ISSUE 3 JUNE 2021
OUR COVID-19
CSR RESPONSE continues
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) continues to be an important area of focus for Heritage Petroleum. Over the last year, the company’s CSR thrust was aimed primarily at providing relief to its communities that were impacted by COVID-19 in the areas of technology and education. Since our last issue, the company has focused on continuing its distribution of computers in support of online learning in the wake of COVID-19. To date, the company has donated 500 computers through its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative. Among the many recipients was the Children’s Authority, which collected 20 computers in April 2021. The devices will be utilised by students under the Authority’s care to continue with their educational pursuits online. In April, the company also distributed additional computers to students belonging to secondary schools in its fenceline communities including: • Rancho Quemado Primary School • Mafeking Government Primary School • Barrakpore West Secondary School • Fyzabad Secondary School • Guayaguayare Secondary School • Mayaro Secondary School • Penal Secondary School • Vessigny Secondary School April was a busy month for Heritage with respect to CSR as it extended its focus beyond education and technology to include the environment, safety and music literacy. On 12 April 2021, the company signed a
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sponsorship agreement with the Pointe-a-Pierre Wild Fowl Trust (WFT) to the tune of TT$1 million. This subvention covers a two-year period and will go towards offsetting expenses associated with managing the WFT. The Trust is dedicated to environmental education and conservation of wetlands and waterfowl and its mission aligns with Heritage’s Corporate Social Responsibility Policy and its larger Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) strategy. The company signed a second agreement on 12 April 2021, this time with Coalition Against Domestic Violence (CADV) to donate TT$100,000 to support the Coalition as part of its ESG programme. The CADV provides services and programmes aimed at ensuring that children, women, and men live in an environment free from physical, emotional, sexual, and psychological violence. Finally, in April, Heritage supported music literacy through a donation to the Diatonic Steelpan Institute to aid registered students to write their online music literacy exams. Now, more than ever, the values of generosity, compassion and kindness are important in easing some of the suffering that many are experiencing at the hands of COVID-19. We at Heritage have been blessed with resources that allow us to assist those in our society in the areas of education and technology, safety and music literacy. These objectives are well aligned to the Heritage’s focus on Environmental Sustainability, Social Sustainability and Corporate Governance from which the company’s CSR is rooted.
