Company: Phoenix Park Gas Processors Ltd, Point Lisas, Trinidad & Tobago
Company Description: Phoenix Park Gas Processors Limited owns and operates two natural gas processing facilities. Its core business is natural gas processing, the aggregation, fractionation and marketing of natural gas liquids. All aspects of PPGPL’s business are managed and conducted by its 100 employees who are all nationals of Trinidad and Tobago.
Nomination Category: Company & Office Categories
Nomination Sub Category: Best Corporate Social Responsibility Program in South America

Nomination Title: Phoenix Park's Commitment to Low Income Families

   1. Tell the story about what this nominated company achieved in the past year (up to 500 words). Focus on specific accomplishments, and relate these accomplishments to past performance or industry norms. Be sure to mention obstacles overcome, innovations or discoveries made, and outcomes:

          Since 1997, Phoenix Park Gas Processors Limited (PPGPL) has tied safety
          excellence by employees to a major national project. The company’s safety
          record is determined by no lost time incident in a calendar year. Each year
          that the company achieves this milestone, a gift worth $50,000 US is given to
          the people of Trinidad and Tobago.  Gifts over the past seven years were
          intended for the national good and represented contributions to health,
          education, safety, the environment and the socially disadvantaged.

          For PPGPL’s 13 year safety record and its 15th anniversary the company
          presented a special Gift to the Nation valued at $250,000 US. The Project
          entitled H.O.M.E.S., (Housing Our Most Exposed Siblings), is a partnership
          with Habitat for Humanity Trinidad and Tobago whereby PPGPL will provide
          funding and “sweat equity” for the construction of houses for needy families
          in the Central part of the country. Through this effort approximately 20 needy
          families will be able to own decent, affordable homes by September 2007.
          The project was developed based on the growing need for affordable housing in
          Trinidad and Tobago. According to The Ministry of Housing’s statistics for
          1995-2005 from Trinidad & Tobago's total population of 1,176, 000 persons
          45,115 low income families have applied for government housing which is based
          on a lottery system.  In every region within Trinidad and Tobago, persons
          working for $318 US to $476 US monthly account for the largest income group of
          applicants. Despite the fact that government housing caters for persons within
          the middle to low income brackets, there are many who cannot even afford these
          houses as they are unable to qualify for a mortgage. HFHTT therefore fills the
          void that exists for these families that are disadvantaged socially and
          economically.

          In recognition of the poor living conditions facing many in our communities
          and the negative societal impact of this reality, Phoenix Park Gas Processors
          Limited responded positively to Habitat for Humanity’s TT request for
          corporate assistance. The company agreed to provide funding to HFHTT to
          construct houses in its fence line enabling families working for less than
          $556 US monthly or those with irregular incomes to qualify for houses.

          In July 2006, PPGPL launched the HOMES project with the handing over a cheque
          of $250,000 US to Habitat for Humanity. Since its formation in 1996, it was
          the largest corporate donation received from a Trinidad and Tobago company and
          sowed the seeds for greater private sector support in the future.

          In January 2007, the sod was turned to start construction of the first house
          under the HOMES project. Since the project started, other large companies have
          pledged their support of Habitat and are embarking on similar projects to
          build communities one house at a time.

   2. List hyperlinks to any online news stories, press releases, or other documents that support the claims made in the section above. IMPORTANT: Begin each link with http://, and enclose each link in square brackets; for example, [http://www.youraddress.com]:

          http://www.ppgpl.com/h4h_donation.html
          http://www.ppgpl.com/press.html
          http://www.ppgpl.com/homes_sod_turning.html

   3. Provide a brief (up to 100 words) biography about the leader of this nominated company:

          Biography of President

          Eugene Tiah - President. Mr. Tiah has 22 years of experience in the chemical
          processing industry. He joined PPGPL as the Maintenance Superintendent and was
          Construction Manager responsible for installation of compression facilities
          and the de-bottlenecking of the Gas Plant 1995 and Business Development
          Manager responsible for various expansion projects in 1997. He was seconded to
          Conoco Inc. where he worked as Systems Manager in Oklahoma and Director of
          Special Projects in Houston, Texas. In 2001 Mr. Tiah was appointed President,
          PPGPL. He holds a BSc. Degree in Mechanical Engineering, MSc. Degree in
          Production Engineering and Management and an MBA in Finance.