JG Summit Petrochemical Corporation (JGSPC) and JG Summit Olefins Corporation (JGSOC) successfully migrated its Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) Management System to ISO 45001 after an external audit was conducted in May 2021 by certifying body Certification International Philippines, Inc. (CIP). The ISO 45001:2018 published in 2018 by the International Organization for Standardization gives guidance […]

JG Summit Petrochemical Corporation (JGSPC) put the spotlight on polyethylene (PE) pipes during the Virtual 42nd Philippine Association of Water Districts (PAWD) National Convention held on May 27 and 28, 2021. JGSPC joined the event as an exhibitor to promote PE pipes to PAWD members. PAWD is the umbrella organization of water districts in the […]

JGSPG’s President & CEO on how the company transformed challenges into opportunities Digitalization was a lifeline that helped JG Summit Petrochemicals Group adapt to the challenges brought about by the pandemic. This was one of many key insights revealed by Patrick Henry Go, President and Chief Executive Officer of JGSPG, in his opening keynote address […]

Employees of JG Summit Petrochemicals Group (JGSPG) joined the observance of the World Wetlands Day on February 2, 2021 in a mangrove-planting activity organized by the Provincial Government Environmental and Natural Resources Office of Batangas (PGENRO), held in the municipality of San Luis in Batangas province. Together with the Batangas PGENRO, a group of JGSPG […]

2020 marks the 20th year of JG Summit Petrochemicals Group’s (JGSPG) Abot Kamay Christmas Outreach program. For the last 19 years, the annual outreach had been an event that students from the three schools in JGSPG’s host communities always looked forward to for gift-giving and merrymaking, in celebration of the holiday season. This year as […]

Like many parts of Luzon, Batangas City also bore the brunt of two recent typhoons that battered the country in recent weeks.  Typhoon Quinta made landfall on October 25 and caused substantial damage as it brought heavy remains and strong winds. Hundreds of families in various areas of the city had to be evacuated from […]

JG Summit Petrochemicals Group rolled out its Balik Eskwela­-linked donation program for three elementary schools in its host communities in Batangas City, namely Barangays Simlong, Pinamucan Ibaba and Pinamucan Proper, as public schools reopened in early October this year amidst the coronavirus pandemic still ongoing in the country. During the two-day caravan held on October […]

As community quarantine measures are maintained in many parts of the country, including the entire Batangas province, communities continue to endure mobility restrictions that make access to basic necessities still a challenge. Aware of these difficulties, JG Summit Petrochemicals Group rolled out on August 25, 2020 the distribution of a fifth tranche of food aid […]

Much progress has been made in Wetland No. 8, adopted by JGSPG last year Wetlands serve as a valuable home to biodiversity. Swamps and marshes that make up wetlands filter out pollutants in the water that passes through them. Wetlands also contribute ecosystem services, providing value in terms of sustaining water supply and soil quality […]

The company’s CSR program continued despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic JG Summit Petrochemicals Group celebrated Philippine Environment Month in June with a series of activities that reaffirmed the company’s commitment to protecting the environment. Over the course of the month, 26,529 forest and fruit-bearing seedlings were donated to various Batangas local government units, civic organizations, […]