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Measuring and Reporting Emissions
Enbridge will continue to publicly report our GHG emissions irrespective of local regulatory requirements. As can be seen in the figure at left, our total emissions are predicted to increase over the first Kyoto period and beyond. While significantly higher than our current emission levels (1,302 kilotonnes versus about 2,750 kilotonnes), it is also much lower than if we had not taken any actions.
Enbridge recognizes that more can be done and this emphasizes the need for the Company to develop a more comprehensive carbon management strategy, which will include further actions to reduce our own direct emissions. As the majority of our Canadian direct emissions emanate from the Enbridge Gas Distribution business, our focus will be on that business unit in the first instance to identify reduction opportunities.
While our total emissions (direct and indirect) are expected to rise as we grow the business, we expect to be able to achieve absolute reductions in our Canadian operations’ direct emissions. Any targets for reducing direct emissions from other assets will be considered once we have completed an emissions inventory for these assets and developed our overall carbon management strategy.
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