Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas) – Pathway A

Our ASPIRE 2045 Climate Commitment and Sustainability Strategy identifies goals towards advancing net zero and enabling the energy transition.

Resources:

ASPIRE 2045 Climate Commitment: https://www.socalgas.com/sites/default/files/2021-03/SoCalGas_Climate_Commitment.pdf

ASPIRE 2045 Sustainability Strategy: https://www.socalgas.com/sustainability/aspire2045

2022 Corporate Sustainability Report: https://www.socalgas.com/sites/default/files/2023-05/sempra_csr_base_2022_SoCalGas_5_31_23.pdf

• Assembly Bill (AB) 32, Global Warming Solutions Act (Pavley, Nunez, 2006)
• Senate Bill (SB) 350, Clean Energy & Pollution Reduction Act (De León, 2015)
• SB 1383, Short-lived climate pollutants: methane emissions: dairy and livestock: organic waste: landfills (Lara, 2016)
• SB 32, California Global Warming Solutions Act (Pavley, 2016)
• SB 100, California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program (De León, 2018)
• Executive Order B-55-18 to Achieve Carbon Neutrality (former Governor Brown, 2018),
• AB 3232, Zero-emissions buildings and sources of heat energy (Friedman, 2018)
• SB 1440, Biomethane procurement (Hueso, 2018)

Energy Access and Affordability and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion goals are key elements of our ASPIRE 2045 Sustainability Strategy.

• We believe the reliable and affordable supply of clean fuels is vital for an equitable transition to sustainable energy. Every year, more than 180,000 California households and businesses access SoCalGas customer energy efficiency and assistance programs.
• A sustainable future involves the meaningful participation of all. Advancing diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in the communities we serve, and in the workplace, promotes transparency and trust. It expands opportunity, sparks innovation and helps achieve measurable social impact.
• With 70% of our workforce composed of people of color, SoCalGas employs a diverse population that reflects the communities it serves. Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) involves fostering a culture that is inclusive, authentic, and free of discrimination to build a sense of belonging among SoCalGas employees, business partners, and community. SoCalGas’s relationships with its business partners encourage and strengthen supplier diversity, with a focus on community investments that support safety, sustainability, and social justice. To create opportunity and equity for our employees and support our customers and communities in building a more sustainable future, SoCalGas aims to increase diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace and in the communities, and serves to achieve measurable social impact. In support of this objective, SoCalGas continues to take actions to incorporate DEI as a culture in its workplace, its business partners, and communities. DEI efforts are being broadly deployed across the company in a proactive way to provide opportunity and equity for SoCalGas employees, diverse businesses, and the communities served.

https://www.socalgas.com/sustainability/aspire2045

https://www.socalgas.com/our-community

https://www.socalgas.com/sites/default/files/2023-05/sempra_csr_base_2022_SoCalGas_5_31_23.pdf

Energy access and affordability and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion are a key consideration in our climate and sustainability strategy that addresses equity and EJ communities. We believe the reliable and affordable supply of clean fuels is vital for an equitable transition to sustainable energy. Every year, more than 180,000 California households and businesses access SoCalGas customer energy efficiency and assistance programs. A sustainable future involves the meaningful participation of all. Advancing diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in the communities we serve, and in the workplace, promotes transparency and trust. It expands opportunity, sparks innovation and helps achieve measurable social impact.

Community engagement and outreach is a major aspect of our development and infrastructure projects. We have a dedicated team at SoCalGas that is engaged with local communities that are most vulnerable and impacted by impacts of climate change. For our development and infrastructure projects we engage with local impacted communities to ensure their concerns are met and addressed.

Our ASPIRE 2045 sustainability goals are listed here: https://www.socalgas.com/sustainability/aspire2045goals

Our progress on ASPIRE 2045 sustainability goals can be found here: https://www.socalgas.com/sites/default/files/2023-05/sempra_csr_base_2022_SoCalGas_5_31_23.pdf

SoCalGas’s sustainability goals below are a roadmap for achieving progress, leveraging existing initiatives, and exploring opportunities for partnership as we work towards a more sustainable and resilient energy future.

Our sustainability goals and activities align with many of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs). They are also aligned with the key sustainability pillars of our parent company Sempra. Learn more about Sempra’s sustainability pillars in the Sempra Corporate Sustainability Report.

Our Scope 3 emissions are indirect GHG emissions that are a result of our customers’ use of natural gas, this emissions category currently comprises the largest part of our emissions. We are continually working with key stakeholders including policy makers, regulators, academia, industry and our customers to advance and implement strategies to reduce our emissions, particularly our scope 3 emissions.

SoCalGas is accelerating the transition by advancing the use of lower-carbon or zero-carbon fuels, such as hydrogen and renewable natural gas, in support of our customers and California’s climate goals. SoCalGas is the largest gas distribution utility in the nation to include scopes 1, 2, and 3 emissions in our net zero goal. Success will require strong partnerships and collaborations with business partners, customers, and regulatory and policy stakeholders, and continued dedication from our 7,800 SoCalGas employees.