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2013 - 14 RESULTS
2014 - 15 PLANNED ACTIVITIES

– Improved stewardship and communication of EEP process and prioritization of projects to meet – Develop and communicate post-2015 sustainability goals.
environmental excellence goals.
– Continue planning and execution of 2015 goal gap closure
– Environmental Excellence Fund usage increased in 2013.
plan (focus on energy and air goals) and continue improvement
– Post-2015 sustainability goal teams identiied. Groups continue to work through the process in water and land goal areas.
to develop performance goals and metrics.

– Members of the COSIA Water Environmental Priority Area (EPA) have shared 145 technologies – Reduce the net effect of water use in the oil sands region by
for water treatment with an estimated value of $184M.
sharing lessons learned with industry peers through COSIA.
– Furthered system designs for treatment and reuse of tailings water for Firebag utility water, – Implement EIMS to manage water data at remaining
extraction utility water and production of boiler feedwater.
business areas.
– EIMS implementation for managing water data was temporarily postponed in 2013 to focus – Test EIMS reporting process for Report on sustainability
on inishing air/GHG data.
environmental data will be tested in 2014 with full implementation
expected for 2015.
– The ability to manage Report on sustainability environmental data in the EIMS was completed
in 2013.

– Continued reclamation of available areas, adding 169.9 hectares (ha) of permanent terrestrial – Accelerate available lands for reclamation.
reclamation and 5.7 ha of permanent wetland and aquatic reclamation.
– Progress development and implementation of oil sands
– Worked with 12 other COSIA member companies to advance approximately 100 joint industry reclamation best management practices through investment
projects related to footprint reduction, reclamation acceleration and biodiversity preservation.
in technology and people.
– COSIA member companies contributed more than 300 land-related technologies to collectively – Participate in COSIA Land Environmental Priority Area (EPA)
advance land management practices in the oil sands.
projects that address key issues of footprint reduction,
– Synthesized lessons learned from completed reclamation research projects and shared the new reclamation acceleration and biodiversity preservation.
standards and recommendations internally.
– Transfer lessons learned through technology into reclamation

– Completed construction and re-vegetation of the Nikanotee Fen watershed, one of the irst best management practices.
to be reclaimed in the world.
– Completed second-largest seedling planting program, bringing the total number of seedlings
planted at our base plant to just over 6.5 million.

– Installed more than 130,000 wick drains in tailings pond 5 to accelerate reclamation.

– Completed implementation of Energy System Management tools across extraction, upgrading, – Complete EMS implementation at MacKay River, Firebag and
energy and utilities at Oil Sands base plant.
Sarnia reinery.

– Completed gap assessment of oil sands facility GHG measurement and reporting with work – Formalize GHG forecasting standard to ensure consistency
underway to incorporate learnings from new industry reports.
across facilities and with historical GHG volumes over time.
– Fuel gas equalization line is anticipated to be operational in Q3 2014.
– Review effectiveness of EMS at all operated sites through
a continuous improvement process.
– Develop opportunities for energy eficiency improvements
at commercial and retail sites.

– Completed EIMS coniguration of all Report on sustainability environmental indicators – Continue testing, training and rollout of the EIMS sustainability
at applicable sites.
reporting process.
– EIMS in sustainment at most sites for air emissions.
– Sustain sites where EIMS implementation is complete.

– Achieve emissions reductions that meet anticipated heightened regulatory stringency – Strengthen collaboration across facilities through Air Network.
through investments in equipment and technology.
– Rollout of annual air pollutant and GHG reporting standard.

– Renewable Energy Approval received for the Adelaide wind power project. – Progress Adelaide wind power project through construction
Adelaide is anticipated to be operational in late 2014.
to operation.

– Cedar Point II application deemed complete in 2013 and is progressing through – Advance Cedar Point II wind power project through regulatory
the approval process.
process. Commission anticipated in late 2015 – subject to
– Hand Hills project is progressing through the regulatory approvals in Alberta.
regulatory approvals.
– Progress Hand Hills wind power project through regulatory
– Progressed battery storage pilot project in Alberta.
process in Alberta.

– Ongoing evaluation of renewable energy opportunities.

– Continued construction of assets to support improved TROTM performance.
– Work toward luid tailings reduction targets, and advance tailings
– Spent more than $1.3 billion to date to research and develop new tailings technology across operations.
management through collaboration with groups like COSIA.

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