2026 Valero Report on Guiding Principles - Report - Page 24
Environment
We have made multibillion-dollar capital investments to sustain our operations as part of our commitment
to safety, reliability, preventive equipment maintenance and environmentally responsible operations for
our refineries. We have formal processes and monitoring systems designed to protect our people, our
communities and the environment. We initiate mitigative actions when environmental events are identified.
Environmental Management
Systems (EMS)
Environmental Risk Management
Valero Funds Large-Scale Wastewater
Infrastructure Project for Industrial Use in
the City of Corpus Christi
Valero is stepping up to help provide a
meaningful water solution for Corpus Christi,
Texas. Valero is funding, designing, and
constructing a multi-million-dollar wastewater
infrastructure project that includes assets which,
upon completion and commissioning, will be
transferred to the City.
This project represents a signi昀椀cant long-term
investment to repurpose municipal wastewater,
reduce demand on the city's potable water
supply, advance regional water conservation
efforts, support reliable long-term water supply
and sustain jobs in the community. Valero
remains committed to working collaboratively
with the City on long-term infrastructure
improvements that bene昀椀t the community and
strengthen operational reliability.
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Employees at each of our re昀椀neries,
ethanol plants and renewable diesel
plants are dedicated to environmental
excellence and risk mitigation. Formal risk
assessment processes, including hazard
identi昀椀cation, risk evaluation, analysis and
mitigation, are implemented at every site.
In addition, we train our employees to be
knowledgeable and quali昀椀ed to perform
duties in an environmentally responsible
manner. Our compliance team monitors
and communicates changing regulations
and helps to verify our operations comply
with legal requirements. We have processes
in place to assess the implementation and
effectiveness of operational controls and
for tracking and evaluating environmental
performance. Our programs are designed to
ensure documents are identi昀椀ed, managed
and maintained, as appropriate. Valero’s
progress on environmental management,
including strategic planning, goals and
objectives, is reviewed internally at least
annually. We engage both internal and
third-party audits in our approach to
environmental management. These
audits and veri昀椀cations are conducted to
identify the adequacy and effectiveness
of our environmental controls, regulatory
compliance and excellence vision.
Additionally, our Pembroke re昀椀nery is ISO
14001 certi昀椀ed.
Valero has well-developed management
structures that are central to our decisionmaking and risk management, including
three programs that support our
environmental management as follows:
