OUR COMMUNITY

Across all our operations, Hunt is committed to positively impacting the communities in which we serve or conduct business

School children in Huancavelica, Peru

We treat all communities including residents, government entities, local businesses, and partners fairly and with respect. We create long-term economic and social value for residents in the areas where we conduct business. To accomplish this, we listen first to each stakeholder to better understand their needs and challenges, and then work collaboratively to develop a framework for mutual cooperation and success.

Building Relationships with Our Stakeholders

Stakeholders

To create meaningful and trusting relationships with our communities, we engage with stakeholders early in our relationship by promoting frequent and direct communication to share information regarding our activities, to receive feedback, and to understand stakeholder needs and concerns.

Landowners & neighbors

Partners, investors & lenders

Contractors & suppliers

Special interest groups

Local communities

Government authorities

Non-government organizations

In the course of our normal business activities, we have many different stakeholders, including our employees, partners, investors, lenders, contractors and suppliers, customers, and regulators. However, we also recognize there are many indirect stakeholders, such as local communities, landowners, and NGOs that may be affected or take interest in our activities.

Understanding each of these specific groups and their interests takes work – including comprehensive social impact assessments, surveys, town halls, and public notices.

Interaction with communities is conducted within stakeholder engagement plans that incorporate participatory monitoring, grievance management, and social investment programs designed according to the complexity of our projects and community characteristics. 

To understand the socioeconomic, cultural, and natural aspects of the environment surrounding our operations, and how our activities can impact our neighboring communities we conduct environmental and social impact assessments, surveys, consultations, and other studies. The gathered information is fundamental to continuously improve how we engage with our neighbors as it enables us to:

  • Identify and manage risks and opportunities

  • Establish mitigation plans

  • Design social investment projects

  • Develop communication strategies

At Hunt, we are committed to promoting sustainable development in our neighboring communities by integrating social and environmental considerations in our planning and operations. Our social investment initiatives, participatory monitoring programs, and local hiring and purchasing are some ways we have historically integrated aspects of local and global interest while promoting mutual development.

Social Investment Focus Areas

The baseline studies we have conducted over the years and the dialogue we maintain with our neighboring communities have identified five primary areas where we continue to focus our social investment programs:

Health & Wellbeing

Ensuring healthy lives and promoting wellbeing is essential to sustainable development

Economic Development

Sustaining inclusive economic growth can drive progress, create decent jobs for everybody, and improve living standards

Cultural Conservation

Working to maintain various cultural aspects and traditions can provide an invaluable source of knowledge for present and future generations

Education

Enabling upward social and socioeconomic mobility, education is a key to escaping poverty

Water Management

Providing clean water is vital to our survival as water access is critical to economic and social development. Although much of the developed world has access to clean drinking water and sanitation, billions of people, mostly in rural areas, still lack these basic services

Our Social Investment Framework

We leverage our corporate resources (our time, money, relationships) to contribute to the development of our communities in ways that create positive social and environmental effects and boost morale and productivity within and around our operations.

Determined by type of operational activity and location
Development based on purposeful stakeholder conversations and studies used to identify immediate and long-term needs of the community
Focused on capacity-building projects that require a mid to long-term time frame as well as philanthropic programs that respond to the urgent needs of communities. Monitored and evaluated on an ongoing basis to address challenges and measure success
Aligned with UN Sustainable Development Goals
Conducted in a mixed time frame, from short to mid and long-term according to the scale of our activities and country regulations
Together with our neighboring communities, including the residents, government and civil entities, universities, and other organizations, we ensure that the social initiatives are designed to address the needs of communities and have ownership by stakeholders, align with local regulations, and use efficient available resources
2023 SPOTLIGHT PDF

Hunt Global Partnerships (HGP), created in 2007, is Hunt Oil Company's corporate social responsibility program. It creates partnerships with non-profit entities and local residents, as well as local, state and federal governments, to produce sustainable projects that enhance the quality of life for the residents and communities where Hunt operates.

Hunt’s model focuses on collaboration with strategic partners in the field, coupled with a solid foundation of independent monitoring and evaluation. Each program begins with a comprehensive, third-party baseline study that is used as the starting point to measure results with the monitoring and evaluation team. We recognize that performance matters; therefore, we review these results annually to ensure that project goals are being met and that programs are on schedule and within budget.

HGP programs are implemented by NGOs that have extensive experience in development programs and that implement best practices in social investment activities.

SPOTLIGHT

  • In 2009, access to drinking water and sanitation, considered essential to people´s lives, was not possible for many Andean families from the Ayacucho and Huancavelica regions of Peru. Statistics of that time on acute diarrheic diseases in children under 1 year, levels of chronic malnutrition and anemia in children under 5 years of age that reached 21%, 47.4%, and 74.5% respectively, were evidence of the impact of this situation on the population. 
  • In this context, one of the first HGP projects implemented in Peru was the Integrated Health Program, which was focused on reducing the indices of mother-and-child morbidity and mortality in the rural areas belonging to the area of influence of HOCP in the Ayacucho and Huancavelica regions. Working with a local NGO, Asociación Benéfica PRISMA, the project benefited more than 2,000 families from 2008 to 2011. Over the course of the project, HGP made a very positive impact on families living in rural communities by extending the coverage and improving the quality of mother-and-child healthcare services, educating residents on healthy habits and advancing the sanitary and environmental conditions in the communities by delivering improved stoves and hygienic latrines, teaching proper hand washing techniques and installing hot water systems in schools.  
  • Campaigns were developed for the promotion of healthy habits, that included the development of 2,476 group and 1,805 demonstration sessions on topics of health, handwashing and sanitation; and the visit to more than 8,900 homes to monitor the application of new habits. 
  • Drinking water systems that serve more than 2,000 families were also improved, including the development of repairs, installation of pipes, among other improvements, as well as maintenance training for community water management committees to guarantee the sustainability of the intervention. 

 

Reducing School-Age Malnutrition in Peru

  • Impoverished Andean communities in Peru
  • Impacted more than 800 school-age children since 2018
  • In alliance with the government of Peru [Haku Wiñay]
  • Benefitted 280 low-income families with the installation of vegetable plots, irrigation systems, and training in proper hygiene practices

Shelter improvements in Romania

  • Partnership with municipality of Padina and the local church
  • Improvements to local shelter for abused women and abandoned children
  • Donated construction materials for new kitchen and common area

Improving the quality of health care services in the Kurdistan region

  • Shekhan and Baadre hospitals in the Shekhan district
  • Sponsored several Health and Welfare initiatives
  • Provided training to medical staff and medical supplies and equipment
  • Benefit more than 100,000 people
  • Constructed clinic in Esyan village serving more than 3,000 people

COVID-19

  • Donated an estimated 55,000 biosecurity kits in the Kurdistan region, Romania, and Peru
  • Delivered 11,000 food packages to low-income families in coastal and highland communities of Peru and 1,700 tons of food packages in alliance with other organizations

Improving Education in the Kurdistan Region

  • Supported various initiatives in the Shekhan district to prevent dropouts in rural communities and create a safe environment for children, often in partnership with the local Department of Education and NGOs
  • Trained teachers and school staff
  • Created computer labs and sponsored computer and English classes
  • Sponsored Top Students Recognition programs and school renovations
  • Directly benefits more than 5,000 students

Promoting Education in Romania

  • In partnership with local schools in Padina & Rusetu
  • Implemented projects aimed at reducing dropout, afterschool English courses and awarding best school results (recognizing and awarding the top 3 students from each class)
  • "Education for everyone" and the “Afterschool English Courses” serve 192 students
  • Between 2018 and 2019, based on the sponsorship of the two partners, two campaigns were carried out under the “School Dropout” program to identify the real needs and to support the 28 children monitored in the project.
  • “School Dropout” program targeted and monitored 28 high-risk students

Capacity Building in Peru

  • Helped locals apply for public funds for the construction of schools and health centers, as well as the installation of irrigation, drinking water and drainage systems for the benefit of the broader population
  • Program received a 2019 Global Energy Award in the category of “Corporate Social Responsibility: Specific Program” from S&P Global Platts

Kurdistan

  • In the Kurdistan Region, in partnership with the local government’s Department of Agriculture and the University of Duhok as well as with local NGOs
  • Built greenhouses for farmers, vocational training to teach local residents marketable skills, and entrepreneurial training for women
  • Supported local beekeepers and farmers with technical and business training and provided equipment
  • Benefitted more 2,000 families and created more than 500 jobs

Supporting Access to Water in the Kurdistan Region

  • Partnered with local municipalities and the water department
  • Drilled three water wells for irrigation of 30 acres of farmland and water in 10 greenhouses
  • Drilled two supply wells for the city’s drinking water system, providing drinking water to more than 500 families
  • Repaired the city’s water network and conducted numerous inspections in partnership with Shekhan Polytech University to ensure the water quality meets acceptable standards

Small-Scale Farming in Peru

  • Improved living conditions and nutrition to 283 low-income families living in two districts of the Ayacucho region in Peru by providing agricultural training and lifestyle education for better hygiene

Peru Archaeology Exhibit

  • Promoted the archaeology exhibit, “The State and the Private Sector: Allies for Cultural Preservation”
  • Showcased never-before-seen artifacts discovered by PERU LNG during their archaeological recovery and monitoring project
  • Demonstrated the role that private sector can play in major research endeavors
  • 277 sites were investigated, 200 archeologist and over 2,000 community members took part in the research project

Celebrating Buzau Fest

  • Supplied electricity for the annual Buzau Fest promoting the culture, traditions and customs of Buzau county in Romania
  • Buzau Fest is attended by over 10,000 people and includes a myriad traditional cultural activities and presentations

Working Together to Reduce Anemia in Peru

Anemia is a public health concern that impacts a person’s physical, mental health and development, especially in children. In PERU LNG, in alliance with Caritas (NGO) and local health centers, PERU LNG has provided:

  • Training workshops on how to prepare iron-rich meals for mothers in rural communities
  • Monitoring of hemoglobin levels of young children in more than 250 families
  • Provide hygiene kits and filter equipment for drinking water
  • Provide access to food for low-income families living near the PERU LNG plant
  • Training on how to prepare healthy meals, food hygiene, and manage resources
  • Kitchen utensils and installation of vegetable gardens to continue servicing >400 people

Improving Math Skills

In alliance with Enseña Peru, a local NGO, 19 teachers from two high schools underwent intensive training sessions aimed at enhancing their teaching proficiency in mathematics and communication. The teachers serve schools located in remote highland communities in Peru, catering to the educational needs of 131 students from low-income families.

Training for Table Tennis in Schools in Peru

26 teachers from 13 public schools enhanced their teaching proficiency in table tennis. More than 2,500 students received after-school classes in table tennis that support their cognitive development and reinforce skills including discipline, concentration, speed of thought, hand-eye-mind coordination and teamwork.

A Veterinarian Campaign in Kurdistan

A veterinarian campaign that encouraged vaccinations contributed to preventing several fatal diseases that could harm both animals and humans in the Kurdistan region. Protecting livestock, which is one of the main pillars of Shekhan’s economy, encourages the population to continue their livestock businesses. Additionally, vaccinations lead to healthy meat and dairy products that will ultimately be consumed by the local population. More than 46,000 animals (sheep, goats, and cows) were vaccinated as a part of a joint venture with the Shekhan Department of Agriculture and Veterinary.

Improving an Access Road in Kurdistan

To enhance mobility for residents and businesses alike, as well as reduce travel times, the access road to Devadan village (500 m) was paved in coordination with the local public administration. This crucial, improved infrastructure helps facilitate smoother transportation for residents commuting to work and schools, and improves access for small businesses. Moreover, the road serves as a vital link connecting the village to a nearby highway.