After decades of commitment in Taiwan, CPC has become an essential part of people's life. The organization adopts a philosophy that aims to “give back to the society,” and does so by maintaining active interaction with local organizations and residents. Apart from implement environmental and ecological protection and pollution prevention around the complex or a mine, CPC proactively communicates and maintains two-way exchange with local communities to create a more harmonious commune life with them. CPC has been contributing to charity for decades; through these efforts, the Company hopes rally more support from the public to start a cycle of decency that creates sustainable values.
Local charity donations amounted to approximately NT$370 million
Nearly 3,000 people were mobilized to mountain cleanup and hiking
As a support for the Ministry of Education's “Digital Application Promotion Project in Remote Areas” and “Digital Learning Companion Program,” CPC donated renewed computers to the list of sponsored institutions so that university students may engage children and guide them through their studies online, thereby improve learning motive and interest among children in remote areas.
With the help of International Volunteer Group at National Tsing Hua University, renewed computers were
shipped overseas for the first time to Tanzania (Africa), Kenya (Africa) and Belize (Central America) with the hope of turning the education system around.
CPC carries out overseas investment and oil exploration programs through a subsidiary called “Overseas Petroleum & Investment Co.”(OPIC). In 2019, representatives from CPC and OPIC Africa Corporation paid visit to the village where two of the girls had previously sought medical assistance in Taiwan. The visitors were welcomed by villagers young and old upon arrival, who waved the OPIC flag and greeted them cheering “OPIC GO! GO! GO!”
In 2016, CPC led Taiwan Root Medical Peace Corps, a voluntary medical service team comprising 26 professional medical staff and volunteers, to perform voluntary medical service at Benoy and Bebalem, two areas that are close to the Company's oil field in Chad, Africa. Two of the girls were found to have suffered from severe cleft lip/palate and severe burn injury on the fingers that could only be treated with surgery. An arrangement was then made to have the patients, family members and interpreters visit Taiwan for treatment, which CPC agreed to cover transportation, food and accommodation expenses whereas the treatment was arranged by the Taiwan Root Medical Peace Corps with Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and paid for by the Noordhoff Craniofacial Foundation. Through this gesture, CPC fulfilled its commitment to narrow the medical divide for the underprivileged, and helped raise Taiwan's visibility in the world. The terms “OPIC” and “Taiwan” have since been imprinted in many people's minds in Chad.
CPC has donated stationery to top-performing students in schools near southern oil field on many occasions. Donations were also made to schools to help local students study. In July 2019, representatives from OPIC Africa Corporation revisited the school, it had founded to donate stationery supplies and soccer balls. They were greeted by the principal, the tribal chief, students and hundreds of villages and were invited to a soccer game at the school yard. The principal even taught students the French way of saying “Thank you, OPIC!”
OPIC's African office continues to drill water wells for villages near the oil field. “OPIC expects to construct 5 water wells for the most water-deprived villages this year. There are even some remotely located villages that have no excess to water wells at all, and villagers have to walk miles to draw water from other villages each day,” said Hsiang-Cheng Lin, Vice President of OPIC at the time. “Helping the most resource-deprived villages is the least CPC can do as part of its mining operation here.”
As the leader of Taiwan's energy and petrochemical industries, CPC recognizes the vital role it plays in energy transformation of the current era, and actively promotes energy education to prepare the next generation for the challenges ahead. Since 2013, CPC has been organizing summer camps named the “Green Dragon Creativity Summer Camp,” hoping to educate children about the importance of environmental sustainability. By offering more resources and inspiration to children, we equip children with a bond between petrochemical industry and daily life.
“Green Dragon Creativity Summer Camp” is inspired by four core values: “environmental education,” “care for the underprivileged,” “youth empowerment” and “creative learning.” In order to give more children the opportunity participate in summer camp and accumulate and pass on the knowledge they learn, CPC made a bold attempt by incorporating a counselor training system into “Green Dragon Creativity Summer Camp,” which recruits and trains college students from all corners of the nation. Over 7 years, nearly 1,200 college youths took on the role of counselor and guided more than 22,000 elementary students through summer camp activities, bringing joyful summer memory to children from remote areas and disadvantaged families. The summer camp also educates participants on green energy, so that they may learn and grow to become pioneers of the next energy movement.
The 2019 “Green Dragon Creativity Summer Camp” continued the foundation of previous summer camps and introduced new transformations with more pro-active and feasible actions and plans that further enhanced the brand image of “Green Dragon Creativity Summer Camp.” The spirit of “Opening door to the future” was incorporated into this year's event to expand value of the summer camp while at the same time demonstrate CPC's creative energy and improve corporate image.