Chesapeake Energy 2005 Annual Report Download - page 21

LIVING WELL Over the past three years, Chesapeake has
been a leader in recognizing the benefits that a healthy lifestyle
provides to the productivity, efficiency and overall satisfaction
of its workforce. We opened our award-winning 42,000 square
foot Health Facility in April 2003 and it has easily become our
most popular recruiting tool for new employees and our most
appreciated campus amenity for employees at our headquarters.
The Living Well program, Chesapeake’s newest and most
comprehensive employee health promotion program, is designed
to give our employees the opportunity and incentive to achieve
and maintain a healthy and productive lifestyle through education,
motivation and intervention. Employees enrolled in this program
can earn up to $1,000 per year and receive recognition in
the Living Well Honor Roll by successfully meeting specific
requirements in three areas: participation in health education
programs, meeting overall fitness standards and participation
in regular exercise over an eleven month period. Nearly 1,000
of our employees participate in the Living Well program, mutually
supporting our corporate culture of commitment to long-term
employee health and wellness.
LOOKING AHEAD Through conservation, health and safety
education programs, promotion of environmentally sensible
exploration practices and encouraging the increased use of clean-
burning, domestically-produced natural gas instead of other dirtier
or more dangerous hydrocarbons, Chesapeake will continue to
promote HSE stewardship and leadership in the energy industry.
five teachers who have creatively and effectively woven environmental
lessons into their classroom curriculum. Chesapeake presents cash
awards to each Educator of the Year as well as the District of the Year
in honor of their achievements. The company’s involvement with the
Oklahoma Association of Conservation Districts has helped invigorate
the organization and has helped make the Oklahoma landscape more
beautiful than it otherwise would be.
In addition, Chesapeake is the leading donor to the Oklahoma
Energy Resources Board (OERB), which administers Oklahoma’s
check-off program for oil and natural gas producers. In 2005,
Chesapeake donated $600,000 to the OERB which then used the
money to help restore abandoned wellsites and educate Oklahomans
about the vital role the oil and natural gas industry plays in Oklahoma.
Since the check-off program was instituted in 1994, the OERB has
restored more than 6,300 abandoned wellsites at no cost to taxpayers
in Oklahoma or the U.S.
Chesapeake’s partnerships with organizations such as the Nature
Conservancy, the Oklahoma Association of Conservation Districts
and the Oklahoma Energy Resources Board are evidence of the
company’s collaborative approach to environmental sensitivity. By
helping organizations who share the same values and missions as
we do, Chesapeake helps protect and enhance the environment.
CLOSER TO HOME In addition to these statewide programs,
Chesapeake also has been a major benefactor to such local
environmental and beautification efforts as Oklahoma City Beautiful,
The Tree Bank, NeighborWoods, and many other projects. As
Chesapeake expands its operational footprint into new states in its
search for safe, secure, environmentally friendly natural gas, the
company plans to increase its educational efforts to protect the land,
water and air.
Through conservation,
health and safety
education programs,
promotion of
environmentally
sensible exploration
practices and
encouraging the
increased use of clean-
burning, domestically-
produced natural gas
instead of other dirtier
or more dangerous
hydrocarbons,
Chesapeake will
continue to promote
HSE stewardship and
leadership in the energy
industry.
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