Responsibility

Ensuring compliance with international conventions and regulations which apply offshore. In the absence of legislation our company adhere to appropriate corporate standards.

Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability

ARAGON LOGISTIC LLC plans and conducts their operations, according to sound environmental principles. They are to strive always to carry out work in the manner best calculated to minimize any adverse environmental effect, to prevent pollution of any kind, and are actively to seek ways of preventing  ARAGON LOGISTIC LLC producing environmental damage.

The goal of sustainable development is to act in an economically sound way while conserving resources, maintaining the social equilibrium, and protecting our environment. As a family-owned business, this principle is of special importance to us and guides our decisions.

Sustainable Growth 

To achieve long-term success and controlled growth, we rely on a healthy mix of risk between the operating units, without neglecting ecological and social aspects.

  • Risk Management

  • One of the greatest challenges as we pursue our strategy of controlled, long-term growth is to limit the manifold financial, operational and HSSE risks. That is why we work based on a permanent and thorough risk management scheme that individually rates all risks and defines tailor-made mandates, tasks, and responsibilities. To further ensure a healthy mix of risk, all risks – including social and environmental ones – are evaluated in the context of the entire group of companies. We take a decentralized approach whereby risks are broken out to the individual companies and responsibility is assigned at operating unit level. The principal risks that may affect future business performance include: Currency fluctuation Another international financial crisis flare-up and/or sustained economic downturn Political conflict in oil-producing countries and the resultant tensions on the oil markets Rising prices for natural resources and purchased energy Environmental and natural disasters as well as effects of the climate change Higher risks in countries we are active in Global pandemic, such as the global outbreak of COVID-19.

  • Supplier & Customer Relations

  • The diversity of our company is reflected in the broad spectrum of our suppliers, ranging from vendors of technical equipment for our operational sites to office equipment suppliers. We treat our suppliers with respect, maintain an honest relationship with everyone involved in the business processes, and strive to establish a long-term cooperative partnership. For us, this means not only acting responsibly on our own premises, but along the entire supply chain. Internal supplier lists increase transparency in the quality and performance of our business partners, with the ultimate goal of giving our customers excellent services and products. At our sites we also place great importance on safe working procedures for employees from sub-contractors. At ARAGON LOGISTIC LLC, an integrated contractor management program has been in place since 2022.

Health, Safety, Security & Environmental Policy

We are committed to the safe and efficient operation of all our facilities around the world. Our goal is to prevent all accidents, injuries and occupational illness and to protect the environment. Therefore we continually optimize all our activities with a view to technical, organizational and behavior-based safety, and promote a proactive safety culture.

  • Safety Principles

  • In 2020 we introduced 8 Safety Principles that reflect our beliefs and how it enhances our safety culture and performance. Taking full ownership of safety performance reinforces our commitment to safety as a value that shapes all decision-making at every level of our business. Please read here our HSSE policy

  • HSSE performance

  • The management will visibly and rigorously support the implementation of this policy. We expect the support of all employees, contractors and others working for us, so that our HSSE performance will continue to earn us the trust and confidence of our customers, neighbors and the community at large.

Health & Safety

Excellence in health and safety is an important value of our company. We aim to prevent all accidents, injuries and occupational illness. We are dedicated to harmonize company-wide internal regulations and be more stringent about establishing the use of the best available techniques.

  • Risk Assessment

    Due to the variety of activities within the group of companies it is important to evaluate all risks individually. Based on this analysis we implement tailor-made measures and establish tailor-made standards and work instructions. To learn from accidents, our engagement goes beyond purely statistical evaluations. Accidents are analyzed in detail to identify company-wide potential for improvement. In addition, our proactive approach is supported by promotion campaigns that are designed to increase risk awareness in the workaday routine.

    We continuously improve the contractors’ HSSE standards. For this purpose, a manual on contractor safety was developed e.g. at ARAGON LOGISTIC LLC. A web-based database assists the sites in selecting contractors based on predefined criteria.

  • Preventive Medical Care 

    With regard to medical care, most employees based in Germany are entitled to a free preventive medical check-up every two to three years. Our worldwide sites are encouraged to develop comparable programs locally.

  • Health & Safety on Business Trips

    Many of our employees travel as part of their work for our company. Travel safety is therefore a further important issue on our HSSE agenda. In order to provide the best medical advice and services for employees on their travels, as well as for expats, our holding company  has signed a service contract with a leading provider of medical assistance, international healthcare, and security services. 

    To support our employees in planning international business trips, there is also a group-wide manual on travel safety and a web-based airline-vetting database, which is updated daily.

  • Fire Protection

    Past incidents in our industry have shown that technical measures, organizational processes, and rules are not always sufficient to prevent fires. That is why it is very important to us to increase our staff’s risk awareness and to ensure a quick response to emergency situations by performing regular drills.

    ARAGON LOGISTIC LLC has prepared a mandatory Fire Protection Standard consisting of company-wide minimum requirements that often go beyond legal requirements.

Environmental Protection

Our activities impact the environment both directly and indirectly. We therefore want to make every effort to position ourselves as an environmentally friendly company within our business activities – a company that keeps its negative impact on the environment to an absolute minimum.

  • HSSE management system

  • Environmental issues are an integral part of our HSSE management system. Our policy on HSSE stipulates that we use energy and raw materials efficiently, avoid environmental pollution, and promote environmental awareness among our employees so as to minimize harmful influences. For many years now, we have been recording the frequency of product releases and their volume, the amount of energy and water used and the waste produced at our sites and have established corresponding KPIs that enable us to better identify and evaluate our development. Additionally, in order to evaluate our impact on climate change, our holding company  calculates the carbon dioxide (CO2) footprint for the entire group.
  • As a preventive measure in lines with our HSSE management we furthermore monitor the groundwater quality on our tank terminals on a regular basis. The obtained data is evaluated centrally by our environmental experts.

Energy Consumption & Savings

Our company uses direct and indirect energy sources in its offices, and to operate facilities, sites, and vehicles. Direct energy consumption includes natural gas, heating oil and fuel for the operation of our pumps, boilers and operational vehicles. Indirect energy – mainly electricity – is used among other things for product pumps, lighting at our tank terminals, and last, but not least, the computers in our offices worldwide. Other indirect sources of energy that we use include district heating and, to a lesser extent, imported steam.

The most energy-consuming activity is the pumping that takes place at the tank terminals. To detect potential savings and take measures to improve energy efficiency, local activities are aligned with our detailed Energy Saving Guideline. At various sites, further potential for savings for the specific work environment can be identified and general recommendations can be derived.

Environmental Projects and Climate Protection Initiatives

We are aware that our business activities impact the environment, and therefore strive to develop alternatives and improve energy efficiency, further optimize our resource management, as well as develop and support environmental protection measures. Many of our sites have set up environmental project groups that, among other things, develop and examine local energy-, water- and waste-saving measures. A selection of projects is presented below.