Over the years, CPC has been committed to employee health care, gender equality, personnel training, talent cultivation for implementing corporate governance, and internal auditing. We make efforts to the further development of risk management and forward-looking strategic planning. CPC continues to issue sustainability reports to promote communication with stakeholders through transparent and open disclosure of information. To achieve a win-win situation for the economy, environment, and society. We will continue to strengthen our core business development based on environmental protection, and develop green technologies to accumulate growth momentum and realize the sustainable vision of co-existence with the environment and harmony with the society. CPC, as an enterprise that keeps pace with the times, protects Taiwan with everyone, creating and sharing a better future.
Employees are the company's most valuable assets, and occupational safety is a prerequisite for business operation. In order to effectively reduce the risk of occupational safety and health, CPC has implemented the “Taiwan Occupational Safety and Health Management System” (TOSHMS) for many years and continues to internal and external auditing, hazard identification, risk assessment, and risk control procedures are in place to effectively prevent occupational hazards. By the end of 2020, the CNS 45001 conversion certification will be completed. At the same time, we plan to introduce new technologies (AR/VR/MR) for equipment risk detection and employee and contractor safety training. This will strengthen the overall safety of management network.
With the trend of "low-carbon, clean-up, and energy-efficient" energy consumption, the international energy industry has been restructured and transformed, while the domestic industry is also facing the challenge of carbon emissions. In order to expand the use of low-carbon energy, CPC is actively promoting major energy infrastructures, including the construction of the third LNG Receiving Terminal and the expansion of Taichung LNG Plant Phase 2 storage tank and port to increase the capacity of natural gas transportation and storage in Taiwan. Furthermore, we plan to transport natural gas to remote areas by tanker trucks and diversify LNG import sources to spread the risk and enhance the country's security of low carbon energy supply.
In line with the global trend of green energy, the government's industrial innovation plan, and the need for enterprises to upgrade and transform their operations. CPC invests in forward-looking research and development, with "energy creation, energy conservation, energy storage, and carbon reduction" as the main theme, and “green energy, green materials, and green technology” as the key elements. Our area of research includes the assessment of the potential of domestic and overseas mines, the development and application of renewable energy, environmental cleanup, and pollution remediation technologies. Besides, we are actively accelerating efficiency gains through trial mass production and diversified applications to inject new vitality into our R&D and innovation energy. It has become an engine to drive industrial restructuring and upgrading.
CPC has set GHG reduction targets in accordance with national policy. We started introducing various process improvements and energy conservation measures since 2015. In 2019, we continually reduced greenhouse gas emissions and energy consumption. We are committed to reducing pollution through our facilities and management practices, and to preventing and managing pollutants and mitigating environmental impacts under stringent environmental regulations. In recent years, CPC has been committed to maintaining the ecology of the locations where they operate and working on the ecological restoration of the fishing ports of Guantang, Datan, and Zhuwei. While promoting low-carbon energy infrastructure, we do not forget about ecological conservation to achieve co-existence and co-prosperity with the environment.
Building on the foundation of Environmental Protection, CPC continues to provide quality oil and gas products and services to create a convenient and barrier-free fueling environment for consumers. We also care for disadvantaged groups, assist in local development, and maintain good interaction with local groups and residents in pursuit of community integration. We have also established Environmental Education Parks in Kaohsiung and Miaoli, and organized activities such as Green Dragon Creativity Summer Camp to promote sustainable development to people of all ages. Moreover, we further support the development of the national elite movement for corporate social responsibility (CSR) as our self-expectation.
CPC's “Sustainable Operations Promotion Committee” was assembled in 2005. The committee oversees sustainability in four major aspects: “Environmental Protection And Ecological Conservation,” “Social Care,” “Policy and R&D” and “Environmental Accounting and Information”; it pays constant attention to sustainability trends local and abroad, contributes expertise on both strategic and operational levels, and promotes sustainability of the organization as well as the society.
The Sustainable Operations Promotion Committee is chaired by the Chairperson, with the President as the Vice Committee Chair, the DoP VP as the Secretary, and other VPs and the CEOs of the five business divisions as Committee Members. The committee has been sourcing experts and scholars from outside the organization to serve as committee members since 2008. The Sustainable Operations Promotion Committee convened 3 meetings in 2019 to discuss various proposals, and made unscheduled reports to the board of directors. The Chairperson and President supervise the committee's sustainability efforts on behalf of the board.