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 arathon continues to place the highest emphasis on protecting the health and safety of people and the communities in which it works. Our Health, Environment and Safety vision is straightforward: our people and workplaces are safe, our operations are clean, and we practice responsible action wherever we work.
Safety and Environmental Performance
 Both Marathon and MAP had record-setting safety performance during 2004. Marathon's upstream operations marked its best performance in safety since initiating combined employee/contractor reporting statistics in 2000. The year-end Recordable Incidence Rate of 1.22 reflects an 18 percent improvement over 2003, an accomplishment largely attributed to improved contractor safety.
Marathon's European Business Unit celebrated two major safety achievements. The Peterhead supply base surpassed 10 years without a lost-time incident (LTI). Also, Marathon's three Brae platforms collectively reached two million work hours without an LTI. In Equatorial Guinea, the workforce reached more
than two million worker hours without an LTI.
In comparison with its peers, Marathon's upstream operations continue to outperform the industry oil spill average as reported by the International Association of Oil and Gas Producers.
At MAP, both the employee Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recordable rate and the combined employee/contractor OSHA rates reached record lows with a combined rate of less than one. Five of the company's seven refineries completed the year without a single LTI. The Catlettsburg, Robinson, St. Paul and Garyville refineries had a
combined employee/contractor OSHA recordable
rate of less than one. MAP's Marine Transportation
organization achieved its best safety record since the formation of MAP.
Despite major construction and maintenance at three plant sites and record run rates across the refinery system, MAP continued to reduce environmental incidents. MAP's Marine Transportation organization completed the year without a single spill, extending its record to nearly 93 million barrels shipped without a spill, and won the 2004 Admiral William Benkert Silver Award for Environmental Excellence presented by the U.S. Coast Guard.
Ethics and Integrity
Marathon is dedicated to upholding the highest ethical standards and principles
throughout its worldwide operations. Our standards are detailed in the Company’s
Code of Business Conduct and are reinforced through training. MAP received
the 2004 Better Business Bureau International Torch Award for Marketplace
Ethics, which honors corporations that demonstrate outstanding commitment
to relationships with their consumers, employees, suppliers, competitors,
stockholders and surrounding communities.
Marathon continues to lead an Equatorial Guinea capacity-building initiative
with other U.S. energy companies to agree on a framework and action plan
for transparency and social development. During 2004, Marathon announced
its support of the EITI, which promotes transparent reporting by governments
of aggregated revenues derived from mineral resource extraction. Also during
2004, Marathon became a participant in the Voluntary Principles on Security
and Human Rights, which recognizes the importance of the promotion and protection
of human rights throughout the world and engages in dialogue focusing on
global security and human rights issues.
Social Responsibility
Marathon actively supports the communities where our employees live and work.
In Equatorial Guinea, the Company is helping to improve the quality of life
of local people. Marathon and its partners are leading a five-year, $8 million
program to combat malaria — the leading cause of childhood mortality
on Bioko Island. Due to this effort, a 50 percent reduction in the infant
mortality rate is predicted. Also, the Company established a training program
to prepare Equato-Guineans for a variety of vocational jobs and is providing
jobs for 1,000 nationals during the construction of expansion projects.
Last year, the Marathon Oil Company Foundation donated $3 million in support
of educational, health and human services, civic and community, environmental
and social causes. Through its Global Volunteer Awards program, the Foundation
honored 50 exemplary employee volunteers by contributing a total of $50,000
to designated eligible charities in recognition of their efforts.
During 2004, Marathon was honored as the recipient of the Outstanding Philanthropic
Corporation Award from the Association of Fundraising Professionals in partnership
with theHouston Business Journal.
Company
and employee response to the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster in late December
is consistent with Marathon’s tradition of providing assistance globally.
In early 2005, Marathon and MAP announced plans to contribute $500,000 to
tsunami relief efforts managed by the American Red Cross and UNICEF. The
Companies also matched contributions made by employees, annuitants, Marathon
brand dealers, jobbers and wholesale customers to these relief organizations
on a dollar-for-dollar basis for a total contribution of $1.1 million.
Valuing Diversity
Diversity continues to be a core value at Marathon. Our diversity strategy is to create a workplace culture that is inclusive, respects the individual and values the contribution of every employee. The Company supports diversity initiatives designed to foster awareness and learning, collaboration, and assist in building high-performance teams for business success.
Diversity councils remain a cornerstone for implementing our diversity strategy. In 2004, a new council was formed for the European Business Unit. Today, more than 30 employees participate in three diversity councils representing 12 Marathon locations.
In September, Marathon established the Corporate Scholars Program with the United Negro College Fund. This four-year, $1.5 million commitment will provide scholarship and internship opportunities for approximately 30 outstanding minority, full-time undergraduate and graduate students studying earth sciences, engineering, mathematics and/or physics.
Our Supplier Diversity Program is a proactive business initiative that seeks to give all business enterprises equal access to supply and service opportunities within Marathon. In 2004, expenditures with minority- and women-owned and small, disadvantaged businesses totaled more than $135 million. |
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