Chevron BD wins AREA Awards 2014

Chevron Bangladesh has won ‘Asia Responsible Entrepreneurship Award (AREA) 2014-South Asia’ for its corporate responsibility initiatives, conferred by Enterprise Asia. The award was officially announced on Tuesday evening at a ceremony held at the JW Marriott in New Delhi, said a press release issued by the US-based international oil company. A total of 35 applications were received under the Social Empowerment category from the South Asia sub-region (comprising of Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka).  Chevron is the only organisation from Bangladesh that has been honoured under the Social Empowerment category. After being shortlisted for the award, representatives from Enterprise Asia visited Chevron’s Dhaka offices for an audit visit in January, according to a news agency.