## CORPORATE RESPOnSIBILITY 

## HeAltH, sAfety & enVironMent 

Our commitment to health and safety is at the core of our values. We strive to be leaders and demonstrate high standards in our business and operating activities. As ARC grows, so does our commitment to keep our employees and contractors safe at their jobs. Certain aspects of the oil and gas industry are inherently hazardous hence we take our approach to health, safety and environmental issues seriously. ARC strives to run its operations with zero accidents therefore when it comes to health, safety and environment practices we believe in meeting or exceeding regulations, 

being prepared for emergencies, monitoring and assessing our performance and integrating environmental management measures into our activities. We have published a new Corporate Responsibility report in 2010 that gives more detail about our activities in health, safety and environmental management. The Corporate Responsibility report is available on our website at www.arcresources.com. We believe that our focus to be a profitable company over the long-term can only be accomplished with a robust health, safety and environmental management system. 

## HeAltH And sAfety 

We now have over 500 employees and we focus on maintaining a culture in which every individual is accountable for the health and safety of themselves, their co-workers and the public. We accomplish this through the development of health and safety policies and programs and through education and training of our employees. Every individual who works for us needs to understand our health and safety policies and comply with them. We use near miss and hazard identification to help identify potentially unsafe situations and implement mitigation measures to prevent accidents. 

ARC performs safety audits on its operating facilities and lease sites to ensure the integrity of our systems and operations. We want to know that our service providers align with and understand our health and safety practices.ARC has a pre-approved contractor management program that confirms that the companies working for us have good health and safety programs in place. This alignment of values enables us to work collectively to achieve a safer work environment. We conduct regular safety audits on these primary pre-approved contractors to confirm the integrity of their health and safety programs. 

ARC’s regular emergency response training exercises prepare our personnel to execute a high level of response capability when placed in challenging situations. We also hold annual workshops for our contractors to communicate our expectations for a safe work environment. In these workshops we review safe work practices and procedures, changes to regulatory requirements and modifications to ARC’s health and safety programs. 

