At the heart of many effective community partnerships are the individual efforts and time that company employees give as volunteers in community service. Community clean-up projects and environmental conservation programs offer many different opportunities for volunteer projects. Many companies support volunteer projects such as repainting or refurbishing homes in the community for those who are having difficulty in maintaining their homes. For example, the Shell Employees and Retirees Volunteer Effort (SERVE) founded in 1975, matches employees, retirees and their family members with volunteer opportunities that best utilize their available time, talents and energy. As examples of environmental conservation, Shell is one of the largest worldwide participants in The Ocean Conservancy’s International Coastal Cleanup, which works in conjunction with the Texas General Land Office’s Adopt-a-Beach program to remove trash from beaches while also collecting valuable information on the amount and type of debris. Thousands of ChevronTexaco employees have volunteered for over a decade to restore Yosemite National park’s oak woodlands, meadows and lakes.
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Murphy Oil refineries actively support local environmental preservation initiatives such as Community Clean Up Programs and Tree Tales, a program commemorating Earth Day and raising public awareness of the environmental importance of trees.
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(Shell Employees and Retirees Volunteer Effort) Founded in 1975, the intent of the SERVE program is to match employees, retirees, and their family members with volunteer opportunities that best utilize their available time, talents, and energy.
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Shell is one of the largest worldwide participants in The Ocean Conservancy's International Coastal Cleanup. Working in conjunction with The Texas General Land Office's Adopt-a-Beach program, The Ocean Conservancy's objective is to remove trash from beaches while also collecting valuable information on the amount and type of debris.
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Unocal’s partnership with Habitat for Humanity grew from Unocal Alaska’s membership in the Energy Partnership, a group coordinated by Habitat for Humanity-Anchorage that sponsored and built homes in 2001, 2002 and 2003. Unocal’s global partnership involves Habitat affiliates in Anchorage, Fort Bend, Calgary, Bangkok and Jakarta – areas where Unocal has business operations – to pursue affordable home-building activities and engage hundreds of Unocal employee volunteers in poverty alleviation.
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