The primary goal of the company OKTA AD-Skopje is to ensure and care for the health and safety of employees, contractors, the inhabitants of the surrounding areas and the environment in accordance with the established Health, Safety, Environment and Sustainability Development Policy.
The management of HSE is based on the national legislation and European directives, group and internal working instructions and procedures.
For the application and promotion of the same, there is a department for Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) in OKTA.
The company has implemented an integrated management system that includes ISO 9001, ISO 45001 ISO 14001 standards.
Safety and health - care that is taken by all employees, at all levels, then also the workers' representatives at the union of OKTA, as well as occupational safety experts. All contractors and external collaborators are required to appoint their own occupational safety coordinators to facilitate two-way communication. OKTA has concluded an agreement for medical services, with the medical staff available to all employees and external contractors who perform activities on field. In addition, the company has the authority to perform professional work on safety at work in the area of risk assessment, safety statement and preparation and implementation of employee training programs.
Program for HSE control - In order to increase the culture towards protection and safety by locating and eliminating unsafe conditions, there are controls of the facilities in OKTA by the engineers, managers and directors has been introduced. The HSE management system implies the reporting of incidents and near misses, as well as further investigation of all significant incidents by an expert committee. The goal is to propose corrective measures that would prevent the same or similar unsafe or risky situation to occur again. In OKTA, there is a security service with two coordinators who control the work of the external company, as well as its own fire department equipped with two state-of-the-art vehicles and highly skilled personnel for FF protection.
The company has established a crisis headquarters and prepared planning documents for protection and rescue, approved by the Directorate for Protection and Rescue, as well as the Seveso study, which includes safety measures for the prevention and control of hazardous substance accidents. Environmental protection - Environmental care in OKTA implies continuous improvement of performance by investing in projects to upgrade its installations and control the impact on the environment through monitoring and risk assessment.
Monitoring of air emissions - In order to reduce air emissions, the company invests in:
The system for reducing emissions from volatile organic compounds. The installation of this plant for the return and recovery of gasoline vapors (VRU), as well as the upgrade of the installation for the bottom filling of tank trucks, contribute to significantly reduce the fugitive emission of volatile organic compounds in the air.
Boilers for steam production with a power of 3.2 MW have been installed - with which a significant reduction of air emissions has been achieved.
Waste management - The generated waste is handled in accordance with the legal obligations, which implies reduction, selection, and delivery of the waste to an authorized company for further processing and/or disposal.
Water management - Water management includes constant monitoring and testing of the quality of treated wastewater, groundwater and technical water by specialized accredited laboratories.
OKTA AD - Skopje is committed to carry out its activity behaving ethically and responsibly towards the society and the environment.