Like the roads we travel every day, pipelines are essential in Canadians’ lives. And just like our roads, they have to be extraordinarily safe for us to feel confident about their presence in our communities.

Because pipeline companies take safety, the environment and community interests so seriously, they’ve established their own program to take their practices to their highest level.

CEPA Integrity First is led by the industry and facilitated by the Canadian Energy Pipeline Association (CEPA).

The program formally started in 2012 because pipeline companies felt it was their duty to go beyond regulation and come together as an industry to demonstrate their unwavering focus on acting responsibly and in Canadians’ best interests. The program focuses on three main areas: safety, environment and socio-economic practices.

Reaching the safety goalWhen it comes to safety, the industry has one goal: zero pipeline incidents.

There are many aspects to pipeline safety – prioritizing safety within organizations and every community, preventing damage on pipelines and responding to emergencies. For the pipeline industry to reach its goal, there needs to be a true commitment to collaborate in all areas of safety and best practices.

That’s why every CEPA member company is actively working together, through CEPA Integrity First, to discuss safety requirements and technology options, analyze company and industry practices and report on safety measures and operations, in an effort to define and implement the best practices for the industry.

Pipeline companies must do everything they can to make the industry as safe as possible, limit the impact to the environment and build strong relationships with local communities.

CEPA’s focus

CEPA’s focus is to guide companies’ participation in CEPA Integrity First. That means:

• ensuring companies meet program standards

• developing guidelines they will follow

• enabling companies to respectfully challenge each other to constantly raise the bar on safety

CEPA will also be reporting on the information gathered through the program so the industry is transparent and accountable to Canadians.

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CEPA Integrity First focuses on:

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CEPA Integrity First®

PERFoRmAnCE • defining and imple-menting best practices for pipeline safety.

• providing environ-mental protection and socio-economic benefits.

zERo InCIdEnts • reaching pipeline companies’ goal of zero incidents.

ACCountAbILIty • challenging each other’s safety, environmental and engagement practices.

• ensuring transparency and accountability.

How can I trust pipeline companies are working in Canadians’ best interests?

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In fact, CEPA members are developing strict requirements in specific areas, such as pipeline integrity, emergency management and control room management, which they will rate their own operations against. These ratings, once verified by a third-party organization, will be used to help companies see how they can advance their practices and increase accountability to Canadians.

Putting Canadians firstCEPA Integrity First also aims to advance the industry’s environmental and socio-economic practices. Like safety, these areas are critical to the well-being, protection and prosperity of Canadians. CEPA Integrity First enables

the industry to work together to strengthen its performance and improve communication and engagement with local communities. For example, pipeline companies are working together to improve areas like land management, air emissions, aboriginal relations and workforce standards.

Canada’s pipeline industry is one of the most environmentally sound and safest in the world and through CEPA Integrity First, the industry will demonstrate its commitment to keeping that standard.

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CEPA Integrity First in action

Through CEPA Integrity First, pipeline companies are committing to continuous improve-ment in three areas:

Protect workers and the safety of the communities by creating a culture that is focused on safe operations

Advance the reliability, design and monitoring of pipelines

Prevent damage to pipelines

Enhance emerg ency preparedness and response

manage the long and short term impacts to land and resources

Improve air quality by reducing air emissions

maintain water quality and mini mize watershed disruption

Prevent habitat disruption and impacts to wildlife

Limit noise impacts from operations

Improve land use and access by developing strong landowner relationships

Provide economic benefits to comm unities through employment, investment, and taxes, both nationally and regionally

build strong relationships and agreements with Aboriginal peoples

Attract, recruit, retain and build a highly competent workforce

CEPA Integrity First is not a response to current regulatory expectations but a formal approach to the future of our industry and its ongoing commitment to continuous improvement. this program was developed not because industry was asked to, but because we wanted to.”bREndA KEnny, PREsIdEnt + CEo, CAnAdIAn EnERgy PIPELInE AssoCIAtIon

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