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Pollution Prevention & Environmental Protection
To fulfill its corporate social responsibility and uphold the spirit of sustainable development, CPC is engaged
in a long-term effort to resolve wastewater, air, noise, solid waste, and groundwater pollution issues. In recent
years our company has also carried out carbon dioxide emission inventory and reduction work, and has
adopted best available technology (BAT) and equipment for all new investment projects so as to lessen the
pollution caused in production, transportation, and storage processes. The company also works actively to
enhance the quality of petroleum products and achieve the goal of protecting the overall environment.
CPC is fully committed to an environmental policy of "strict regulation, international standards, pollution
prevention, energy conservation and waste reduction, continuous improvement, employee participation, social
responsibility and sustainable development," and has invested more than NT$50 billion in environmental
protection since 1989. From 1995 we have promoted the establishment of ISO 14001 environmental
management systems in all units, and 22 units had passed certification by the end of 2011. A company-wide
environmental accounting system was set up in 2004 to constantly enhance our performance in environmental
improvement.
Although Taiwan is not a signatory of the global agreement on greenhouse gas reduction signed in 1997
(the Kyoto Protocol), CPC works at reducing greenhouse gas emissions throughout the company in line with
current and likely future international environmental trends. Carbon dioxide reduction targets and timetables
for existing plants have been established and emissions-reduction measures are carried out by using low-
carbon fuel, conserving energy, improving equipment efficiency and reducing waste. To cope with global
climate change and fulfill its corporate social responsibility, CPC completed a company-wide inventory of
greenhouse gases in 2005 and is carrying out an ongoing CO2 reduction plan. The target for CO2 emissions
reduction by 2009 was 1 million tons, and the actual amount of reduction that year reached 1,220,000 tons.
The goal of for CO2 reduction in the period 2010 to 2015 is 650,000 tons.
As part of its environmental education activities, the company has organized campaigns promoting the
principles of protecting the environment and treasuring native resources through ecological experience
and learning, and to appeal to the public to care for the local ecology. In the future we will continue to show
our corporate concern for local development by adopting parks and forests. Our company will also help
with cleaning up the environment on both land and sea so as to leave a clean living environment for future
generations.
