The group is committed through its climate policy to contribute to sustainable developments. We recognise that there is a link between the use of fossil
fuels and man-made climate change, and the climate policy takes into account the need for proactively combating global climate change, as well as the need
to increase company efforts on renewables and clean technology. Statoil's environmental management system seeks to identify the most important
environmental aspects of all facilities, set targets for improvement, and is an integrated part of the overall management system.

Our climate policy sets out the principles for addressing the challenge of global warming and our ambition of maintaining the position as an industry leader in relation to sustainable development. The climate policy has been implemented in all our business planning and strategy development.
Statoil is continuously focusing on energy efficiency at our installations. Requirements for energy efficiency are incorporated in relevant governing
documents.

We continuously monitor our emissions. Several modification projects for further reductions are being implemented, and Statoil has established corporate wide principles for oil spill response in relation to our operations. The group also continued an extensive research and development program aimed at adapting its oil spill response to arctic areas.

The most important group-wide indicators to measure environmental performance are oil spills, emissions of carbon dioxide and nitrogen oxides, energy consumption and the recovery rate for non-hazardous waste.

The current emissions of CO2 per tonne of oil and gas produced from Statoil-operated fields at the Norwegian Continental Shelf in 2009 correspond to
43% of the oil and gas industry 2009 average.The volume of accidental oil spills decreased from 342 cubic metres in 2008 to 170 cubic metres in 2009.
Carbon dioxide emissions have decreased from 14.4 million tonnes in 2008, to 13.1 million tonnes in 2009. Nitrogen oxides emissions have decreased
from 46.7 thousand tonnes in 2008 to 42.3 thousand tonnes in 2009. Energy consumption has decreased from 69.6 TWh in 2008 to 63.6TWh in 2009.
The recovery rate for non-hazardous waste has increased from 29% in 2008 to 68.7% in 2009.