GRI Indicator
G4-EN2
General Description
Percentage of materials used that are recycled input materials.
GRI Status
Comments
Crude oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids are our primary products. These products are sold in bulk so there is very little use of packaging material, and tracking the recycling of any packaging material is not a material metric for our company.
We calculate water reuse/recycling as a percentage of our company's overall water use -- see pages 57 and 61 of our 2015 CSR. We look for opportunities to improve our operations and reduce costs through more efficient use of natural resources, including freshwater consumption.
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GRI Indicator
EN DMA
General Description
Disclosure on management approach to materials used.
GRI Status
Comments
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GRI Indicator
G4-EN1
General Description
Materials used by weight or volume.
GRI Status
Comments
Crude oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids are our primary products. Since these products are sold in bulk, there is very little use of packaging material.
Our freshwater consumption is reported by category and by business/facility on pages 52 and 61 of our 2015 CSR. Data on the composition of hydraulic fracturing fluid used in each well is publicly available on the FracFocus website. We look for opportunities to improve our operations and reduce costs through more efficient use of natural resources.
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GRI Indicator
G4-EN15
General Description
Total direct greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by weight.
GRI Status
Comments
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GRI Indicator
EN DMA
General Description
Disclosure on management approach to energy.
GRI Status
Comments
We are subject to energy-related policies or regulations at various assets within our organization. For example, Hess’s Denmark operations are subject to the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EUETS). Under Phase lll of this program, Hess makes annual purchases of emissions allowances to fully account for our verified GHG emissions. Another example is in North Dakota, where the North Dakota Industrial Commission (NDIC) has worked closely with the North Dakota Petroleum Council’s Flaring Task Force to develop policies that will increase wellhead gas capture to reduce flaring of associated gas from oil and gas development in the Bakken. As part of this approach, NDIC Order #24665 mandates that operators capture 90 percent of produced gas by October 2020, with interim flaring targets in advance of this date.
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GRI Indicator
G4-EN3
General Description
Energy consumption within the company.
GRI Status
Comments
A total of 25 vehicles in our North Dakota fleet have been converted to lower emission fuels (compressed natural gas [CNG]), representing approximately four percent of our company wide vehicle fleet.
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GRI Indicator
G4-EN4
General Description
Energy consumption outside the organization.
GRI Status
Comments
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GRI Indicator
G4-EN5
General Description
Energy intensity.
GRI Status
Comments
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GRI Indicator
G4-EN6
General Description
Energy saved due to conservation and efficiency improvements. Initiatives to reduce indirect energy consumption and reductions achieved.
GRI Status
Comments
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GRI Indicator
G4-EN7
General Description
Initiatives to provide energy-efficient or renewable energy-based products and services, and reductions in energy requirements as a result of these initiatives.
Reference
GRI Status
Comments
With the recent completion of our multi-year strategic transformation into a company focused solely on exploration and production, we no longer offer renewable energy-based products and services.
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GRI Indicator
G4-EN8
General Description
Total water withdrawal by source.
GRI Status
Comments
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GRI Indicator
OG2
General Description
Total amount invested in renewable energy.
Reference
GRI Status
Comments
With the recent completion of our multi-year strategic transformation into a company focused solely on exploration and production, we no longer offer renewable energy-based products and services.
We annually purchase Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) equivalent to at least 10 percent of net electricity used in our operations. In 2015 we purchased 135,000 Green-e Energy certified RECs for wind power. See page 50 of the 2015 CSR.
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GRI Indicator
OG3
General Description
Total amount of renewable energy generated by source.
Reference
GRI Status
Comments
We selectively use small solar panels in the field to power instrumentation. This renewable energy is not quantified.
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GRI Indicator
EN DMA
General Description
Disclosure on management approach to water use.
GRI Status
Comments
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GRI Indicator
G4-EN9
General Description
Water sources significantly affected by withdrawal of water.
GRI Status
Comments
No water sources were significantly affected by our water withdrawals, where GRI defines "significant" as average withdrawals of 5 percent or more of the annual average volume of a given water body.
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GRI Indicator
G4-EN10
General Description
Percentage and total volume of water recycled and reused.
GRI Status
Comments
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GRI Indicator
EN DMA
General Description
Disclosure on management approach to biodiversity.
GRI Status
Comments
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GRI Indicator
G4-EN11
General Description
Location and size of land owned, leased, managed in or adjacent to protected areas and areas of high biodiversity value outside protected areas.
GRI Status
Comments
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GRI Indicator
G4-EN12
General Description
Description of significant impacts of activities, products and services on biodiversity in protected areas and areas of high biodiversity value outside protected areas.
GRI Status
Comments
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GRI Indicator
G4-EN13
General Description
Habitats protected or restored.
GRI Status
Comments
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GRI Indicator
G4-EN14
General Description
Number of IUCN Red List species and national conservation list species with habitats in areas affected by operations, by level of extinction risk.
GRI Status
Comments
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GRI Indicator
OG4
General Description
Number and percentage of significant operating sites in which biodiversity risk has been assessed and monitored.
GRI Status
Comments
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GRI Indicator
EN DMA
General Description
Disclosure on management approach to air emissions.
GRI Status
Comments
We are regulated at the national, regional and local levels for various environmental media, including (for example) flaring and criteria pollutant and GHG emissions. Descriptions of our management approach and programs focused on GHG emissions can be found on pages 43-51 of the 2015 CSR, and those focused on other air emissions can be found on pages 55 and 59.
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GRI Indicator
G4-EN16
General Description
Total indirect GHG emissions by weight
GRI Status
Comments
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GRI Indicator
G4-EN17
General Description
Other relevant indirect GHG emissions by weight.
GRI Status
Comments
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GRI Indicator
G4-EN18
General Description
GHG emissions intensity
GRI Status
Comments
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GRI Indicator
G4-EN19
General Description
Initiatives to reduce GHG emissions and reductions achieved.
GRI Status
Comments
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GRI Indicator
G4-EN20
General Description
Emissions of ozone-depleting substances by weight.
Reference
GRI Status
Comments
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GRI Indicator
G4-EN21
General Description
NOx, SOx and other significant air emissions by type and weight.
GRI Status
Comments
With our transition to a new air emission data tracking system in 2015, we now have a dataset for particulate matter (PM) emissions from combustion activities. However, our PM emission totals are insignificant in comparison to our overall emissions and have been deemed to be not material for reporting.
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GRI Indicator
EN DMA
General Description
Disclosure on management approach to effluent and waste.
GRI Status
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GRI Indicator
G4-EN22
General Description
Total water discharge by quality and destination.
GRI Status
Comments
See our online key sustainability metrics table for additional details.
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GRI Indicator
OG5
General Description
Volume of formation or produced water.
GRI Status
Comments
See our online key sustainability metrics table for additional details.
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GRI Indicator
G4-EN23
General Description
Total weight of waste by type and disposal method.
GRI Status
Comments
See our online key sustainability metrics table for additional details.
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GRI Indicator
G4-EN24
General Description
Total number and volume of significant spills.
GRI Status
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GRI Indicator
G4-EN25
General Description
Weight of transported, imported, exported or treated waste deemed hazardous under the terms of the Basel Convention Annex I, II, III and VIII, and percentage of transported waste shipped internationally.
GRI Status
Comments
No waste considered hazardous under the terms of the Basel Convention was exported from our operations in 2015.
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GRI Indicator
G4-EN26
General Description
Identity, size, protected status and biodiversity value of water bodies and related habitats significantly affected by the reporting organization's discharges of water and runoff.
GRI Status
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GRI Indicator
OG6
General Description
Volume of flared and vented hydrocarbon.
GRI Status
Comments
See our online key sustainability metrics table for additional details.
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GRI Indicator
EN DMA
General Description
Disclosure on management approach to environmental impacts of products and services.
GRI Status
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GRI Indicator
OG7
General Description
Amount of drilling waste (drill mud and cuttings) and strategies for treatment and disposal.
GRI Status
Comments
See our online key sustainability metrics table for additional details.
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GRI Indicator
G4-EN27
General Description
Initiatives to mitigate environmental impacts of products and services, and extent of impact mitigation.
GRI Status
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GRI Indicator
G4-EN28
General Description
Percentage of products sold and their packaging materials that are reclaimed by category.
Reference
GRI Status
Comments
The vast majority of our products are handled in bulk throughout the product life cycle and do not require packaging materials.
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GRI Indicator
OG8
General Description
Benzene, lead and sulfur content in fuels.
Reference
GRI Status
Comments
We divested our Retail Marketing business in 2014. We are now an exploration and production company and no longer market gasoline or other fuels.
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GRI Indicator
EN DMA
General Description
Disclosure on management approach to environmental compliance.
GRI Status
Comments
We are regulated at the national, regional and local levels for various environmental media. Descriptions of our management approach and programs related to climate change, energy and environment can be found on pages 43-59. Furthermore, general descriptions related to our approach to compliance, including those focused on our supply chain, can be found on pages 18-21.
Decisions about ISO certification are made within the business units. Hess' South Arne operations are ISO 14001 certified and accounted for approximately 6 percent of gross operated oil production in 2015. The South Arne production operations are also OHSAS 18001 certified.
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GRI Indicator
G4-EN29
General Description
Monetary value of significant fines and total number of non-monetary sanctions for non-compliance with environmental laws and regulations.
GRI Status
Comments
In 2015 we paid $25,000 in environmental-related fines.
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GRI Indicator
EN DMA
General Description
Disclosure on management approach to environmental impacts of transportation.
GRI Status
Comments
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GRI Indicator
G4-EN30
General Description
Significant environmental impacts of transporting products and other goods and materials used for the organization's operations, and transporting members of the workforce.
GRI Status
Comments
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GRI Indicator
EN DMA
General Description
Disclosure on management approach to environmental expenditures and investments.
Reference
GRI Status
Comments
See description in G4-EN31 below.
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GRI Indicator
G4-EN31
General Description
Total environmental protection expenditures and investments by type.
Reference
GRI Status
Comments
We have continuing expenditures for environmental assessment and remediation for sites that have been affected by our activities. Our remediation expenditures totaled approximately $13 million in 2015 and were primarily associated with the legacy downstream businesses. We accrue for environmental assessment and remediation expenses when the future costs are probable and reasonably estimable. At year-end 2015, the company’s reserve for estimated remediation liabilities was approximately $80 million. We expect that existing reserves for environmental liabilities will adequately cover costs to assess and remediate known sites. Information about estimated asset retirement obligations, which are accounted for separately, is provided in our 2015 Form 10-K filing.
We also have capital expenditures for facilities, primarily to comply with federal, state, local and foreign country environmental standards. The level of other expenditures to comply with these regulations is difficult to quantify, as such costs are captured as mostly indistinguishable components of the company’s capital expenditures and operating expenses.
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GRI Indicator
EN DMA
General Description
Disclosure on management approach to environmental assessment of suppliers.
GRI Status
Comments
See descriptions in G4-EN32 and G4-EN33 below.
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GRI Indicator
G4-EN32
General Description
Percentage of new suppliers that were screened using environmental criteria.
GRI Status
Comments
Prospective suppliers are given a clear scope of work and environment, health and safety expectations during the sourcing phase.
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GRI Indicator
G4-EN33
General Description
Significant actual and potential negative environmental impacts in the supply chain and actions taken.
Reference
GRI Status
Comments
Our approach for screening new suppliers, which includes risk reviews for environment, health and safety performance and programs where appropriate, is described on pages 19-21 of the 2015 CSR. We are currently working to implement our new Contractor Management standard, which defines internal monitoring requirements for the environment, health and safety performance of our suppliers on an ongoing basis, at various points in the contract life cycle. Monitoring may include assessments, inspections, performance metrics, audits or safety meetings as needed based on the scope of work. Findings that result from these reviews are to be documented through our supplier management and incident management software and the associated actions tracked to closure. The contractors’ performance records are to be maintained and factored into decision-making when the contractor is being considered for future work.
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GRI Indicator
EN DMA
General Description
Disclosure on management approach to environmental grievance mechanisms.
GRI Status
Comments
See also description for G4-EN34 below.
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GRI Indicator
G4-EN34
General Description
Number of grievances about environmental impacts filed, addressed and resolved through formal grievance mechanisms.
Reference
GRI Status
Comments
Of the total 214 grievances filed through the Hess Community Connection in 2015, nine were considered to be related to environmental concerns. The other 204 grievances did not fall into the categories described by GRI (i.e., environment, labor practices, human rights and society).
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