2025 Valero Report on Guiding Principles - Flipbook - Page 45
Introduction
Safety
Environment
Community
People
Governance
Appendix
Volunteerism is Part of Valero’s Culture
133,850 Employee Volunteer Hours in 2024
Mexico City – Valero volunteers planted 420 native
trees for a natural forest reforestation project,
in collaboration with local organizations and
communities in Tepozán, Ajusco. The program
promotes forest management by generating income
for the local communities responsible for their upkeep,
helping them conserve ecosystems by offering
sustainable, nature-based activities. All planted trees
receive maintenance (weeding, pruning) for the 昀椀rst
two years until they are established. The trees are
georeferenced and monitored to measure growth.
Lima, Peru – In partnership with TECHO, a
nonpro昀椀t partner that builds and improves
homes for families in need, Valero volunteers built
three houses and water tanks in Callao, Peru.
Montreal, Canada –
Valero volunteers
designed and installed a new
automatic irrigation system at
the Montreal East Community
Gardens to ensure optimal
water management in the
gardens, which supplied more
than 2,000 pounds of fresh
fruit and vegetables to the
Action Secours Vie d'Espoir food
bank. Valero was one of the
companies that initially helped
create the gardens in 2018.
McKee (Dumas), Texas – In collaboration with
Snack Pak 4 Kids, Valero volunteers packed more
than 8,000 weekend food supplements, known as
“Snack Pak” bags. Snack Pak bags are distributed
by local schools to students identi昀椀ed by their
teachers as experiencing food insecurity during
the weekend, helping them to be ready to learn on
Mondays.
Pembroke, U.K. – Valero partnered with VC Gallery, a
local veteran and mental health nonpro昀椀t, to create
and maintain a special garden space for veterans and
the community. This project not only creates a green
space where people can relax, but also enhances the
biodiversity of the site, supporting wildlife and pollinators.
Meraux, Louisiana – Valero volunteers sponsored
and chaired the Invention Convention at eight
local elementary schools in St. Bernard Parish.
Fifth-grade students were challenged to create
an invention that either solved a real-world
problem or improved upon an existing invention.
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