People Experience
b
options such as supercritical boiler technology
nd realise, he said. He highlighted strategies that are
eing developed such as offshore wind, coal plant
, require-
E
d
xcellence programme, where 10 employees each
Launched at the conference was the Recognising
make the business operationally excellent.
ay were endorsed for their hard work in helping to
management will be a primary focus for the business
Conference, Corn Exchange, Edinburgh
in 2007.
initiatives from the health and safety plan for 2007/08
ment for more CCGT
Giving a real-life example of this big goal was Pearse
Murray
good progress but we can never be complacent. Just
will also be delivered this year
The main health and safety improvement
The underlying message was the business is making
. project within the programme is the fitting of FGD at
maintaining, let alone improving, this performance will
Longannet Power Station. He updated the audience
, FGD Programm
, and gas storage requirements.
e Director. The single biggest
take considerable ef
on the scale of the project, the background, the chal
lenges and how the project has added value through
-
set the tone of the
innovation.
section as
Footage from
Alan Mortimer and Keith Morrison, BG spon
Al Goreʼ
Trusted with the Environment
fort.
s DVD An Inconvenient Truth ed clean coal future at the Longannet site.
sors, went on to outline Energy Wholesale plans to
The collapse of the conveyor belt at Longannet was
The FGD project is now key to an extend-
tackle this issue. Major changes are required to reduce
- the topic of the Operate Sustainable Processes Big
the number of CO
Goal.
power sources towards renewables and lower-carbon
2 emissions we need to migrate our questions to Big Goal sponsors Martin Sedgwick and
technologies, they said. Plans for coal and gas-fired
Barry Smart and the rest of the panel. During the half-
Conference host Dougie Vipond posed challenging
hour session, the team highlighted the implementation
pr
GIFTED:
esented at the conf
Recognising excellence a
erence. Host Dougie
wards, abo
Vipond,
ve, wer
right
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