Sempra Energy Recognized For ESG Performance And Transparency On '100 Best Corporate Citizens' List
SAN DIEGO, May 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Sempra Energy (NYSE: SRE) has been named to 3BL Media's "100 Best Corporate Citizens" list for 2021, recognizing companies for outstanding environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance and transparency. This is the 12th consecutive year Sempra Energy has appeared on the list and this year the company was the third highest-ranking employer in the utility industry, out of 38 utility industry companies on the Russell 1000 Index.
"At Sempra Energy, we have long believed that delivering long-term sustainable value depends on serving all our stakeholders," said Lisa Alexander, senior vice president of corporate affairs and chief sustainability officer for Sempra Energy. "Our business strategy includes strong climate-related objectives and we are proud that our infrastructure helps shape the global energy transition by enabling the delivery of lower-carbon energy in every market we serve."
Recognizing the Best Corporate Citizens
The "100 Best Corporate Citizens" ranking is based on an assessment of the companies on the Russell 1000 Index – a stock market index that tracks 1,000 of the largest companies in the United States. Companies are measured on 146 ESG transparency and performance factors in eight pillars: climate change, employee relations, environment, finance, governance, human rights, stakeholders and society, and ESG performance.
"Achieving the transformational targets in the Paris Agreement and UN Sustainable Development Goals in this decade requires all companies truly embed ESG issues into the core of their business," said Dave Armon, CEO of 3BL Media. "The best corporate citizens of 2021 are answering the call by demonstrating the societal and bottom-line value of leadership and transparency around ESG topics. They are setting ambitious goals, outlining robust strategies for achieving them, disclosing data to measure progress, and accounting for all stakeholders in business decisions."
Creating Sustainable Value
Sempra Energy is focused on creating long-term value for stakeholders by managing risks and capturing opportunities related to ESG factors. The company's actions are anchored to its four key sustainability pillars: achieving world-class safety, enabling the energy transition, driving resilient operations, and championing people.
View the full details Sempra Energy's recently release corporate sustainability report at: sempra.com/sustainability/sustainability-report.
About Sempra Energy
Sempra Energy's mission is to be North America's premier energy infrastructure company. The Sempra Energy family of companies have more than 19,000 talented employees who deliver energy with purpose to over 36 million consumers. With more than
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Factors, among others, that could cause actual results and events to differ materially from those described in any forward-looking statements include risks and uncertainties relating to: California wildfires, including the risks that we may be found liable for damages regardless of fault and that we may not be able to recover costs from insurance, the wildfire fund established by California Assembly Bill 1054 or in rates from customers; decisions, investigations, regulations, issuances or revocations of permits and other authorizations, renewals of franchises, and other actions by (i) the Comisión Federal de Electricidad, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), U.S. Department of Energy, Public Utility Commission of Texas, and other regulatory and governmental bodies and (ii) states, counties, cities and other jurisdictions in the U.S., Mexico and other countries in which we do business; the success of business development efforts, construction projects and major acquisitions and divestitures, including risks in (i) the ability to make a final investment decision, (ii) completing construction projects or other transactions on schedule and budget, (iii) the ability to realize anticipated benefits from any of these efforts if completed, and (iv) obtaining the consent of partners or other third parties; the resolution of civil and criminal litigation, regulatory inquiries, investigations and proceedings, and arbitrations, including, among others, those related to the natural gas leak at Southern California Gas Company's (SoCalGas) Aliso Canyon natural gas storage facility; the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our capital projects, regulatory approval processes, supply chain, liquidity and execution of operations; actions by credit rating agencies to downgrade our credit ratings or to place those ratings on negative outlook and our ability to borrow on favorable terms and meet our substantial debt service obligations; actions to reduce or eliminate reliance on natural gas, including any deterioration of or increased uncertainty in the political or regulatory environment for local natural gas distribution companies operating in California, and the impact of volatility of oil prices on our businesses and development projects; weather, natural disasters, pandemics, accidents, equipment failures, explosions, acts of terrorism, computer system outages and other events that disrupt our operations, damage our facilities and systems, cause the release of harmful materials, cause fires and subject us to liability for property damage or personal injuries, fines and penalties, some of which may not be covered by insurance, may be disputed by insurers or may otherwise not be recoverable through regulatory mechanisms or may impact our ability to obtain satisfactory levels of affordable insurance; the availability of electric power and natural gas and natural gas storage capacity, including disruptions caused by failures in the transmission grid, limitations on the withdrawal of natural gas from storage f
