Environment

As a player in the oil and gas industry a dedicated focus to the environment is expected. NKT Flexibles wishes to help set the standard for protecting the environment, ensuring safe and healthy working conditions, and establishing expectations to the supply chain with regards to environmental responsibility.

As a part of NKT Flexibles’ constant efforts for a minimum impact on the environment and personnel related to our operations, the company holds an ISO 14001 environmental certification and an OHSAS 18001 certification for occupational health. The core of these certifications is a baseline requirement for committed and structured work with continuous improvements. Therefore, NKT Flexibles is constantly balancing its operations and products against minimizing risk to environment and personnel.

One key element in this work is the commitment from all employees.

In 2011, NKT Flexibles launched an initiative to keep up the momentum, known as “Be a professional”. Everybody in an organization strives to be perceived as a professional. By shifting focus from priority discussions to what it means to be a professional, it becomes much easier to agree that a professional naturally meets all targets such as a deadline, without any impact on environment or personnel.

The key elements here are proactiveness, experience sharing and open dialogue. Through the year 2011 all managers and selected key personnel have been trained in tools and attended inspirational sessions to obtain a deeper, common understanding of professionalism in the context of NKT Flexibles.

This shift in focus from top-driven safety and environmental initiatives to mobilizing a larger part of the workforce has paid off in numerous improvements, both large and small. These range from reduction in electric power consumption through to reduced material usage and reduction in the number of safety-related incidents.

Beyond internal efforts, NKT Flexibles also focuses on product development that will reduce the risk of catastrophic failures. One of our latest landmarks is the use of integrated fiber optics in the flexible pipe. By measuring minute changes in temperature and stress, the optic fibers will help clients keep their flexible pipe systems operative by discovering problems before they turn into potential disasters. And in addition to preventing incidents, using fiber optics will provide more accurate readings of the general state of the pipe, which in most cases will extend the pipe’s operating lifespan.