Building Partnerships
Chevron builds long-term partnerships with the communities where we operate to achieve mutual benefits that last for decades. We build these partnerships through open communications with our neighbors, support for initiatives important to our communities' well-being and local job creation.
Maintaining Open Communications
Honest and timely communication is a key component of Chevron's community interactions. We understand that communities have expectations and concerns surrounding the development of natural gas from shale, and we address these through frequent consultation with local stakeholders.
Supporting Community Initiatives
Our company has a long history of supporting our communities with financial investment and volunteerism. We focus on three areas of sustainable community engagement—education, basic human needs and economic development. We then work within communities to direct resources towards issues that are important to the people who live there and address their needs. We focus our investments on projects that will provide benefits for years to come.
Hiring Locally
Among the most important and lasting impacts of natural gas development is the economic benefit it brings to local communities. Gas development from shale is creating new jobs and stimulating regional economies. According to recent studies by Pennsylvania State University, exploration and production in the Marcellus region is expected to generate more than 200,000 jobs and more than $18 billion in total economic output by 2020.
Chevron supports hiring local workers and purchasing from qualified local suppliers. When training is needed, we often work directly with colleges, trade organizations, vocational-technical schools and nonprofits to develop workforce training and supplier development programs.
Updated: May 2012
