VolunteerismRead about Valero employees' contributions and donatons in the communities where Valero has operations. |
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Texas Environmental Excellence Award went to the Valero McKee Refinery in 2013 for the company's wind farm, which operates as Sunray Wind, presented by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. The 33-turbine, 50-megawatt wind farm is capable of powering the McKee Refinery, with any excess power going to a local utility. The wind farm won in the Technical/Technology category for reducing reliance on conventional power sources.
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Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality and the Louisiana Chapter of the Air and Waste Management Association awarded the Valero St. Charles Refinery for its catalytic cracker conversion project that reduced overall facility air emissions and eliminated thousands of tons of waste catalyst generated annually.
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has recognized the Valero St. Charles and Port Arthur refineries under its National Partnership for Environmental Priorities (NPEP) program, in which the refineries voluntarily committed to recycle oily material in their petroleum coker operations.
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Quebec's recycling program, Recyc-Quebec, recognized the Jean Gaulin Refinery for reaching its highest "Performance" level in reusing, recycling, upgrading or reducing in quantity more than 80 percent of its plant trash and debris.
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- Valero's Houston Refinery won the Distinguished Safety Award for 2011 from American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers, formerly National Petrochemical & Refiners Association (NPRA). It is AFPM's most prestigious recognition.
- Nine U.S. Valero refineries are "Star Sites," prestigious safety recognitions under Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP) of the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA). Valero represents about one-third of VPP Star Sites in the U.S. Since 2004, Valero has reduced refinery employee injury rates by 46 percent.
- Valero's Corpus Christi Asphalt Terminal also holds a VPP Star designation.
- Twenty-five of Valero's refinery contractors were Star Site-approved at the end of 2011.
- While Valero's Jean Gaulin Refinery in Quebec is not subject to OSHA regulation, it earned an internal "VPP Star" after passing a first-of-its-kind, VPP-style audit by an independent team of professionals trained by OSHA.
- Six U.S. Valero facilities in 2011 won at least one award, and a total of 12 awards overall, from American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers for safety performance the previous year. The awards recognize facilities for going the longest periods without employee-lost-workday injuries, reducing recordable injuries and maintaining low injury incidence rates.
- In rail safety, five major rail companies -- CSX Transportation, Union Pacific, Burlington Northern Santa Fe, Norfolk Southern and Canadian National -- have recognized Valero with prestigious safety awards for four consecutive years.
- Canadian Pacific Railway awarded Chemical Shipper Safety Awards to four Valero Renewables plants -- at Aurora, S.D.; Charles City and Hartley, Iowa; and Welcome, Minn. -- recognizing efforts of the plants' Shipping and Receiving departments for excellence in transportation safety.
- Valero Renewables-Fort Dodge earned a safety award in 2011 for Incident Rate Excellence from the Iowa-Illinois Safety Council, for demonstrating outstanding achievement in accident prevention during 2010 with an incident rate lower than the national average for its industry. The council is a chapter of the National Safety Council.
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- Valero ranks No. 7 among all petroleum refiners in Fortune's "World's Most Admired" companies in 2012, and is No. 3 among U.S. refiners
- For nine consecutive years, Valero ranked among the nation's best employers on Fortune magazine’s listing of the 100 Best Companies to Work For.
- Valero ranked No. 1 on Fortune magazine's listing of the nation's Best Big Companies to Work For two consecutive years.
- Valero's corporate wellness program was recognized by the San Antonio Business Group on Health, in collaboration with the Mayor's Fitness Council, as part of the 2012 Healthy Workplace Recognition Program
- Valero's Retail operation won a 2009 Outstanding Technology Implementation Award from Convenience Store News, recognizing its swift and successful technology integration of 62 former Albertson's convenience stores into its network.
- Convenience Store/Petroleum magazine honored Valero as Outstanding Employer in 2008. The company also was named 2006 Convenience Store Chain of the Year by Convenience Store Decisions magazine.
- Ultramar Ltd., Valero’s Canadian arm, has been named one of Canada's 50 Best Employers for four years by human resources firm Hewitt Associates.
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Valero knows that being a good operator also means being a good neighbor. The company demonstrates that through a variety of philanthropic efforts, volunteer activities and educational support programs, including its recent donations to Feed the Children. |
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Read Valero's Social Responsibility Report to learn how the company puts into action its commitments to excellence in health and safety, the environment, community support, employee initiatives and corporate governance. |
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