Left: Alicia Boutan, Vice President of Business Development for Chevron Technology Ventures, at a new biodiesel facility. Right: Clean water for agriculture from California's Kern River oil field.
Environment and Climate Change
Chevron is committed to providing affordable, reliable energy supplies to meet growing global demand in an environmentally responsible way. We apply our expertise to address complex technical challenges, protect the environment and mitigate the environmental impact of our operations.
On the following pages, we summarize our performance in 2006 and discuss climate change, our portfolio of renewable energy projects, and how we are standardizing our environmental management practices across the company.
In this section:
"Diversifying our sources of energy is essential to meet the world's growing demand for energy in an environmentally sound way. Developing the infrastructure to produce and distribute new forms of energy, such as biofuels, at the necessary scale is a significant challenge. That's why our portfolio of technology investments and strategic research alliances is so important. To succeed, we need energy solutions that are innovative, practical and enduring."
Don Paul
Vice President and Chief Technology Officer
Chevron Corporation