PHILADELPHIA, May 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sunoco, Inc. (NYSE: SUN)
said today that it has issued its 2003 Health, Environment and Safety (HES)
Report, marking this as the twelfth successive year that the Company has
publicly reported the results of its performance. In 1993 Sunoco became the
first Fortune 500 company to endorse the CERES Principles, a 10-point code of
environmental conduct that includes public reporting of environmental
performance. Sunoco believes that excellence in health, environment and
safety performance go hand-in-hand with operations reliability and is a
leading indicator of the Company's financial strength.
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The Report provides detailed HES performance data for Sunoco's business
units and, in some cases, individual Company facilities. It includes
anecdotes that highlight various Company HES activities including Sunoco's
involvement with Community Advisory Panels (CAPs), reinforces the importance
of training for improving HES performance, and talks about challenges to
Sunoco over the next three to five years.
CERES, a unique coalition of institutional investors, environmental
organizations and public interest groups, is a worldwide leader in
standardized corporate environmental reporting through the Global Reporting
Initiative. Over 70 corporations have now joined with Sunoco to endorse the
CERES Principles and work with CERES to find concrete solutions to
environmental challenges.
A detailed version of the 2003 HES/CERES Report, as well as an 18-page
summary, can be found on Sunoco's Web site http://www.SunocoInc.com.
Printed copies of the summary are also available by contacting Sunoco at:
Telephone: (215) 977-6847
Fax: (215) 246-8001
E-mail: HESReporting@sunocoinc.com
Sunoco, Inc., headquartered in Philadelphia, PA, is a leading manufacturer
and marketer of petroleum and petrochemical products. With 890,000 barrels
per day of refining capacity, over 4,500 retail sites selling gasoline and
convenience items, over 4,500 miles of crude oil and refined product owned and
operated pipelines and 37 product terminals, Sunoco is one of the largest
independent refiner-marketers in the United States. Sunoco is a significant
manufacturer of petrochemicals with annual sales of approximately five billion
pounds, largely chemical intermediates used to make fibers, plastics, film and
resins. Utilizing a unique, patented technology, Sunoco also manufactures
two million tons annually of high-quality metallurgical-grade coke for use in
the steel industry.
SOURCE Sunoco, Inc.
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