Chevron Corporate Responsibility Report 2010

In Indonesia, two simple words,
gotong royong, convey the complex
idea of cooperation, of offering assistance,
sharing burdens and working
with others. For decades, we have
embraced gotong royong, working with
Indonesians to strengthen economic
opportunities that benefit operations
and local communities.
“Helping improve social and economic
conditions beyond our operations
promotes a better standard of living
and expands our ability to conduct
business,” said Steve Green, managing
director of Chevron’s Indo Asia
operations in 2010. “In addition to
providing opportunities to businesses
that supply our operations, we help
support a diversity of ventures, such
as agriculture, fisheries and homebased
businesses.”
Chevron’s operations range from
crude oil and natural gas to geothermal
projects in West Java. Our
Salak and Darajat projects, together
with our geothermal projects in the
Philippines, make us the world’s largest
producer of geothermal energy,
a renewable resource that turns the
earth’s steam to electricity while
producing almost no greenhouse
gas emissions.
Supporting Local Businesses
Our investments in Indonesia create
a diversity of jobs. About 97 percent
of our employees and managers are
Indonesian nationals, while many other
nationals are employed by our local
suppliers. These businesses play an
important role in providing the services
and supplies we need to operate.
Through education, training and funding,
we work with businesspeople such
as Erinawati, a maintenance contractor
in Minas who wanted to become part
of our supply chain. She said, “At first
I knew nothing about projects like this.
Then I attended a workshop organized
by Chevron. We were shown how to
prepare proposals and bids.”
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