Sustainability

CSR Program

CSR

Our Approach

PPGPL’s external CSR programme captures a range of activities that have been developed for 3 major communities – Fence-line (immediate surrounding communities), Pipeline (communities neighbouring our natural gas pipeline) and National. The majority of these programmes can be categorised in one of the following areas:

Community

Safety

Health and Wellness

Vulnerable Groups

Environment

Education

CSR

An Integrated Approach

By having an integrated approach to CSR, PPGPL ensures the sustainability of not just its business, but the society within which it operates as a whole.

What do we believe?

PPGPL believes that we have a duty of care to the members of the communities within which we operate and work to ensure that all of us have a bright and sustainable future.

How does PPGPL define CSR

Corporate Social Responsibility for PPGPL is a business strategy focused on social, environmental and economic development. It involves the company’s demonstration of its responsibility to its internal stakeholder- its employees, and to its external stakeholders ranging from regulators to communities. By having an integrated approach to CSR, PPGPL ensures the sustainability of not just its business, but the society within which it operates as a whole.

We use a collaborative model of community engagement by understanding the concerns and issues of communities through community needs assessments. In so doing, projects are developed and delivered based on what specific communities identify as important to them.

We also partner with non-governmental organizations to deliver essential services to those most in need.

CSR Project

United Way Day of Caring

For United Way’s Day of Caring 2024, we partnered with the National Centre for Persons with Disability to establish a home garden at the Centre in San Fernando. Twenty of our employee volunteers and graduate trainees participated in planting 28 species of herbs, vegetables and fruit trees donated by PPGPL.

Working alongside the students of the centre for a few hours, we braved the scorching morning sun and emersed ourselves in gardening for a cause. In the end, we laid down over 1,000 plants. When mature, some of the produce will be consumed by the Centre, while others will be sold as part of the institution’s income-generating activities.

PPGPL has supported the NCPD for several years, through annual bursaries and the construction of the wheelchair wing in 2009.

CSR Project

Gift to the Nation

One of the company’s largest national CSR initiatives is branded Gift to the Nation. This project is tied to the company’s safety performance, of no lost workday case for 12 consecutive months. The Gift to the Nation (GTTN) program was established in 1997 and employees have an opportunity to contribute project ideas which may be used to frame a national project.

Over the years, we have delivered several Gift to the Nation projects targeting a wide range of issues and interest groups such as health and wellness, road safety, the elderly, low-income housing, addiction, security and disaster preparedness.