From allAfrica
Chevron has a long history of corporate responsibility successes around the globe, and is proud to bring its commitment to corporate responsibility to Liberia.
In all the countries where Chevron operates, it invests in projects that help deliver better social, environmental and economic outcomes because it recognizes that business success is deeply linked to human progress.
In 2010, when Chevron Liberia Ltd. was granted approval by the Liberian government to acquire a 70 percent interest and operatorship in three deepwater blocks off the coast of Monrovia, the company created the Chevron-Liberia Economic Development (C-LED) Initiative.
Through this five-year effort, Chevron has committed to social investment programs designed to improve lives by focusing on three strategic areas: health, education and economic development.
The C-LED Initiative works with governmental and nongovernmental organizations operating in Liberia and aligns with the country’s national agenda to reduce poverty. C-LED is already making a difference: through the end of 2013, it has executed 55 projects across the nation.Since its establishment, more than half a million children have received immunizations, more than half a million patients have received heath care, and hundreds of thousands of people gained improved access to clean water and sanitation.
C-LED has also provided business loans or skills training to more than 5,000 women and enabled access to improved facilities to more than 5,000 students. Dozens of patients have also benefited from life-changing surgeries that repaired burn injuries as well as cleft lift and cleft palate.
“Every project we implement is designed to be effective, high-impact and sustainable so it can grow over the years,” said Karl Cottrell, country manager for Chevron Liberia Ltd. “We are privileged to play a part in this remarkable country’s ever brighter future.”