Company Profile

Value Statement

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• Petroleum Agency SA aspires to be a world class organisation, committed to:

  
  

  • Professional Excellence
  • Integrity
  • Direct, Open, Consultative Communication
  • Transparency
  • Respect
  • Teamwork
  • Active Regard for Our Natural Environment
  • Corporate Social Responsibility in an Empowering, Vibrant Workplace Where Diversity Is Valued.

  We are proud to be South African!

• A World Class Organisation

  
  How do we realise our aspiration to be a world-class organisation?
  
  By …

  • Adhering to global standards.
  • Retaining the highest level of competent staff.
  • Working towards international recognition in all spheres of the Agency’s business.
  • Actively contributing to the development of the SA oil and gas industry world­wide.

• Professional Excellence

  
  How do we behave with professional excellence?
  
  By …

   

  • Excellent service to our clients.
  • Keeping up to date with latest developments.
  • Treating each other with the same respect and professionalism as we treat our clients.
  • Adherence to confidentiality agreements.
  • Full compliance with all appropriate industry regulations and standards.

• Integrity

  
  How do we behave with integrity?
  
  By …

   

  • Being congruent in what we say and what we do.
  • Being honest and truthful.
  • Being consistent and equitable in applying policies and practices.
  • Being accountable and accepting responsibility.
  • Continually questioning ourselves whether our behaviour is in line with the company’s values.

• Direct, Open Consultative Communication

  
  How do we communicate in a direct, open and consultative manner?
  
  By …

  • Addressing issues openly, direct and in good time.
  • Being approachable and open to constructive feedback.
  • Relevant involvement of staff members when decisions are made.
  • Constructively making colleagues aware of their behaviour that clashes with the values.

• Transparency

  
  How do we create a transparent environment?
  
  By …

   

  • Communicating the processes through which decisions were reached on all staff-related issues.
  • Declaring external interests, gifts and relationships to address conflicts of interest.
  • Communicating and making available all updated policies and procedures to all staff members.
  • Continuing to make information such as license application procedures accessible to all prospective clients/interest parties.

• Respect

  
  How do we demonstrate respect toward one another?
  
  By …

   

  • Acknowledging and greeting one another.
  • Treating each other with human dignity.
  • Valuing diversity (e.g. cultural, religious and gender diversity)
  • Respect for company resources and company time.
    

• Teamwork

  
  How do we work as a team?
  
  By …

   

  • Keeping staff members informed.
  • Consulting staff members in decision-making.
  • Developing the knowledge and skills of staff members.
  • Valuing the roles and responsibilities of staff members.
  • Acknowledging contributions made.
  • Actively assisting and supporting one another.

• Active Regard for the natural environment

  
  How do we show an active regard for the natural environment?
  
  By …

   

  • Monitoring environmental compliance.
  • Participating in activities aimed at creating awareness and preserving the environment.
  • Responsible exploitation of our natural resources.

• Corporate Social Responsibility

  
  How do we demonstrate our corporate social responsibility?
  
  By …

   

  • An active HIV/Aids campaign in the company.
  • Ensuring client compliance to towards CSR (e.g. UTT).
  • Active commitment to BEE.
  • Social upliftment of communities.
  • Maintaining the Agency’s bursary scheme and internship programme.
    

• Empowering, vibrant workplace

  
  How do we ensure an empowering, vibrant workplace?
  
  By …

   

  • Respecting and living our values.
  • Appropriate delegation of authority and assignment of responsibility.
  • Making optimum use of staff members’ talents.
  • Teamwork.
  • Ongoing development of all staff members (education, membership of associations, etc).
  • Retention of staff.
  • Provision for people with disabilities.
  • Maintaining an effective Consultation Forum.
  • Celebrating social events such as monthly birthday lunches, year-end functions, and sharing achievements and winning experiences.
  • Ensuring that staff has the resources and technology to enable efficiency.
  • Awareness amongst all staff members about policies and procedures.

• We are proud to be South African

  
  How do we demonstrate that we are proud to be South African?
  
  By …

  • Active support for national initiatives aimed at nation-building.
  • Participating under the umbrella of ‘Proudly South African’.