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Through the Gokongwei Brothers Foundation, no Juan is left behind and every dream is possible by GOKONGWEI BROTHERS FOUNDATION AND JG SUMMIT TEAMS  Barangay Simlong in Batangas was once a rural community that has since transformed into a place of opportunity for young people wishing to have better chances in life. However, because of the pandemic, […]

Posted on Tuesday, 9 November 2021

JG Summit Petrochemicals Group (JGSPG) has entered the fuel sector with the setting up of Peak Fuel Corporation (Peak Fuel), a new company that will serve as the fuels trading arm of JG Summit. A subsidiary of JG Summit Petrochemical Corporation (JGSPC), Peak Fuel commenced its fuel trading operations in August, with its first sale […]

Posted on Wednesday, 8 September 2021

JG Summit Petrochemicals Group (JGSPG) successfully completed its four-day COVID-19 vaccination campaign for employees as part of COVID Protect, the Gokongwei Group Vaccination Program. The inoculation drive was held from August 3 to 6, 2021 inside the JGSPG petrochemical complex in Batangas City. This significant step towards achieving herd immunity against COVID-19 was a top […]

Posted on Thursday, 12 August 2021

Tokyo-based news media The Chemical Daily, which specializes in the chemical and energy sector, recently interviewed Mr. Patrick Henry Go, president and CEO of JG Summit Petrochemicals Group, about the group’s expansion projects and future prospects.  Go shared the details of JGSPG’s ongoing expansion, in which the company poured in USD1.3 billion in investments. Go […]

Posted on Monday, 12 July 2021

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 […]

Posted on Thursday, 8 July 2021

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 […]

Posted on Friday, 11 June 2021

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