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contributing to the SDGs

we work to advance the UN’s sustainable development goals as part of our commitment to enable human progress around the world

In September 2015, all 193 United Nations (U.N.) member states adopted the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SDGs set a global agenda for overcoming poverty, protecting the planet, and promoting peace and prosperity.

Chevron safely develops and delivers the affordable, reliable and cleaner energy that is necessary for social and economic progress. Guided by this purpose, our work makes progress a reality for millions of people in the communities we serve.

Energy drives human progress. In particular, developing countries need affordable, reliable, and ever-cleaner energy to create jobs, improve health and education, and improve lives. Affordable energy will enable countries to grow their economies and meet the SDGs.

We are proud to contribute to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which we view as a system of targets and objectives that build on each other to achieve a more sustainable future and make progress toward the global 2030 agenda. We believe the next decade will be full of partnership, action and growth, and we are well-positioned to be part of the solution: Chevron is a company full of doers with a long history of solving complex challenges, and we will continue to innovate for the future.

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Meeting the 2030 global agenda will require partnership, innovation and action; we are well-positioned to be part of the solution.

Chevron touches all 17 SDGs through our day-to-day operations, partnership initiatives and social investment opportunities; however, we focus on five goals that identify where we believe we can make our greatest contribution. We work with key partners, communities and industry groups to maximize positive outcomes and continually deepen our understanding of sustainable development.

SDG 3: good health and well-being ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages

Chevron continually invests in programs that create local partnerships and build capacity, such as Chevron Australia’s new Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP). We partner with the Heart Foundation to support the Pilbara Aboriginal Heart Health Program and fight heart disease, which is the leading cause of death for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians. We work with local leaders, such as Yorga Djenna Bidi graduates, and community groups to deliver culturally appropriate heart health activities and education to help reduce cardiovascular disease and close the gap in life expectancy among the Onslow, Karratha and Roebourne communities in Western Australia.

SDG 4: quality education ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong opportunities for all

Chevron invests in a comprehensive range of education activities. We encourage students to pursue STEM opportunities;, provide career, teacher, and technical training; and form innovative partnerships with universities and other stakeholders.

Chevron’s Enjoy Science Project is a $30 million, five-year program to strengthen STEM and vocational education across schools in Thailand. Through collaboration with partners in civil society, academia, the private sector and government, the program is on track to improve STEM instruction at more than 600 schools, build capacity for approximately 10,000 teachers and directly impact 500,000 people.

SDG 7: affordable and clean energy ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all

At Chevron, we deliver the energy that improves lives and enables human progress. There are 7.6 billion people on the planet today. By 2040, there will be over 9 billion, leading to a 30 percent increase in energy demand, per estimates from the World Economic Forum. Yet even today, nearly 1 billion people have little or no access to affordable and reliable energy. We leverage our people and expertise to solve this complex problem by developing more energy while protecting the environment.

SDG 8: decent work and economic growth promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all

In February, Chevron announced a $5 million grant to Catalyst, a global nonprofit advancing workplace gender equality with whom we partnered in 2016 to launch the Men Advocating Real Change (MARC) global program. The grant, the largest Catalyst has received in its more than 50- year history, will allow the organization to continue its groundbreaking research, programming, products, and events aimed at accelerating gender inclusion across all industry workforces.

SDG 13: climate action take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts

Chevron is working to address the impacts of a changing climate by delivering affordable, reliable, ever-cleaner energy; reducing our own emissions; and investing in lower-carbon energy breakthroughs. Learn more about our efforts to address climate change.

Globally, 1.1 billion people are without electricity and more than 2.5 billion people burn solid fuels to cook their food. The delivery of affordable, reliable energy is critical to global economic growth and stability.

Chevron is a partner in the Niger Delta’s Aquaculture Project, helping support food production by promoting best practices in local fish farming.

Our Australia business unit partnered with Telethon Speech & Hearing to improve ear health among aboriginal children across the West Pilbara. Since the partnership began in 2011, the number of aboriginal children under the age of 7 affected by middle-ear diseases in the Pilbara has dropped from 51 to 33 percent.

Chevron Philippines launched the Caltex Training in Occupational Opportunities for Life Skills (TOOLS) to provide skills training on welding and scaffolding to disadvantaged youth from the San Pascual, Batangas community.

Chevron is committed to providing equal pay for equal work, and a 2018 study of U.S. employees found that women are paid 99.9 percent of what men are paid and that minorities are paid 99.9 percent of what non-minorities are paid.

We responsibly manage our water resources by reusing water that is available to us. Our Upstream operations reuse approximately 75 percent of the water that is brought to the surface when extracting oil and gas.

Chevron plays a vital role in helping meet the world’s energy needs by improving energy access, increasing energy efficiency and supporting sustainable energy technologies.

The Jibika project, under our Bangladesh Partnership Initiative, was designed to promote entrepreneurship for sustainable income growth among the poor and marginalized farming households around the Chevron-operated gas fields.

Goal 9: industry, innovation and infrastructure

By developing an utilizing local goods and services, Tengizchevroil (TC) helps drives Kazakhstan’s economic development. In 2019, TCO spent more than $3.5 billion with local businesses.

Our partnership with the Niger Delta Partnership Initiative has driven more than $100 million in investments within the Niger Delta region, facilitating the creation of more than 8,000 jobs and increasing farmers’ income by $28 million.

Goal 11: sustainable cities and communities

Chevron’s investment in New Mexico’s Questa Economic Development Fund has become a key component of efforts to transition the city to a sustainable and diverse post-mining economy.

Goal 12: responsible consumption and production

In 2017 and 2018, more than 99 percent of the water used in our Permian Basin well completion is from nonfresh and recycled water sources.

Chevron has invested approximately $1.1 billion in carbon capture, utilization and storage projects. These projects are expected to reduce GHG emissions by about 5 million metric tons per year, roughly equivalent to the GHG emissions of 620,000 U.S. homes’ annual electricity usage.

During Chevron’s 2018 Humankind Campaign, volunteers from our Gulf of Mexico business unit and Oronite prepared and packed more than 50 tons of recycled oyster shells. The shells are used to create a new, living reef, which in turn helps protect and preserve Gulf Coast shorelines.

A powerful monitoring tool called environmental DNA (eDNA) detects the occurrence of species through DNA fragments in the environment. Chevron uses this technology to identify and manage the potential impacts of our operations on sensitive biological resources.

Goal 16: peace, justice and strong institutions

Chevron’s Human Rights Policy complies with the Voluntary Principles, a set of principles designed to guide companies in maintaining the safety and security of their operations within an operating framework that encourages respect for human rights.

Our partnership initiatives around the world, including the US, Nigeria and Thailand, strengthen local economies through programs that provide microloan services, that focus on enterprise and workforce development, and that improve education.

contributing to the united nations sustainable development goals

we work to advance the UN’s sustainable development goals as part of our commitment to enable human progress around the world

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Updated: May 2020