Banat Oman Case Study

Introducation

CSR is about how companies manage the business processes to produce an overall positive impact on society. So, PDO company put the CSR as

A key element of their success. They have been the close working relationship between PDO, the communities where They operate and all aspects of society in Oman. With this in mind, They have developed a structured social investment programme which is implemented in close collaboration with the Government through a joint Social Investment Committee.

This program me focuses on contributing to the growth of society and developing areas where they operate to achieve a mutually beneficial and sustainable environment for carrying out oil and gas operations. Funding has been channeled to non-governmental

Banat Oman Project

PDO has funded a community-based vocational training initiative for low-income Omani women to help develop and nurture skills and create a sustainable commercial opportunities and jobs for them. So far, more than 200 have benefited from the Banat Oman project, with many establishing worker co-operatives to pool their resources and meet rising order books.

The main objectives of the initiative are to:

Promote Omani self-employment, entrepreneurship and skills

Help unemployed school leavers forge rewarding careers

Empower and help the women to raise their families’ income

Diversify the source of income for low-income families

Create jobs that can be performed in the comfort of the women’s homes

Realise PDO’s aim of improving the living conditions of low-income families through self-employment and sustainable development.

PDO invested RO 150,000 to initiate the project, in partnership with the Omani Women’s Association, to train a number of Omani women across the country in various handicrafts, such as tailoring and embroidery, dairy and bakery product manufacture, leathercraft, camel bone carving and silversmithing.

2. Community

It’s about being a good corporate citizen. For us, our communities are our neighbours and partners and improving their wellbeing and sustainability is a key strategic and moral priority. PDO endeavours to meet its wider responsibility to society by taking economic, social and environmental considerations into account in all decisions, specifically in terms of the provision of oil revenues, domestic employment, staff and contractor training, the support and development of local businesses and community investment. While exploring for and producing oil and gas for the country, we set a high priority on minimizing the impact of our operations on the surrounding environment and communities, and maximising the potential benefits to local citizens. The Community Relations Department sits at the core of this strategy. Our approach is to engage continuously with local authorities, community leaders and inhabitants to understand and mitigate issues resulting from