CPC has service locations deployed throughout the nation, making it an ideal neighbor and partner to local residents. CPC builds this advantage by maintaining productive interaction with local communities and organizations, as well as contributes back to the neighborhood. In addition, CPC holds various charity activities and promotes environmental education and sports sponsorship to fulfill its social care spirits.
Fighting COVID-19 with the communities
In 2020, CPC is committed to implementing measures in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to internal efforts to promote caution during the outbreak, CPC also implemented a series of oil and gas price relief measures to ensure the health of the general public, and to contribute to the economy.
Highlights：Oil and Gas Relief Program
LPG price adjustment
Reduction in natural gas fee
Taxi fuel subsidy program
Considering the impact of the COVID-19 on the domestic industry and the public economy, in order to reduce the burden of the general public and joint prevent pandemic, the underpricing part was temporarily absorbed by CPC. Therefore, the accumulative impact was up to NT$3.5 billion in 2020.
In order to comply with the government's policy, CPC established the "Interim Guidelines to Assist Natural Gas Industrial Users in Stable Operation in Response to the COVID-19", according to which the reduction in natural gas fee and the increase in project investment amount had an accumulative impact of NT$ 23.59 million in 2020.
In line with the Ministry of Transportation and Communications' "Operating Guidelines on Fuel Subsidies for Taxis Affected by the COVID-19", CPC assisted in the implementation of a taxi fuel subsidy program to provide relief measures in response to the COVID-19 from April to September. The monthly subsidy of NT$2,000 for refueling and refueling of registered taxis had been paid for a total of 6 months, with the total subsidy costs of approximately NT$700 million. In addition, CPC also prepared the special application form and taxi discount card. Starting from October, a cash deposit of NT$500 may enjoy a 5% bonus.
Social Welfare
After decades of commitment in Taiwan, CPC has become an essential part of people's life. CPC advocates a philosophy that aims to “taken from the community, giving back to the society” by maintaining active interaction with local organizations and residents. Apart from implementing environmental and ecological protection and pollution prevention around the plants or mines, CPC proactively communicates and maintains two-way exchange with local communities to create a more harmonious community. CPC has been contributing to charity for decades; through these efforts, the Company hopes to combine more support from the public to start a cycle of decency that creates sustainable values.
Social Welfare Three Major Policies and Action Plans
Care for the underprivileged in the community and spread love and warmth to every corner of society
Action Plan
Successful donation activities
CPC actively advocates blood donation and continues to address the shortage in blood supply by supporting local blood centers' call for “blood donation as a life-saving act.” Outstanding blood donation units are commended during CPC's anniversary celebration each year. Achievement: 12,041 person-times (18,030 bags) in 2020, including the hosts, employees and their dependents, and community residents, participated enthusiastically in the blood donation, which amounted to a high record of 4.5075 million c.c. of blood
Sales collaboration for agricultural and fishery products
Four purchases of agricultural product were made in 2020, including 325 kilograms of peanuts in March, 1,500 kilograms of lychees in June, 13,350 kilograms of bananas in October, and 6,000 kilograms of mountain bananas in December. Amid serious losses caused by sluggish sales of fishery products due to the COVID-19 pandemic, CPC offered to help fishermen’s associations by purchasing 10,680 Yongan groupers and donated them to underprivileged families and social welfare groups in neighboring areas.
Donation for the underprivileged in society
CPC actively maintains good interaction with local communities and residents. In 2020, CPC also subsidized a total of 5,604 events, including educational and cultural activities, scholarships, emergency relief, low income household support, welfare for the elderly and people with disabilities, local festivals, local sports and entertainment, and residents’ gatherings, in total of NT$447 million. CPC is also committed to assisting in local development and caring for underprivileged groups, with a view to fulfilling corporate social responsibility.
2020 Mother's Day Charity Event
In response to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on local industries and underprivileged groups, CPC organized the 2020 Mother's Day Charity Event in May 2020 in partnership with the Syin-Lu Social Welfare Foundation and local florists for the first time as part of its corporate social responsibility to help underprivileged groups and the flower industry tide over the pandemic through concrete actions and show care for female employees who are mothers.
Encourage employees to provide financial assistance to disadvantaged children
With a long-standing reputation of fulfilling its corporate social responsibility, CPC has been working with World Vision Taiwan since 2010 to rally employees into donating NT$1,000 per month to disadvantaged children in the country. So far, CPC's initiative has benefited 203 children, enabling them to go to school, study at ease, and have a healthy and happy childhood. A total of NT$2.436 million was donated in 2020.
Donation of refurbished computers
Apart from donating to underprivileged groups, CPC proactively contacted Fu Jen Catholic University, the operation center of the Ministry of Education's "Digital Application Promotion Project in Remote Areas," to assist in donation matchmaking due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, so as to provide refurbished computers to schools in remote areas for the purpose of remote learning. CPC will constantly implement the " Digital Application Promotion Project in Remote Areas " to assist rural children to achieve " Continual Learning" during the pandemic.
Committed to promoting greening and implement sustainable land development with concrete actions
The green living project of the CPC Water Refill Operation
In response to the "National Green Living Policy" promoted by the Environmental Protection Administration, Executive Yuan, CPC became the first state-owned enterprise in Taiwan to support the water refill operation by launching the green living solution of the CPC Water Refill Operation, where the general public can search for water refill locations among 50 locations provided by CPC throughout Taiwan, including gas stations and office buildings. By downloading the "Water Refill Map" app on their smartphones at the end of November 2020, they can refill drinking water with their own containers, thereby engaging in plastic reduction with concrete actions.
Beach cleanup event
CPC has organized a beach cleanup event titled "Guantang Cleanup in Salute to the Sea" near the third LNG Receiving Terminal for three consecutive years. In 2020, a total of 300 people, including employees and their dependents as well as neighborhood residents, participated in this event, where they not only picked up garbage in the area, but more importantly conveyed the idea of "reducing" garbage. Apart from hoping for a clean environment, CPC also looks forward to spreading the idea of loving the ocean and protecting Taiwan while becoming a good neighbor to local residents in hopes of creating a habitat suitable for the restoration of little terns.
Promote energy education to light up dreams with knowledge
CPC has built 6 exhibition museums with different themes across Taiwan, namely the CPC Petroleum Discovery Museum in Taipei City; Taiwan Oil Field Exhibition Hall in Gongguan Township, Miaoli County; the Exploration and Mining Technology Exhibition Hall in Miaoli City, Miaoli County; the Refining & Manufacturing Research Exhibition Hall in Chiayi City; the Gas for Life Museum in Yong'an District, Kaohsiung City; and the Refinery Exhibition Hall in Nanzi District, Kaohsiung City. The exhibition contents range from petroleum exploration, refining, LNG, research and development to energy diversification, as well as cover the history of the petroleum industry and the chronology of technological development, thereby anchoring the cultural path of the petroleum industry in Taiwan. Moreover, the Oil Field Exhibition Hall and the Kaohsiung Refinery Environmental Education Park have been granted certification for environmental education sites as they raise public awareness and values of environmental protection through the design and experience of energy and environment courses.
International Influence
Highlights: Taiwan secures a foothold in Chad with great love
Neighborhood engagement with sincerity and good faith brings help and support The Chad exploration blocks is the first project for CPC to be the operator. Over the years, CPC has deployed a wide variety of professionals and different generations of oilmen to carry out operations in this location, thereby creating a new milestone in overseas exploration and production for CPC since its founding 40 years ago. CPC is committed to fulfilling the spirit of CSR to care for the disadvantaged and improving the local water resources and medical environment while promoting the business in Chad.
In 2020, CPC helped to drill ten water wells for the most water-deprived villages and donated daily necessities, such as milk powder and nutritious foods and liquid soap, assisting in building eight schools for villages near its oil field to support local children's education. Different from the traditional classrooms built with thatch, the classrooms are made of low-rise buildings made of cement bricks, and the school buildings can be called the most luxurious school there or in the area. CPC under the name of OPIC Africa assisted the "Chad Education Assistance Program" of Taiwan Great Hearts Social Welfare Association in donating whiteboards, desks and chairs in schools in each province, showing the social awareness of the community of CPC’s plants and residents. In the future, CPC will continue to maintain friendly relations with the communities and to strengthen the promotion of underprivileged care; coexist and prosper with residents; and let the world feel the love and power of Taiwan by charity events.
Environmental Education
At the CPC Petroleum Discovery Museum, visitors can experience the presence of petroleum deep in the stratum for millions of years as well as the lifetime of petroleum, including oil exploration, refining, transportation, and applications, through immersive technology. In addition, visitors can learn about the past and present of petroleum and sustainable new energy sources while personally experiencing thousands of possible applications of petroleum in various scenarios, such as gas stations, families, streets, supermarkets, and laboratories. Visitors can also witness the gradual transformation of the black gold from germination to an oil energy giant. Filled with knowledge, the immersive five-sensory experience of the development of new energy sources is suitable for not only education visits from schools, but also parent-child tours.
The CPC Petroleum Discovery Museum plays the role of corporate showcase for CPC. The museum welcomed over 20,000 visitors in 2020, thereby serving as a discovery area for parent-child learning. Moreover, the museum joined as a member of the Chinese Association of Museums in 2020, which enables it to obtain professional consultation services from museums, thereby promoting mutual assistance among museums.
The CPC Kaohsiung Refinery Environmental Education Park uses the old site of the Kaohsiung Refinery, the Business Area, and Mount Banping as an environmental education site. The core concept of the curricula in the park mainly revolves around oil refining and oil energy management. However, it combined with the history, humanities, and culture of the fuel workshop of Japan's 6th Navy and the natural ecosystem of Mount Banping. Curriculum modules targeting adults have been developed, including three curricula, namely "Petroleum, Economy, and the Environment," "Between Height and Thickness," and "Never-Ending." The curriculum design allows students to experience the beauty of the natural ecosystem in the park while learning the history of economic development and environmental protection in Taiwan. In addition, students can learn about the meaning of environmental justice, sustainability and be aware of changes in the Earth's environment. Through the course, students are also provided with the knowledges of the limitations of fossil energy, limestones, and minerals, so that they can adopt a simple life, practice green consumption and energy conservation, and cherish and maintain the Earth's resources. The park was granted certification for environmental education sites in 2018.
Located in the Chuhuangkeng area of Kaigong, Gongguan Township, Miaoli County, this place is where the first sighting of oil took place in Taiwan. It is also the oldest oil field remaining in production in the world. In order to record the history of the oil field from exploration to production, the exhibition contained the history and evolution of oil exploration in Taiwan through precious documents and historical materials and relics. CPC established the Oil Field Exhibition Hall in 1981, which was rebuilt and renamed "Taiwan Oil Field Exhibition Hall" in 1990.
Having been granted certification for environmental education facilities in 2017, the exhibition hall is divided into seven exhibition areas based on various themes, including "Taiwan Oil Field and Chuhuangkeng," "Oil and Gas Generation and Exploration," "Oil and Gas Drilling, Production and Processing," "Oil and Gas Pipelines," "Offshore and Overseas Exploration," "Sustainable Development," and "Chuhuangkeng Local Scenery," VR tour brings visitors back to Chuhuangkeng in the 1960s. Introducing how oil is drilled and gathered through interactive multimedia, while showing CPC's history in oil exploration. In addition to being an edutainment and recreational place for the public, the exhibition hall also houses remnants of the Chuhuangkeng area.
In line with government policies and in response to urban development and rising population density, the Kaohsiung Refinery officially moved out in 2015. The refinery covered an area of 253 hectares, which far exceeded the definition of a single building. The shutdown caused various issues, such as document preservation, land pollution and remediation, urban development, industry transformation, national development policy, local residents, and regulatory coopetition. In order to determine the potential cultural asset value of the building, the Ministry of Culture and the Bureau of Cultural Affairs of the Kaohsiung City Government jointly assessed and reviewed the potential of the building. As of 2020, one area within the refinery area was designated as a municipal heritage, while 40 areas in the refinery area were registered as historical buildings. The Kaohsiung Refinery involved the largest cultural heritage review in terms of scale and the widest designated preservation area in Kaohsiung City. As more buildings and facilities are being preserved, the transformation and revitalization of the refinery will become more challenging in the future. Of the 41 heritage and historical buildings designated by the Cultural Heritage Review Committee, up to 36 have been proposed by CPC for preservation out of its own volition. Therefore, as state-owned enterprise in Taiwan that has set up a cultural heritage preservation and revitalization department, CPC has shown its dedication and vision for cultural heritage preservation with the aim of giving cultural heritage a new life.
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