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STRATEGY
LOW-CARBON
ENVIRONMENT
SAFETY
COMMUNITY
Volunteerism is a Core Component of our
Culture – More than 117,500 Global Volunteer
Hours in 2022
From building homes, assembling
beds and distributing food, to
planting trees and vegetation, our
employees help build stronger
communities through their
generous sharing of their time and
talents.
Valero Volunteer Councils
at local sites organize
employee volunteer activities
throughout the year. Over the
past decade, our employees
around the globe provided
more than 1.3 million hours of
volunteer service.
United Way Day of Caring
Our commitment
to United Way
organizations
goes beyond
providing funding.
Our employees
participate in volunteer activities
throughout the year, including the
United Way’s Annual Day of Caring.
Port Arthur, Texas – Valero
volunteers brought local students
from Washington Elementary to
Pembroke,
U.K.
the West Port Arthur Community
Garden. Students learned about
the importance of worms in the
ecosystem through books and
hands-on experience.
Meraux, Louisiana – Valero
volunteers painted rooms and
made repairs at the Family Violence
Prevention Center.
Wilmington, California – Valero
volunteers planted lemon and
orange trees along with a variety
of herbs and flowers to create a
community garden at the local
YMCA.
Mexico City, Mexico – Valero
employees from the Mexico City
office recently partnered with Fondo
Unido-United Way México. Valero
volunteers traveled to the rural town
of Piedra Grande where they helped
build ecological toilets, water tanks
and two vegetable gardens.
Bloomingburg, Ohio – Valero
volunteers from our Bloomingburg
ethanol plant helped create an onsite vegetable garden with raised
beds. Harvested vegetables will be
donated to help feed those in need.
PEOPLE
GOVERNANCE
Quebec, Canada – Valero Energy
Foundation of Canada Golf
Classic raised a net amount
of nearly $277,000. The funds
were distributed to about 20
local agencies near the Valero
Quebec Refinery, the Montreal
East Terminal and along the Saint
Laurent pipeline.
Callao, Peru – Valero volunteers
built 11 garbage containers made
of donated recycled iron to help
reduce trash in the community of
Marques.
Pembroke, U.K. – In front of
hundreds of spectators, the
Pembrokeshire County Rugby
Football Club (RFC) hosted the
Valero RFC team in a grueling
match. In 2022, organizers raised
thousands of dollars for the
Pembrokeshire Cancer Support
Group, which provides support to
those in the community battling
cancer.
Our employees currently
serve on more than 320
nonprofit/civic boards around
the world that address a
wide variety of needs to help
strengthen communities.
Wilmington,
California
ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL AND GOVERNANCE REPORT •
Callao,
Peru
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