As a top-tier enterprise in Taiwan, we are also an everyday-life partner to the public. Contributing local people and local communities is thus prime concern. Apart from implement environmental and ecological protection and pollution prevention around the complex or a mine, we proactively communicate and maintain two-way exchange with local communities to create a more harmonious commune life with them. When organizing charitable activities, we invite local residents to join us, in order to contribute to society and create sustainable value with us.
With nearly 2,000 branch and franchised petrol stations, we are a great partner to communities. Branch gas stations are even the hub for us to demonstrate local influence. In 2018, branched gas stations organized the following charitable activities:
On April 22, 2018, all 100 branched gas stations across Taiwan encouraged citizens to redeem tree seedlings with uniform invoices (receipts) or waste batteries. It donated 20,000 seedlings in coordination with Earth Day promotion.
In recent years, we have been proactively discussing collaborative sales with local farmers’ associations and local agricultural authorities.
From June 1st 2018 to July 31st 2018. We collaborated with Syinlu Social Welfare Foundation Hongdao Senior Citizens’ Welfare Foundation Child Welfare League Foundation. During the event time, we linked up with 1,685 CPC gas stations across Taiwan to convert points accumulated by members from filling into charity for members to choose the recipients of donation, in order to give the most substantial assistance to those in need of help.
We began organizing joint mountain cleanup and beach cleanup activities since 2013. Over the past six years, past and present chairpersons and presidents participated in these activities in person to realize the charity commitment of enterprises. Nearly 700 people attended the beach cleanup of Guantang, Taoyuan. Nearly 3,000 people participated in the mountain cleanup and hiking activities in Taipei, Taichung, Kaohsiung, and Hualien.
Promote social welfare, shorten the urban-rural digital divide, regenerate computers, and promote e-learning. Donated 361 regeneration computers in 2018.
On November 30, 2018, we participated in the “2018 Maker Party”, Taiwan’s largest parent-child DIY innovation platform. The theme area is Smart Green Energy Station. We sponsored 60 students of Shueili Elementary School in Nantou to join the event in Taipei.
The 2018 summer camp began on the first week of the summer break. It started with the “five-day and four-night” youth instructor training. We recruited 195 college and university students and trained them in two sessions. From learning the knowledge of the summer camp courses, building team understanding, drilling interaction with students, and handling unexpected situations, trained instructors help them develop various abilities progressively before they are able to accompany elementary school students to enjoy a summer camp across Taiwan. Every day of these five-day training camps challenged the extremes of the enthusiastic youth. To give students a solid, safe, and joyful summer camp, many instructors continued drilling and could not get enough sleep.
From 8 am to 8 pm every day, college and university students turned from total strangers to friends. In the training courses, they learned about energy and petrochemical products. Through group recreation and understanding, they built teamwork. Many instructors were first-time trainees. Although some were expectant and worried at the same time, and others were passionate and creative, they did the same thing in the emotional hour on the last evening: cheering up one another with tears and laughter at the same time. They also felt sad about this transient encounter in a gorgeous summer.
Upholding the spirit of “quality, service, and social contribution”, we have made continual improvement over the years to maintain brand image and service competitiveness. For example, we have organized the “Public Toilet Culture Forum”, “Neat and Tidy Week”, and the “Chairman Leads’ Toilet Cleanup”. In Taiwan, we have about 2,000 gas stations, including branches and franchises, making the public toilet the first impression and icon of gas stations.
Since 2017, we have installed 592 accessible toilets in 615 branch (including collaborative) gas stations across Taiwan, progressively installed electronic bidets in gas stations, and posted slogans in response to the government’s flushing toilet paper policy. We have even installed sensor waste bins in some gas stations to reduce odor and user contact and further reduce bacterial infection. Along with the remodeling of old public toilets and equipment with toilet seat covers, we invested a total of about NT$160 million in 2018. While maintaining the rights and benefits of customers and offering top-quality services, we never forget sustainability concepts including urban greening, water conservation, and waste reduction.