Talisman’s Security Policy incorporates the recommendations found in the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights and provides employees with a framework for creating safe work environments, promotes respect for human rights and advances best practices with governments, joint venture participants and third parties.
It also provides contractor personnel, or private security firms supplying security services on the Company’s behalf with comprehensive policies and procedures for conducting security operations in accordance with Talisman’s standards.
Talisman continues to seek ways to further implement the Voluntary Principles throughout our operations and discusses issues related to the Voluntary Principles and their implementation with peer companies, NGOs and governments that are formally part of the Voluntary Principles process.
Security Policy
Talisman's Security Policy assists the company in creating a safe work environment for our people and assets, and assists us in promoting respect for human rights and advancing best practices with governments, joint venture partners and third parties.
Talisman manages security in accordance with the following principles:
- We shall regularly assess security threats to business operations and manage the associated risks;
- We shall ensure that appropriate security measures are in place such that we do not expose employees to significant risk;
- We shall ensure that appropriate response procedures are in place to minimize the impact of any security incident or emergency;
- We shall introduce and maintain active programs to develop security awareness and responsibility among all employees;
- We shall endeavor to ensure that security operations are conducted in full compliance with national and international legal requirements and our Policy on Business Conduct and Ethics;
- We shall conduct ourselves in accordance with the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights;
- We shall endeavor to make contractors or other third parties conducting activities for Talisman aware of this policy and ensure they comply with it;
- We shall not employ armed security unless it is a legal or government requirement or there is no acceptable or practical alternative to manage the risk;
- We shall record, analyze and investigate all reported security incidents directly involving our business operations or employees in order to develop improvements to prevent their recurrence;
- We shall strive for continuous improvement in our understanding and management of security and related human rights issues and stay abreast of best practices with respect to these issues.
