ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL AND GOVERNANCE REPORT • 61 SAFETY COMMUNITY PEOPLE GOVERNANCE ENVIRONMENT St. Charles, Louisiana In an ongoing effort to reduce poverty, provide workforce training and facilitate upward mobility , Valero committed $1 million to United Way’s Building Renovation Fund for a new state-of-the-art River Parishes Community College campus in St. Charles, Louisiana. The new campus provides residents with a local technical and vocational school where students can attain an Associate Degree in Process Technology or Instrumentation. Prior to this new campus, students in St. Charles Parish had to travel up to 20 miles away to attend this type of program. “Valero is a community partner that demonstrates commitment to our Parish, time and time again. Through their generous community investments and employment opportunities, the gift to the community college will drive economic growth in the St. Charles Parish for many years to come.” - Matthew Jewell , President, St. Charles Parish Community Nutritional Initiatives Corpus Christi, Texas In 2021, the Valero Energy Foundation provided $1.5 million to the Coastal Bend Food Bank in Corpus Christi, Texas, to support the construction of a new 108,000 square foot distribution center to service an 11-county area. The new center is currently under construction with a targeted opening date in the summer of 2023. “I could not imagine having to run a nonprofit without companies like Valero. There is just no way we could do it. They are vital to our survival.” - Bea Hanson , Executive Director, Coastal Bend Food Bank
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