(officially company statement & supplied images)
As LyondellBasell marks two decades of service projects through its annual Global Care Day program, sustainability takes center stage on many of the global efforts. Five thousand employees, their families and other volunteers rolled up their sleeves to leave a positive and lasting impact in the communities where they operate, including the LyondellBasell Clinton Complex.
Focusing on efforts to preserve and protect our environment, volunteers spent time at Gateway Area Community Center focusing on building a new greenhouse, installing energy efficient air window units, replacing lights with LED tube lights, along with various other repair and cleanup activities.
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Other global projects include:
Rayong, Thailand
Employees, contractors and friends collected garbage on Laem Chareon Beach in Rayong, Thailand. The cleanup effort is part of an educational campaign in waste management for employees.
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Employees and volunteers in Rotterdam spend time at Vroesenpark in Blijdorp, Rotterdam where they collected garbage, helping to revitalize a popular park.
Sinnar, India (APS)
With a goal of putting 400 trees in the ground, planting occurred on Vavala Mountain Gurudatta Trust and Janta Vidyalaya School. There was also an educational piece to help showcase the value of giving back to the ecosystem by keeping the environment clean.
Corpus Christi, Texas
This team had a long to-do list including constructing large bird housing for rehabilitation and cleaning up debris on the Port Aransas jetties and St. Joseph’s Island which is often overlooked in clean-up efforts because it is only accessible by boat. The staff also assisted in the release of a rehabilitated sea turtle.
“All of us should be committed as citizens, as companies and a society to truly making a difference and delivering on that commitment for future generations,” said Jim Seward, LyondellBasell senior vice president, Sustainability, Technology and Research and Development. “I am proud of our continued efforts to think differently, reduce our environmental footprint and understand how our efforts can make a difference on a larger scale. Today was one part in the ongoing actions and conversations we are taking as a corporation.”
Some of the larger sites such as Wesseling, Germany and Channelview, Texas, USA, have organized multiple projects and this was the first year for the former A. Schulman locations to take part. In Akron, Ohio, USA, volunteers picked up litter and removed hazards along the popular Freedom Trail. In Houston, the company’s operations headquarter office shifted their Global Care Day efforts to focus on sustainability. The team of approximately 300 volunteers will gather at Hermann Park together to plant,
