HSE and Sustainable Development (SD) issues and opportunities need to be identified and assessed at the earliest possible stages in projects in order to effectively manage the risks and optimize the opportunities. This paper describes a journey of improvement from a loosely structured distributed process to a more structured cross-functional process supported by simple user-friendly tools.

Keywords:
sd assessment, sd issue, sustainable development, specialist, upstream oil & gas, project right, project manager, checklist, assessment, society of petroleum engineers
Subjects:
Environment, Sustainability/Social Responsibility, Strategic Planning and Management, Project management
Copyright 2004, Society of Petroleum Engineers
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