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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 […]

Posted on Friday, 23 April 2021

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 […]

Posted on Friday, 19 February 2021

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 […]

Posted on Monday, 21 December 2020

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 […]

Posted on Tuesday, 24 November 2020

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 […]

Posted on Wednesday, 28 October 2020

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 […]

Posted on Thursday, 1 October 2020

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 […]

Posted on Monday, 10 August 2020

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, […]

Posted on Friday, 17 July 2020

  As the enhanced community quarantine due to the COVID-19 pandemic was extended for several more weeks after the initial month of implementation, JG Summit Petrochemicals Group (JGSPG), with the support of the Gokongwei Brothers Foundation (GBF), distributed more aid for residents of its host barangays and other groups in Batangas City. A total of […]

Posted on Monday, 18 May 2020

70 barangays across four Batangas LGUs received essential food items To help ease food supply concerns in its host communities and neighboring barangays amidst disruptions brought about by the COVID-19 crisis, JG Summit Petrochemicals Group (JGSPG) distributed food aid to various local government units across Batangas City, as well as in the Municipalities of Bauan, […]

Posted on Friday, 17 April 2020