LyondellBasell Volunteers Turn Out in Full Force for 20th Annual Global Care Day
Sustainability efforts drive local service projects
HOUSTON and ROTTERDAM, Netherlands, Sept. 26, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- As LyondellBasell marks two decades of service projects through its annual Global Care Day program, sustainability and helping to eliminate plastic waste in our environment 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. "We moved on multiple fronts for Global Care Day taking part in a variety of activities from clean up and plastic waste collection to supporting community sustainability projects," said Bob Patel, LyondellBasell CEO. "Celebrating 20 years of giving back to our communities is a tremendous achievement and having the ability to tie some of our activities to the removal of plastic waste from the environment is a natural extension of our company's overall sustainability efforts." LyondellBasell staff, along with their families, friends and contractors joined forces to preserve and protect our environment by collecting trash in public waterways, planting trees to create new green spaces, built nature centers and more. "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. Global Care Day was one part in the ongoing actions and conversations we are taking as a corporation." Here are some of LyondellBasell's Global Care Day projects: Rayong, Thailand Rotterdam, The Netherlands Sinnar, India (APS) Corpus Christi, Texas Some of the larger sites such as Wesseling, Germany and Channelview, Texas, USA, 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 gathered at Hermann Park together to plant, landscape and paint. More than 100 LyondellBasell locations gathered their resources and dedicated their time and energy for this year's event. Media Contact: About Global Care Day On a cumulative basis, LyondellBasell mobilized approximately 33,600 volunteers who donated nearly 212,000 hours in support of their communities since the inception of Global Care Day. About LyondellBasell SOURCE LyondellBasell |