Corporate Governance | PLACES AND THINGS

Overview

Today, the 200-acre Valero campus includes a main building; two connected newer office buildings; a four-story, separate building; and two large parking facilities. The headquarters also features a beautiful cafeteria, state-of-the-art training facilities, a fitness center, a daycare facility and jogging trails. Valero employees also went to great lengths to protect the environment, saving and relocating hundreds of trees as well as installing a water recycling system to help reduce costs and conserve water.

The headquarter is located in SAn Antonio – Texas and have offices in other locations listed here.

Valero’s natural-gas transportation business diversified in the mid-1980s when the company purchased a 50 percent interest in a Corpus Christi, Texas, refinery owned by Saber Energy. The operation began as nothing more than a vacuum unit and crude unit on a humble plot of land near the Corpus Christi Ship Channel. But in the years that followed, Valero assembled its “Refinery of the Future,” and through its subsidiaries added more refineries starting in 1997, with 15 plants today. Through these acquisitions, the company also branched into retail and wholesale markets, and today supplies independently owned wholesale outlets carrying the Valero, Diamond Shamrock, Shamrock and Beacon brands in the United States and the Caribbean; Ultramar in Canada; and Texaco in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

Today, Valero proudly has a workforce of about 10,000 employees and a refining throughput capacity of approximately 2.9 million barrels per day, making it the world’s largest independent refiner — tops among refiners that don’t also drill for oil. The company ranks No. 13 on the current Fortune 500 list, and is still based in its hometown of San Antonio. Valero is also a leading ethanol producer with 11 ethanol plants in the Midwest and a combined production capacity of 1.3 billion gallons per year. Valero also operates a 33-turbine wind farm near its McKee Refinery in Sunray, Texas.

Oil Refineries

Valero maintains a strong commitment to safety and stands as one of the most recognized refiners within the federal OSHA Voluntary Protection Program (VPP). The company demonstrates its commitment to excellence in occupational safety and process safety through an intensive, detailed Commitment to Excellence Management System. And it continues to be recognized among the world’s top refining and marketing companies, and among the nation’s best employers.

In the community, Valero is proud of its legacy of support and positive outreach through an international network of Volunteer Councils. Valero Volunteers proudly dedicate more than 136,000 volunteer hours to community outreach annually. Special missions on behalf of the United Way, the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Wounded Warriors and countless children’s charities are a source of pride and motivation for every Valero employee. Valero, its employees and its philanthropic organization – the Valero Energy Foundation – annually generate more than $38 million to support worthy charities or causes, through direct donations or fundraising, to improve the lives of those living in communities near Valero operations.

New construction endeavors plant timeline in Iowa:More info

January 2003 – Community leaders began working on plans for the plant
May 2004 – Announced purchase of land in Webster County near Fort Dodge
July 2004 – Construction began
September 2004 – Groundbreaking celebrated
September 2005 – Operations began
December 2005 – Grand opening celebrated
April 2009 – Valero Renewables closed on purchase of the plant from VeraSun Energy

Dear Colleagues:

With the confidence and trust we have for each other, our companies thrive to maintain and exceed our customers expectation every given day making sure the dignity of both our corporations and customers are met.

We are fortunate, however, to work for some of the most admired businesses in the world – a reputation that has been enhanced and safeguarded over the years by a rich culture of integrity and ethical conduct.

Our businesses are built on both trust and reputation. It influences how consumers feel about our products, and how our shareowners perceive us as profitable investment corporations. Incase where our industries may need immediate attention, we’ll mitigate resources to address these unforeseen situations in order to continuously maintain and attract commercial likewise retail customers to invest on our products.

“It takes years to build an excellent reputation and together we should all work positively to maintain that reputation.”
Because our success is so closely related to our reputation, its’ up to all of us to improve on our reliability and productivity.

Acting with integrity is a plus to our corporations images and reputation, thus
enabling us to retain our positions in the global markets around the world. It’s about sustaining a place where we all are proud to work.
Ultimately, it’s about each of us knowing that we have done the right thing. This means
acting honestly and treating each other and our customers, partners, suppliers and
consumers fairly, and with dignity.

The Code of Business Conduct is our guide to appropriate conduct. Together with other
Company guidelines, such as our Workplace Rights Policy, we have set standards to
ensure that we all do the right thing. Keep the Code with you and refer to it often. Stay
current with your ethics training. When you have questions, ask for guidance.

With your help, I am confident that our Companies will continue to deserve the trust that
everyone has in us. Our reputation for integrity will endure. Thank you for joining me
in this effort.

Most of the Corporations should be listed on this website such as VALE S.A.; VALERO; LERIE; VFC; GOOGLE Inc; and other private/public corporations. Part of the proceeds from these corporations are continuously invested into our everyday industries such as Distribution; Banking; Oil and Refineries; Transportation; Health and Wellness; Construction; Infrastructures; Communications; Multi-Resort Businesses

From The Owner(s) and Founder(s):

Valerie Fotso

Valerie Njee Fotso