Giving back to the community is core to our businesses, both domestically and internationally. We support our local communities by providing our time and resources to improve the lives of our neighbors. Our goal is to have 100% of
our sites engaged with communities in meaningful ways specific to their locations by 2022.
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In January 2020 we received a “White Flag, Green Star Award” from the Director of Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand as a result of our good governance and social responsibilities.
The Eco Services Baytown plant actively supports its local schools, the local police department and the local Community Advisory Panel, donating over 100 volunteer hours and over $8,000 in monetary equivalent donations, supplies
and meals in 2019 alone.
We donate aluminum cans, glass, and plastic bottles to local schools in Thailand, which they resell to recyclers to support their schools.
The Baytown and Houston plants also have six employees who serve as volunteer firefighters and are often called to help the community. In March 2019, they used their skills to help extinguish a huge storage tank fire at the neighboring
Intercontinental Terminals Company in three days, reducing the environmental impact of the blaze.
In Brownwood, Texas, United States, we support the Aldersgate Enrichment Center, which employs disabled individuals, by sending recyclable materials for them to sort and sell to other recycling facilities to support employee salaries.
Since 1996 our Refining Services Houston, Texas plant has recognized outstanding achievement by awarding a merit-based, four-year scholarship to a deserving student from a neighborhood near our facility.
In Baton Rouge, Louisiana our employees have helped to rebuild homes devastated by flooding in 2016.
In Toronto, Canada, the team provided funding to support a local Special Olympics swim team and prepared and delivered lunches for the homeless.
Our dedicated Performance Chemicals employees in Jacana and Rio Claro, Brazil, have lent support to local mural projects and have volunteered to upgrade nursing home and school facilities.