Greetings!
Did you participate in the recent Safety Pause calls? Bernerd Da Santos, AES Senior Vice President and COO hosted a safety pause call this week for all AES people in English, Spanish and Portuguese. Bernerd talked about the number of ways each one of us can be a Safety Hero. If you didn't have a chance to listen in, click here for an archive of the call in English, Spanish and Portuguese.
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Monthly Safety Message from Mark Green
At AES, we put safety first. Safety comes first for our people, our contractors and the individuals in our communities. All work activities worldwide need to be conducted in a safe manner that promotes personal health, safety and well-being. It's about keeping our people, our contractors and the people in the communities we serve safe, each and every day.
We care about the safety of our people. We have made it a priority to strengthen our safety culture over the last 10 years. By putting a systematic and consistent management program in place, with ways to measure and improve processes and procedures, we have avoided 700 Lost Time Incidents (LTIs) for AES people and contractors over the past 10 years.
We care about the safety of our contractors. When it comes to safety, there is no difference between our people and contractors. We made the commitment to reduce our contractors' LTIs by 50 percent during 2016 and we are on track to accomplish this goal this year as a result of action plans we put in place to improve the management of our contractors. More than 150 short, medium and long term action plans were established. In 2016, we have already fully implemented 20 of these plans. The plans target improving contract terms and conditions, safety culture including upholding AES Values and Safety Beliefs, knowledge and implementation of AES' standards including Job Safety Analyses (JSAs), increased supervision, targeted safety walks and post-work evaluations.
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COO and CHRO hosts Energy Star sessions in Arlington
AES COO Bernerd Da Santos, and AES CHRO Tish Mendoza, hosted learning sessions about the Energy Star program for AES Arlington people. Bernerd and Tish discussed how we can all become energy stars by streamlining how we work, leveraging economies of scale, synchronizing processes and replicating practices across our businesses. In addition to providing a deep-dive into the Energy Star program, Bernerd and Tish also shared our change management approach to ensure we effectively prepare the organization for change. Additional sessions for Arlington people will be held throughout July on an ongoing basis.
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Monthly Cybersecurity Message from
Scott Goodhart
Cybersecurity is an issue of safety that starts with our people at AES -- we must put safety first when leveraging the power of the Internet both at work and at home. In an effort to highlight the importance of cybersecurity as an issue of safety, Internal Communications and Cybersecurity have teamed together to create a cybersecurity section on aes.com. The cyber page highlights the AES Cyber 6 - six important behavioral takeaways from our Cyber Ninja Guide. The Cyber 6 was created to educate, enable and empower our people and contractors to use the Internet safely. While these tips were originally created for our people and contractors, they can be useful for anyone. The link to the cybersecurity page can be found here. If you have any questions related to cybersecurity or the AES Cyber 6, please contact your local cybersecurity team.
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Tokyo Electric leaders visit IPL in hopes of collaboration
Just recently, leaders of Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) visited DP&L and IPL, both distribution utilities in the US SBU. TEPCO leaders visited both sites for a system review and to have a better understanding how the two utilities operate. They spent the day with US SBU leaders reviewing a number of topics such as asset management, smart grid development and customer satisfaction. Moving forward, TEPCO officers are interested in potentially collaborating with AES in the area of transmission and distribution operations.
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AES witnessed Panama's expanded canal opening
AES recently witnessed the opening of Panama's expanded canal. MCAC SBU President Manuel Pérez Dubuc, AES Panama Market Business Leader Miguel Bolinaga, AES Corporation Vice President and Chief Stakeholder Officer Scarlett Alvarez, AES General Counsel Brian Miller and other AES people participated in this event. The expansion marks the start to Panama's efforts to increase its global shipping capacity. The expansion means a quicker path between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans for ships carrying up to 14,000 containers. The $5.4B project to expand the 102-year old canal took 10 years to build with 40,000 workers.
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AES Eletropaulo implemented APEX project to reuse concrete poles
Reuse and save. That's just what AES Eletropaulo, part of the Brazil SBU, is doing. The team recently started an APEX project to reuse some of its utility poles. To kick off the project, AES Eletropaulo Logistics Support Office supported by the Environment Management and Technical Services Management implemented a process to review the procurement and placement process for concrete poles.
Previously, we sold old poles for proper disposal and purchased new poles to be installed. The team recognized that some of the old poles were still in great condition and could still be used.The new APEX project will do a detailed technical analysis and test the pole resistance to determine if the pole can continue to be used. After the tests, a technical report proving the possibility of reusing the pole will be published. A pole must have less than 15 years of use and may not have any type of split or crack to be reused.
Starting in June, the project will save roughly 215 poles per month. The project is expected to save US $0.34M and 26,500 thousand liters of water per year while avoiding the consumption of other materials such as cement, grit, sand and gravel.
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Edgardo Martinez is Always On for Safety
Edgardo is a Generation Operator at AES Nejapa, El Salvador, part of the MCAC SBU. During his five years with AES, he has been a member of the Safety Committee. Edgardo is ready to help in different activities related to safety. As required by law, his workplace was required to identify risks associated with the routine tasks, non-routine tasks and emergencies of the job positions. Edgardo volunteered to participate in a set of interviews to help the company meet its obligation and stepped up to complete the analysis.
Edgardo is proactive in creating his Job Safety Analyses (JSAs) and uses his Stop Work Authority without hesitation. Recently, he observed an unsafe condition in a starting engine of a generation unit. As soon as he identified a potentially unsafe situation, he asked the people involved in the task to stop work to prevent an incident from happening. Edgardo is Always on for Safety and he believes in safety for himself, his peers, his family and his community. His commitment to safety is evident and his actions are consistent with his beliefs. Edgardo was recognized as a safe worker of the first quarter of 2016 in response to his safety performance at AES Nejapa. Thank you, Edgardo, for your strong commitment to safety.
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