Identifying and addressing the needs of local communities has always been a high priority for ExxonMobil and its employees. Our volunteering programme has been enthusiastically supported for many years by our employees whose involvement helps to make our community initiatives a reality.

In 2006, we launched the ExxonMobil Energy Challenge, recruiting volunteers to provide practical advice to low-income householders on ways they can reduce their fuel costs. The volunteers visit vulnerable households and community venues, offering tips on ways to conserve energy and to keep homes warm. They also help people to apply for available grants and benefits. The initiative is being carried out in partnership with Community Service Volunteers (CSV), National Energy Action (NEA) and Energy Action Scotland (EAS). Read more>> in a booklet describing the initiative.

Through our Volunteer Involvement Programme (VIP) we encourage employees and their families to contribute their time, talent and energy to local charities and non-profit organisations. To assist and recognise their efforts, we provide contributions to the organisations that our employees and their families support.

In October 2005, to mark the Year of the Volunteer, the ExxonMobil Day of Caring was launched. Each year, ExxonMobil employees can volunteer to take a day out of their offices and make a real difference to local communities by providing hands-on help at a number of charities, schools and community organisations. Recent activities have included clearing woodland, decorating a night hostel, helping a theatre group for disabled people produce a short film and painting a scout hut.