Environmental Protection, Conservation & Restoration
We invest in long-term programs dedicated to the restoration of natural habitats and promoting energy efficiency along with numerous employee-driven efforts.
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ENERGY STAR® Partnership
As part of our commitment to OPERATIONAL EXECELLENCE and sustainability, CITGO voluntarily participates as an industrial partner in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) ENERGY STAR program. ENERGY STAR is a government-backed program that helps businesses and consumers protect the environment through superior energy efficiency.
Conserving energy and natural resources are central to our vision of being the best refiner in the industry. The partnership helps us drive a company-wide energy management approach designed to decrease energy needed to operate which will help preserve the environment for future generations.
Caring for Our Coast
Celebrate with CITGO
A Decade of Impact
In 2014, the CITGO Caring for Our Coast initiative started as a yearlong series of projects focused on coastal conservation and restoration in remembrance of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Over the past decade, the program has grown to protect vulnerable coastal and inland habitats. CITGO has invested a total of $7 million in this program, which has resulted in the planting of almost 1 million trees and grasses, more than 200,000 hours of volunteer work and the collection of over 520,000 pounds of trash and debris.
The program has also been successful in restoring 12,000 acres of land. To mark the 10-year anniversary of the program, CITGO is awarding an additional $1 million in grants and organizing commemorative volunteer events.
Petty’s Island
Preserving Petty's Island
CITGO donated Petty’s Island - a former site of CITGO operations - to the New Jersey Natural Lands Trust for its use as an ecological preserve and educational facility.