Chevron Highlights Significant Contributions to Richmond in Latest CR Report
- Saved enough drinking water in Richmond to supply16,000
homes, or approximately 46,000 people - Contributions toward education have increased opportunities for
students in the fields of science, technology engineering and math
(STEM) - Achieved a 70 percent reduction in air emissions since the 1970s
Chevron recently announced the publication of its 2010 Corporate
Responsibility Report that includes specific examples of the company′s
community engagement activities around the world. For this year, the
report included information on its activities in the City of Richmond,
California, including water recycling efforts, STEM programs and air
emissions reductions.
The Chevron Richmond Refinery has initiated a broad-based effort to
better listen to and engage with its neighboring communities and
stakeholders, including concerns over health and emissions. To reduce
air emissions, Chevron installed new technologies and ran plants more
efficiently, reducing air emissions by 70 percent since the 1970s. A
refinery-wide flare-minimization program that began in 2007 has helped
decrease flaring by more than 97 percent. As the region′s largest
refinery, the Richmond Refinery represents approximately 38 percent of
oil refining capacity in the Bay Area but less than one percent of the
volume of vented gas flared in 2009.
Across the company, Chevron follows an environmental stewardship process
that provides a consistent, systematic, risk-based approach to managing
aspects of the environment, including air, water, biodiversity and
waste. As part of that effort, Chevron completed its Richmond Advanced
Recycled (RARE) Water Project last year to treat 3.5 million gallons of
municipal wastewater each day for the refinery′s steam-producing
boilers. The refinery uses an additional 4 million gallons of reclaimed
water for the refining process as part of the 11 million gallon-per-day
operation.
'Our efforts to reduce emissions and increase water efficiency in
Richmond illustrate our continued commitment of striving to improve our
operations and the environment around us,? said Richmond refinery
general manager Mike Coyle.
In addition, Chevron responded to stakeholder interest in supporting
community programs by contributing $3.7 million toward education, youth
leadership programs, economic development and job training programs in
West Contra Costa County, where unemployment rates remain higher than
the national average. Chevron′s participation with the Stride Center
provided a $211,000 grant in 2009 to create a job-training program in
the community. Chevron′s investments in STEM education in 2010 reached
more than 245,000 students and 3,900 teachers in California.
'Helping to support local educational and economic programs in areas
near our operation promotes a better standard of living and better links
us with both our community and our local businesses,? said Steve Green,
vice president, Policy, Government and Public Affairs at Chevron. 'We
understand that California will never maintain its leadership without
world-class education, and that our company cannot maintain its
leadership without a world-class, well-educated work force.?
'Chevron is committed to improving education and economic development in
California, which we believe is the cornerstone of our state′s
competitiveness,? added Green. 'We do this by supporting nonprofits that
offer innovative approaches to enhance education, foster economic
development and improve vocational training.?
'We recognize that business success is deeply linked to society′s
progress,? said Chairman and Chief Executive Officer John Watson. 'Our
investments in communities ? developed in partnership with those
communities ? also are investments in the long-term success of our
company.?
Chevron′s ninth annual Corporate Responsibility Report demonstrates
Chevron′s focus on creating mutual benefit and shared progress in seven
geographic areas where some of its most important projects are located.
The company also achieved its safest year in company history, reduced
its total energy consumption by 33 percent compared with 1992 levels,
and invested $197 million in communities around the world, according to
the company's 2010 Corporate Responsibility Report issued today.
'Energy is essential to human progress ? it creates jobs, fuels
innovation and powers virtually every element of the global economy,?
added Watson. 'Providing that energy safely, reliably and economically
is a great responsibility that we take seriously.?
For more information read the full 2010 Corporate Responsibility Report
at www.chevron.com/corporateresponsibility.
Chevron is one of the world′s leading integrated energy companies, with
subsidiaries that conduct business worldwide. The company is involved in
virtually every facet of the energy industry. Chevron explores for,
produces and transports crude oil and natural gas; refines, markets and
distributes transportation fuels and lubricants; manufactures and sells
petrochemical products; generates power and produces geothermal energy;
provides energy efficiency solutions; and develops the energy resources
of the future, including biofuels. Chevron is based in San Ramon, Calif.
More information about Chevron is available at www.chevron.com.
Chevron
Brent Tippen, +1-925-842-0456
Brent.Tippen@chevron.com
