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Health, Environment and Safety Report
Sunoco takes seriously its corporate responsibility in matters concerning the health and safety
of its employees, contractors and neighbors, and the environmental impact of its operations on
surrounding communities. In 2007, the Company updated its charter and changed the name of
the Public Affairs Committee of its Board of Directors to the Corporate Responsibility Committee
refl ecting the increasing and broader oversight of the Company’s environmental impact and
performance.
The Company has four principal objectives: 1) provide a safe workplace for the employees
and contractors who work in its facilities, 2) reduce and eliminate the environmental impact
of operations on the air, ground and water, 3) maintain an open dialogue with neighboring
communities and governmental and non-governmental agencies that have a vested interest in
the Company’s performance, and 4) strategically plan for the impact of long-term regional and
national issues such as global climate change.
Each year, aggressive performance targets are established by the business units. In addition,
Operations Excellence Management Systems (OEMS) are deployed in most key operations
and industry benchmarks are used to compare business unit performance in employee and
contractor safety. Annually, Sunoco publishes its Health, Environment and Safety Review and
CERES Report using the Global Reporting Initiative Version 3 Sustainability Reporting Guidelines
as a basis. The 2007 report will be issued at the Annual Shareholders Meeting in May 2008.
• A $525 million modifi cation and expansion
of the Philadelphia refi
nery fl uid catalytic
cracker that produces gasoline was
completed, which will result in the near
elimination of nitrogen oxide (NOx) and
sulfur dioxide (SOx) emissions from the
unit.
• Contractors working in Sunoco refi neries
and chemical plants had their safest year
ever with OSHA recordable rates of 0.50
and 0.56, respectively.
• Air permit exceedances were reduced
from the prior year by 58 percent due to
improved reliability of the Company’s
refi ning operations and improvements
made at our Gulf Coast chemical plants.
• The number of product spill incidents
decreased by 22 percent to 14 events and
no signifi cant damage to the environment
occurred.
• Employee safety in coke plant operations at
SunCoke Energy was the best in its history
at a recordable rate of 1.25 which was
within the fi rst quartile industry benchmark
and included the operations of the new
Vitória, Brazil plant.
• Six facilities and one business segment
received an achievement award for
excellence in safety or environmental
performance.
Some Highlights For 2007 Include: