COEDUCATION

Schools & Clinics Support Program

PARCO’s cross country pipeline network and the Mid-Country Refinery makes us
next-door neighbor to many remote and underprivileged communities. Since 2007,
PARCO conducts an extensive Schools and Clinics Support Program which aims at
improving the education and health infrastructure in adjoining communities by
supporting Rural Health Centers, Basic Health Units, Primary, Middle and Secondary
Schools, being run by Government of Pakistan.

Under this program, PARCO has provided assistance in kind to several Government
schools, basic health units and rural health centers along the pipeline stations and
Mid-Country Refinery. PARCO`s assistance to these institutions has raised
communities` interest to enroll their children in these refurbished and well-maintained
schools diverting them from child labor to primary education, raising the literacy rate.

These institutions have been provided assistance in the form of developing

infrastructure and procurement of equipment to help them sustain their operations of
providing basic education and health facilities to the communities. On the civil works
side, the range of assistance includes construction of classrooms, boundary walls,
proper sanitation facilities, underground & overhead water tanks; repair,
maintenance and refurbishment of existing facilities, electrification, access to clean
drinking water, etc. The institutions are also provided furniture items, water coolers,
air-conditioners, deep freezers, fans, medical equipment, medicines etc.

The program is an ongoing initiative during which more government schools and
clinics are being identified and previous ones revisited. We want to assure
communities that PARCO is there for help when they need it most. The feedback
received from the recipient communities has been overwhelming. PARCO’s CSR
program has given life to the communities in scores of remote villages.
Partnering with The Citizens Foundation (TCF)
PARCO has built and supported three schools with The Citizens Foundation (TCF) –
a reputable NGO working in the area of imparting quality education – at Karachi and
Qasba Gujrat, near PARCO Mid-Country Refinery. These schools employ all female
staff belonging to the nearby communities. These campuses have generated
employment for the local women to earn a decent living.

Amongst the above mentioned three campuses, the PARCO–TCF Campus I at

Karachi and Campus II at Qasba Gujrat offers education till Grade V and are
operating at full capacity. The PARCO-TCF Campus I at Karachi operates morning
and afternoon shifts. In August 2012, the Company extended academic block of
PARCO-TCF Primary Campus II to accommodate 180 students.

PARCO has built a third campus, a secondary school in Qasba Gujrat which
commenced classes in April 2011. All PARCO-TCF campuses are built in under-
privileged communities and impart quality education to around 1,080 children.
Teachers Training
In the realm of addressing various issues of communities, PARCO CSR Team came
across the schools need for training teachers. In order to undertake the project
meticulously, PARCO partnered with Teachers Resource Center (TRC) – a non-
profit, non-government organization committed to improving and reforming the
declining standards of education in Pakistan. Since 1986, TRC has been involved in
teachers training and introducing Early Childhood Education (ECE) in Pakistan.

The trainers from the TRC conducted various sessions in PARCO supported schools
at all locations on topics, such as “how children learn”, “planning effective lessons”,
etc. The teachers who attended the sessions were enthusiastic during group
activities and shared their point of views on various areas on child development. The
training also addressed several difficulties that these teachers came across in their
day to day teaching. The contents of the training addressed many areas like how to
make the classroom learning even more interesting, managing and assessing
different children and above all incorporating various learning methodologies. The
main idea behind these workshops is to introduce the teachers about the new
teaching methods and concepts being practiced by successful schools in Pakistan.

Since 2012, more than 600 government school teachers are trained. The initiative is
being continued with more trainings coming up. At the end of the training sessions,
the teachers look passionate and filled with enthusiasm and receive training
certificates. The impact is a positive changed culture at the government schools in
rural and urban areas, and a growing learning environment.
More Initiatives
● During 2010, PARCO along with World Wildlife Fund Pakistan (WWF-P)
conducted Spellathon Project in schools that are being supported by PARCO.
Spellathon is a fun educational activity for raising the awareness of students
on key environmental challenges, endangered species, the importance of
nature and also the unique biodiversity of Pakistan etc. Spellathon was being
conducted by WWF Pakistan for the past 18 years, but was only limited to
private English medium schools. It was the first time that PARCO took this
activity to more than 34 Government schools that are being supported by
PARCO under its Schools & Clinics Program. Besides, it was also the first
time that Spellathon was conducted in our national language Urdu, to make it
more understandable to around 10,000 students receiving education in these
34 Government Urdu medium schools.
VOCATIONAL TRAININGS & ENTREPRENEURSHIP

In the realm of CSR, PARCO has always believed in inculcating self-reliance capabilities
amongst the Pakistani youth. PARCO and its subsidiaries have been supporting many
well-known institutions working in the area of vocational trainings during the past several
years.

In the first phase, Company went a step further by searching for deserving Vocational
Training Institutes (VTIs) in rural areas, nearby PARCO facilities and identified various
centers at Machike, Faisalabad, Kot Addu, Mahmoodkot, Qasba Gujrat, Muzaffargarh,
DG Khan, Multan, Fazilpur, Shikarpur, Bubak and Karachi.

The institutes in these areas had skillful and experienced teachers but with less or no
tools to demonstrate the practical side. PARCO provided assistance by setting up state-
of-the-art computer labs and appointed well experienced instructors for conducting
various professional courses. Keeping in view a great number of female students
enrolled at the vocational trainings pertaining to sewing and embroidery courses,
PARCO provided electrical embroidery sewing machines, furniture and computers to
easily conduct quality trainings. These institutions were also uplifted and repaired
through much needed civil works to create a better learning environment for students.
The Company has also placed computer instructors at rural areas to conduct quality
computer trainings.

The basic objective in supporting these vocational training centers is to enhance skills
amongst the youth and especially women of Pakistan. The vocational trainings pertaining
to sewing and embroidery will help the rural women in achieving self-sustenance through
entrepreneurship. This act further reassures PARCO’s support to the Ten Principles of
UN Global Compact and Women Empowerment Principles.

Apart from these Vocational Training Institutes, PARCO supported various organizations
imparting technical trainings at their state-of-the-art facilities. These institutes enroll the
youth of Pakistan and provide various technical trainings in the areas of automobile and
motorbike repairs, welding, plumbing, civil works and electrical trainings. These institutes
include The Hunar Foundation, Aman Tech and SOS Technical Training Institute. The
graduates from these institutes have either joined various well reputed organizations or
started their own automobile and electrical repairs workshops.

Sewing and Display Center for Women at Qasba Gujrat

As a way forward, under Phase II PARCO has successfully setup a Sewing and Display
Centre for Women at Qasba Gujrat, Mahmoodkot nearby PARCO Mid-Country Refinery.
The aim of this Centre is to provide advance sewing and embroidery skills to the
underprivileged women who have already done basic courses in sewing. Additionally, the
Centre will provide on-the –Job training of six months to the ladies which will also include
courses on personal development and building entrepreneurial skills. These courses will
educate them using technology to get better access to markets, advertise their products
to reach more customer base, keep updated on modern trends and cater to current
needs. This will help them in developing profitable business models rewarding them
financially and uplifting them economically.

HEALTH
Support to Basic and Rural Health Centers
Under the umbrella of Schools and Clinics Support Program, PARCO has
supported several Basic and Rural Health Centers based in small villages
nearby PARCO cross-country Pipeline and Stations and Terminals. The
clinics are providing basic healthcare to the local communities within their
villages. As a result, community members are no longer required to travel for
long hours to the cities for basic treatment.
The support made has been in terms of much needed civil works, where
complete wards like Gynae and general wards have been setup. Also, much
care has been taken to improve the overall hygiene conditions of these
institutions. Apart from this, PARCO has provided equipment required to
conduct essential medical services at these centers.
PARCO Community Welfare Clinic
 PARCO’s Mid-Country Refinery (MCR) at Qasba Gujrat is surrounded by many
underprivileged communities, who are deprived of the basic education and
health facilities. PARCO operates a Community Welfare Clinic, providing
basic health facilities to the domestic workers working at the Mid-Country
Refinery, their families and residents from nearby areas.
Upgrading Medical Institutions
In Pakistan, there are various hospitals that serve the underprivileged who cannot
afford medication, hospitalization etc. Hospitals that are selected are run by
NGOs with transparent operations, supervised by a proper Board of Directors
and regular internal and external audits. PARCO has helped several such
hospitals through philanthropic contributions in capacity building. The amount
was utilized in helping the needy patients who cannot afford medical
treatment, buying necessary equipment for the hospital and expansion of
current facilities.

ENVIRONMENT

● Environmental stewardship is a prime motivation as we manage

transportation of crude oil from Keamari Port in Karachi to our refinery in
Mahmoodkot, through 864 km pipeline which is approximately 740 ft above
sea level. The pipeline ensures that each drop of crude oil is transported to
MCR without effecting the environment.
● We have leak detection and emergency shutdown systems, corrosion
protection, and microwave towers for communication, SCADA (supervisory
control and data acquisition) system to avoid leakages, thefts and
intermediate storage tanks at 5 different pumping stations.
● Impact on the environment from the refining process is controlled by treating
and managing emissions. Low NOx (Nitrous Oxide) burners and Sulfur
removal from fuel gases are examples.
● PARCO`s Effluent Treatment Plant has a capacity of 340 m3/hr. Waste water
from the refinery is collected and through skimming, neutralization, dissolved
air floatation, aeration, clarification, filtration and drying operations, the
effluent water is brought within NEQs limits before discharge into local
drainage or reuse for plants.
● All contractors’ equipment is checked for compliance to NEQS. All effluents
are checked and verified regularly before discharging by third party EPA
(Environment Protection Agency) approved Labs to comply with NEQS.
● PARCO proactively works to ensure that its products and fuels are
environment friendly. Gasoline and High Speed Diesel complies with the Euro
II standard.
● PARCO was the first refinery in Pakistan to install a Diesel Hydro
Desulphurization (DHDS) plant, producing High Speed Diesel conforming
EURO II standards. This product is helping EURO II compliant automobiles to
perform better by being fuel efficient with low emissions.
● We perform third party (EPA certified) ground water monitoring of the
surrounding areas of PARCO Refinery and Corporate Headquarters twice a
year, to ensure that the community nearby is using safe underground water.
There are 16 different parameters that are tested: pH, Color, TDS, Taste and
Odor, Total Hardness, Faecal Coliform, Coliform Organisms, Arsenic,
Chloride, Sulphate, Iron, Cyanide, Lead, Selenium, etc.
● Ambient air monitoring at 1 and 2 Km distance around PARCO’s Mid-Country
Refinery (MCR) is also done twice a year by EPA certified third party
monitoring NOx, SOx, CO and particulate matter.
● As a member of World Wide Fund for Nature Pakistan (WWF-P), PARCO
helps in conservation of nature, with several initiatives other than those
mentioned above, to its credit.
● In designing and aligning its oil pipelines routes, environmental matters were
addressed and the requirements of Pakistan Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) fully complied with. No property on the World Heritage List is
impacted, e.g. rerouting PARCO pipelines around Lake Manchar was
undertaken at a heavy cost to preserve the natural environment of this lake.
CSR IMPACT AND REPORTING

United Nations Global Compact

The United Nations Global Compact works with companies universally to align their
operations and strategies with ten universal principles in the areas of human rights,
labour, environment and anti-corruption. PARCO is a member of the UN Global
Compact and follows its reporting policy by filing the Communication on Progress
(COP) report. PARCO submitted its twelfth Communication on Progress report in
the year 2022.

The annual posting of a COP is an important demonstration of an organization’s

commitment to the UN Global Compact and its principles. Our COP report illustrates
PARCO’s commitment to UNGC’s Ten Principles, and the management systems,
actions and performance of PARCO.
United Nations Global Compact’s Ten Principles
Human Rights
1. Businesses should support and respect the protection of internationally
proclaimed human rights; and
2. Make sure that they are not complicit in human rights abuses.

Labor
3. Businesses should uphold the freedom of association and the effective
recognition of the right to collective bargaining;
4. The elimination of all forms of forced and compulsory labor;
5. The effective abolition of child labor; and
6. The elimination of discrimination in respect of employment and occupation

Environment
7. Businesses should support a precautionary approach to environmental
challenges
8. Undertake initiatives to promote greater environmental responsibility; and
9. Encourage the development and diffusion of environmentally friendly
technologies.

Anti-Corruption
10. Businesses should work against corruption in all its forms, including extortion
and bribery.
SPORTS

PARCO has a decade long history of promoting sports. Sports’ events like Cricket,
Volley Ball, Swimming, Water Polo, Badminton, Table-Tennis and other
tournaments; Sports Gala, etc are organized in order to keep employees physically
fit and active. At the Mid-Country Refinery, PARCO provides international level
facilities for Sports like Cricket (Flood Lit Stadium), Hockey, Football, Volleyball,
Swimming, Tennis, etc. An elaborate gym and indoor sports are also provided in a
Club Complex e.g. Bowling Alley, Badminton, Table Tennis, Snooker, Squash, and
other games.

Cricket
PARCO organizes regular inter-station cricket tournaments which are held at the
Mid-Country Refinery, Stations and Terminals. Employees posted at Corporate
Headquarters, different stations including the Mid-Country Refinery participate with
full enthusiasm and are also involved in managing these tournaments.

In addition to the in-house tournaments, PARCO takes pride in bringing the

petroleum fraternity together for a healthy sport activity, and organizes the PARCO
Cricket Tournament each year since February 2010, where local and multinational
petroleum companies actively participate, including PARCO. The tournament is a
huge success and is appreciated by whole industry.

PARCO Cricket Teams are very active and have participated in various tournaments
throughout the year scoring great numbers.
PARCO RESPONSE TO NATURAL CALAMITIES

● PARCO has always responded passionately to the nation’s distress calls

during natural calamities, such as the earthquake or floods.
● The 2010 floods caused catastrophic damage to infrastructure across large
areas of Pakistan. PARCO made a contribution of Rs 40 million to Prime
Minister’s Flood Relief Fund which included employees’ one day salary. The
Company also opened a PARCONIANS FLOOD RELIEF account in which the
Company contributed Rs 10 million. Besides this, the employees and their
relatives also generously contributed more than Rs 3 million. In a major relief
program, approximately 35,000 flood affectees were provided cooked food,
more than 2,600 dry food packets were distributed, 9,300 flood affectees were
treated at Medical Camps and 400 families were provided tented
accommodation. During winter, the Company distributed 950 quilts at Bubak,
Shikarpur and Fazilpur. Approximately 15 flood affected Schools & Clinics
were rehabilitated. PARCO launched an expanded Rs 60 million rehabilitation
program to rebuild homes destroyed by floods near its Stations, Terminals
and Mid-Country Refinery (MCR), where 97 homes were completed and
handed over to the respective owners.
● During 2011, Pakistan was again faced with yet another natural disaster. The
torrential rains hit the interior Sindh very badly, and devastated crops,
livestock, peoples’ and Government property, displacing people off their
 houses etc. The Company once again extended its helping hand and provided
relief to the flood victims at Badin, Nawabshah and Bubak. Altogether, during
the 2010 and 2011 floods, PARCO has spent more than Rs 31 million in
terms of medical camps, distribution of dry ration, cooked food, quilts and
tented accommodation, reconstruction of houses, schools and clinics in the
flood affected areas of Punjab and Sindh.
● During 2012 monsoon rains, the Country again faced massive floods at
Shikarpur, Rajanpur and Kandhkot. PARCO again stood by the nation and
provided dry food ration packets to 800 families. PARCO has spent
approximately Rs 4.8 million in various flood relief and rehabilitation work.
● During the 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014 floods, PARCO has spent more
than Rs 36 million for medical camps, distribution of dry ration, cooked food,
quilts and tented accommodation and reconstruction of houses, schools and
clinics in the flood affected areas of Punjab and Sindh. PARCO has made a
contribution of Rs 50 million to Prime Minister’s Flood Relief Fund in 2014.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

Road Safety
● PARCO ensures that all its employees and staff of Service Providers practice
Road Safety regulations and precautions as responsible citizens. Our HSE
department conducts monthly Road Safety trainings.
● PARCO joined hands with National Highways and Motorway Police (NH&MP)
to run campaigns on Road Safety where a booklet by the name of “Safar
Asaan” in Urdu language, was distributed on national highways to motorists.
In this Road Safety project, PARCO assisted NH&MP by printing 30,000
safety booklets. The booklets were distributed in areas that are proximal to
PARCO installations and stations, so that our adjoining communities are
aware of PARCO’s initiative in safe driving.
Support for the Special Children
PARCO has been supporting various institutions for mentally challenged and deaf
children. These institutes are managed by professional NGOs and rely mostly on
philanthropic contributions. They help these children in developing skills to manage
their lives in less challenging manner. PARCO’s contribution has helped these
institutes sustain their operations. The initiative is continuously helping these children
grow as a caring citizen.

Distribution of School Bags and Story Books

Since the past several years, PARCO has been distributed school bags amongst the
primary and secondary level students of various government schools in the locality of
Corporate Headquarters and Mid-Country Refinery (MCR). These school bags
contains notebooks and stationery to further facilitate the learning process as only a
few children could afford proper notebooks and bags. Such steps have increased the
morale of the children and positively affect the emotional well-being of these
students. The children are extremely excited to receive these school bags from
PARCO. This initiative has encouraged children to increase their attendance at the
schools thus directly eliminating child labor.

In order to help children learn basic concepts faster, the Company procured and
distributed story books at government schools in Karachi and near Mid-Country
Refinery in partnership with a renowned publisher. The books are written in a story
form to educate children in developing imaginations pertaining to basic curriculum.
The books are helpful in teaching children personal hygiene and keeping
surrounding environment cleaner.
Corporate Philanthropy
While CSR is a corporate responsibility, in keeping with the values of the company
and our traditions, PARCO also makes philanthropic contributions to institutions that
are making significant efforts to help the underprivileged. The contributions are well
received and helping various institutions in sustaining their operations.

OTHER CSR INITIATIVES

PROMOTING PAKISTANI ART AND CULTURE

Nations rich in history have a lot to offer to the world. PARCO believes in promoting
and keeping alive Pakistan’s core values and strong cultural heritage. In this context,
PARCO has published and sponsored several books on various subjects, supporting
local art and culture.
RPORATE SOCIAL
RESPONSIBILITY