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Enbridge’s 2007 CSR Report is a GRI-based report, following the criteria in the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) 2006 G3 Sustainability Reporting Guidelines. The GRI Application Level grid (below) is included in this report to support our self-declaration of this report at Application Level B.

Report Application Level	C	B	A
	(C+ = Report Externally Verified)	(B+ = Report Externally Verified)	(A+ = Report Externally Verified)
G3 Profile Disclosures	Report on: 1.1, 2.1-2.10, 3.1-3.8, 3.10-3.12, 4.1-4.4, 4.14-4.15	Report on all criteria listed for Level C plus: 1.2, 3.9, 3.13, 4.5-4.13, 4.16-4.17	Same as requirement for Level B
G3 Management Approach Disclosures	Not Required	Management Approach Disclosures for each Indicator Category	Management Approach Disclosures for each Indicator Category
G3 Performance Indicators and Sector Supplement Performance Indicators	Report on a minimum of 10 Performance Indicators, including at least one from each of: social, economic, and environmental	Report on a minimum of 20 Performance Indicators, including at least one from each of: economic, environmental, human rights, labor, society, product responsibility	Respond on each core G3 and Sector Supplement indicator with due regard to the materiality principle by either: a) reporting on the indicator or b) explaining the reason for its omission

The following index is designed for stakeholders who are familiar with the Global Reporting Initiative G3 Sustainability Reporting Guidelines. For each G3 performance indicator below, we include a link to the pertinent section of our online CSR Report.

G3 Indicator	Description	Location within Enbridge online CSR Report
1. Strategy and Analysis
1.1	Statement from senior decision-maker	President and CSR Board Chair Message
1.2	Description of key impacts, risks, and opportunities	Corporate Governance – Risk Management; Economic Performance – How we directly benefit stakeholders
2. Organizational Profile
2.1	Organization's name	About Enbridge
2.2	Primary brands, products, and/or services	About Enbridge; Overview of Operations; Economic Performance section
2.3	Operational structure and major divisions	About Enbridge; Overview of Operations
2.4	Location of headquarters	About Enbridge
2.5	Countries of operation	Areas of Operation
2.6	Nature of ownership
2.7	Markets served including geographic breakdown/sectors served/customers	Areas of Operations; Overview of Operations; Economic Performance --
2.8	Scale of organization including number of employees, nets sales/revenues, total capitalization	About Enbridge; Economic Performance
2.9	Significant changes during reporting period	About this Report
2.10	Awards	Awards and Recognition
3. Report Parameters
3.1	Reporting period	About this Report
3.2	Date of previous report	About this Report
3.3	Reporting cycle	About this Report
3.4	Contact point for questions regarding the report	Contact Information
3.5	Process for defining report content	About this Report
3.6	Boundary of the report	About this Report – Report Scope and Boundary
3.7	Limitations on the scope or boundary of the report	About this Report – Report Scope and Boundary
3.8	Basis for reporting on joint ventures, etc.	About this Report – Report Scope and Boundary
3.9	Data measurement techniques and bases of calculations including assumptions	Performance Indicators
3.10	Restatements of information	About this Report
3.11	Significant changes from previous reporting periods	About this Report
3.12	GRI Content Index table	Global Reporting Initiative content index
3.13	Policy and practice for seeking independent assurance for report	External CSR Advisory Group statement
4. Governance, Commitments & Engagement
4.1	Governance structure including committees	Corporate Governance; Management Information Circular
4.2	Indicate whether chair of highest governance body is also an executive officer	President and CSR Board Chair Message; Corporate Governance, Governance Practices on external site
4.3	Percent of independent directors	Management Information Circular
4.4	Mechanisms for shareholders and employees to provide recommendations/direction to highest governance body	Corporate Social Responsibility at Enbridge and Corporate Governance; Management Information Circular
4.5	Linkage between compensation and organization’s performance for members of highest governance body/senior executives	Corporate Governance – Executive Compensation
4.6	Process for the Board to ensure conflicts of interest are avoided	Statement on Business Conduct; Management Information Circular
4.7	Processes for determine qualifications and expertise for guiding strategy	President and CSR Board Chair Message, Corporate Governance
4.8	Mission and values statements, codes of conduct, principles relevant to economic, environmental and social performance, and status of implementation	Corporate Social Responsibility at Enbridge
4.9	Procedures of highest governance body for overseeing economic, environmental and social performance including compliance, codes of conduct	CSR at Enbridge; Corporate Governance; Management Information Circular
4.10	Processes for evaluating performance of governance body with respect to economic, environmental and social performance	President and CSR Board Chair Message; CSR Performance Scorecard; Corporate Governance
4.11	Explanation of how precautionary approach/principle is addressed by organization	Corporate Governance – Risk Management
4.12	Externally developed, voluntary economic, environmental, and social charters, sets of principles, or other initiatives	Corporate Social Responsibility at Enbridge
4.13	Significant memberships in associations and/or advocacy organizations	Noted throughout report
4.14	List of stakeholder groups	Community Partners listing
4.15	Basis for identification and selection of stakeholders with whom to engage	Social Performance – Community Investment
4.16	Approaches to stakeholder engagement, including frequency and type	Waupisoo Pipeline Case Study; Social Performance – Stakeholder Engagement,
4.17	Key issues raised through stakeholder engagement and how organization has responded	Waupisoo Pipeline Case Study; Social Performance – Stakeholder Engagement
Economic Performance Indicators
	Management approach	CEO and Chair’s Message; Economic performance – Introduction and Scorecard
EC1	Direct economic value generated and distributed	Economic performance – How we directly benefit stakeholders
EC2	Financial implications and other risks and opportunities due to climate change	Environmental Performance – Climate Change; Corporate Governance – Risk Management
EC8	Development and impact of infrastructure investments and services provided for public benefit	Social performance – Community Investment
Environmental Performance Indicators
	Management approach	President and CSR Board Chair Message; Environmental Performance – Introduction and Scorecard
EN3	Direct energy consumption	Environmental Performance – Energy Use
EN5	Energy saved due to conservation and efficiency improvements	Environmental Performance – Energy Use and Demand-side Management
EN6	Initiatives to provide energy-efficient or renewable energy based products and services	Environmental Performance – Energy Use and Demand-side Management
EN7	Initiatives to reduce indirect energy consumption	Environmental Performance – Demand-side Management
EN8	Total water withdrawal	Environmental Performance – Water
EN11	Location and size of land managed or adjacent to protected areas	Environmental Performance – Biodiversity
EN12	Description of significant impacts of activities on biodiversity	Environmental Performance – Biodiversity
EN13	Habitats protected or restored	Environmental Performance – Biodiversity
EN14	Strategies, actions, future plans for managing impacts on biodiversity	Environmental Performance – Biodiversity
EN16	Direct and indirect GHG emissions	Environmental Performance – Climate Change
EN17	Other relevant indirect GHG emissions by weight	Environmental Performance – Climate Change; Performance Indicators
EN18	Initiatives to reduce GHG emissions and reductions achieved	Environmental Performance – Climate Change, Our Performance
EN19	Emissions of ozone-depleting substances	Environmental Performance – Ozone-depleting substances
EN20	NO, SO, and other air emissions	Environmental Performance – Air Quality
EN21	Water discharge	Environmental Performance – Water
EN22	Waste	Environmental Performance – Waste
EN23	Total number and volume of significant spills	Environmental Performance – Spills and Releases
EN26	Initiative to mitigate environmental impacts	Environmental Performance
EN28	Monetary value of significant fines	Corporate Governance – Regulatory Compliance; Performance Indicators
EN29	Environmental impact of transporting goods	Environmental Performance
Social Performance Indicators
	Management approach	President and CSR Board Chair Message; Social Performance – Introduction and Scorecard
LA1	Workforce	About Enbridge; Social Performance – Our People
LA2	Employee turnover	Social Performance – Talent Management and Workforce Planning
LA3	Benefits	Social Performance – Total Compensation
LA4	Employees covered by collective bargaining agreements	Social Performance – Labour Relations and Collective Bargaining
LA7	Health and safety rates	Social Performance – Workplace Health and Safety
LA8	Occupational Health and Safety education and training	Social Performance – Employee Awareness and Training
LA10	Hours of training per employee	Social Performance – Employee Awareness and Training; Performance Indicator Tables
LA11	Skills management and lifelong learning	Social Performance – Our People
LA12	Employees receiving regular performance reviews	Social Performance – Performance and Career Development Reviews
LA13	Diversity	Social performance – Talent Management and Workforce Planning and Positive Work Environment
HR1	Investment agreements that include human rights clauses	Social Performance – Human Rights and Enbridge in Colombia
HR2	Suppliers and contractors that have undergone screening on human rights	Social Performance – Human Rights and Enbridge in Colombia
HR3	Employee training on human rights policies and procedures	Social Performance – Human Rights and Enbridge in Colombia
HR5	Policies for freedom of association	Statement on Business Conduct
HR6	Operations having significant risk for incidents of child labor	Enbridge complies with child labour laws wherever we do business. Although this information is not explicitly referenced in this report, we do reference our support of the principles of the United Nations Global Compact, which calls on companies to uphold the effective abolition of child labour.
HR7	Operations having significant risk for incidents of forced labor	Statement on Business Conduct
SO1	Policies, procedures and programs to manage impacts on communities	Social Performance – Community Investment
SO4	Actions in response to corruption	Statement on Business Conduct
SO5	Public policy development and lobbying	Statement on Business Conduct
PR1	Policies for customer health and safety during use of products and services	Corporate Social Responsibility at Enbridge; Enbridge Gas Distribution provides a 1-800 customer contact number and other information services to promote the safe use of its natural gas product
PR5	Policies and procedures related to customer satisfaction	Social Performance – Stakeholder Engagement, Customer Engagement
PR8	Complaints concerning breaches of customer privacy	Not discussed in this report. However, Enbridge has internal policies to protect customer information

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