PV GAS: Joining hands for a plastic waste-free community

As part of the Clean World Campaign in 2019, with the consent of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, the Da Nang City People's Committee, the launch event "Cleaning the Sea" and the discussion "Joining hands for a plastic-free community: Responsibilities of Managers - Business Communication" were organized in Da Nang with the Vietnam Gas Corporation (PV GAS) as a companion.

The campaign "Cleaning the sea in 2019" and the symposium "Joining hands for a plastic-free community" aim to exchange opinions from management on minimizing plastic waste - building action plans at the local level and proposing green ideas and initiatives on recycling, using environmentally friendly materials; actively join in disseminating and taking action against plastic waste. Attending the symposium are the Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Vo Tuan Nhan; representatives of leading units: Vietnam Administration of Seas and Islands; Environmental Administration; Press Agency (Ministry of Information and Communications); Propaganda Department (Central Committee); delegates from coastal provinces such as Da Nang, Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Tri, Thua Thien Hue, Quang Nam, Quang Ngai, Binh Dinh, Phu Yen, Khanh Hoa; businesses and environmental experts...

"Every household limits plastic waste, everyone prevents plastic pollution, society moves towards saying no to plastic waste". The Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc's call at the nationwide launch of the Plastic Waste Prevention Movement in June 2019 has always been the guiding principle for action for central ministries, agencies, localities, the Fatherland Front, member organizations, businesses, and people to pay more attention, focus on leadership, and direct the implementation of plastic waste prevention activities to build a sustainable and safe living environment.

Accordingly, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment selected the theme of the 2019 Campaign "Local Action, Global Impact", focusing primarily on the issue of minimizing and combating plastic waste pollution. This is a practical and urgent content in the context where many countries around the world are striving to eliminate plastic waste pollution, while calling for the entire political system, units, organizations, businesses, and people nationwide to join hands, unite, and be determined to act and implement the directives of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

Images at the launching ceremony of the No Plastic Waste Program

At the conference, delegates enthusiastically discussed the issues of plastic pollution, focusing on the plastic waste situation in Vietnam; meanwhile, they proposed timely solutions to tackle plastic waste. Delegates also presented action plans, built anti-plastic waste movements in their localities and units; shared management perspectives on minimizing plastic waste; suggested green ideas and initiatives on recycling, using environmentally friendly materials; actively collaborated in advocating and acting against plastic waste.

PV GAS is known as the leading unit of the Vietnam Gas Industry; the number one dry gas and LPG supplier in Vietnam, contributing to ensuring national energy and food security; voted as a top enterprise among the largest companies in the Vietnamese stock market, the most dynamic in Asia and the largest corporate income taxpayer in Vietnam.

For PV GAS, all production and business activities are ensured to be safe, quality-focused, and environmentally protected. Gas works all build situations and emergency response plans for a green, clean, and beautiful environment, chemical incident prevention and response plans are organized and practiced regularly. PV GAS is implementing and applying ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001 standards, which have been internationally certified by BSI. In addition to production labor tasks, PV GAS actively participates in social security programs, environmental protection, and safeguarding Vietnam's sovereignty and maritime rights.

The collaboration with the "Clean the sea" launch ceremony and the roundtable "Joining hands for a community without plastic waste: The responsibility of Management - Enterprise - Communication" once again confirms PV GAS's social position and responsibility. 

Delegates participate in collecting garbage, cleaning and beautifying the environment of Da Nang.