Staff Reporter :
Chevron the largest producer of natural gas in Bangladesh kicked off a tree plantation drive at Gulshan Central Park on Monday marking the World Environment Day-2016.
Chevron Bangladesh President, Kevin Lyon inaugurated the event, which was attended by senior management and staff’s from its Dhaka headquarters. Among others its Operations Director, Gordon Murray and External Affairs Director, Naser Ahmed was also present.
As a part of Chevron Bangladesh’s ongoing efforts in the area of environmental stewardship, the company has been involved in tree plantation drives since 2005. Over the past eight years, over 130, 000 timber-yielding, fruit-bearing and medicinal saplings have been planted in different areas near its three gas plants in the North-East of the country.
“Environmental stewardship has always been one of Chevron’s core values, and World Environment Day presents an excellent opportunity to demonstrate that. Whenever possible, we’ve always encouraged our employees to take part in our corporate responsibility initiatives. And they’ve always enthusiastically stepped forward to help-whether it’s through planting trees in and around our gas plants, donating blood at our annual donation drives, or by building homes for the underprivileged with Habitat for Humanity,” said Kevin Lyon, President Chevron Bangladesh.
The event was led from the front by the Bangladesh chapter of Chevron’s XYZ group-an employee network to connect, develop and inspire Chevron’s workforce.
