communication and engagement

Engagement is a key component of our corporate citizenship strategy. It helps us identify those issues that are most material to our business operations, which we discuss in this Corporate Citizenship Report. Our engagement takes many forms, including internal and external dialogues, e-mail communications, publications such as the Corporate Citizenship Report, and content on our Web site.

To be effective, our outreach efforts must be built on honest, transparent, accurate, and timely information. Over the past year, our engagement activities covered a wide range of topics, including environmental, governance, and social issues. These efforts have helped ExxonMobil shape our approach to addressing challenges in our operations. In 2007, examples of topics raised that we found to be most relevant to ExxonMobil and that are incorporated into our business plans included:

• Energy Security and Environmental Matters, Including Climate Change
  Through speeches and dialogues around the world, we are presenting our views on energy security and climate change, and we are working to reduce our emissions, improve the efficiency of our consumers’ use of energy, and develop new energy technologies;
  
  
• Human Rights
  Through ongoing participation and involvement in the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights, we developed our Framework on Security and Human Rights and are also initiating human rights training; and,
  
  
• Community Development
  Through feedback and dialogue with local and international NGOs, we tailor our international corporate giving to meet the needs of the communities in which we operate.
  

In 2008, we plan to increase the frequency with which we hold meetings and discussions with third parties to supplement our Citizenship Engagement Forums, an expansion of our Opinion Leader Dialogues. Forums are held to increase understanding of the varied views of the issues, and the company’s positions and actions.