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Community Investment Program
Enbridge's community investment program supports not-for-profit organizations through financial contributions and human resources.
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Community Investment
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Through its Community Investment Program (CIP), Enbridge funds projects that promote education, health and safety, environmental protection and stewardship, and that benefit both the community and society at large.
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The company pursues its goal of improving the quality of life for residents of communities where it operates through either direct investment or support for not-for-profit organizations that build community spirit and help those in need. Environmental initiatives have ranked high among CIP-supported projects. Examples include:
Environmental Initiative Program (EIP)
One of the most enduring Enbridge partnerships is based on the care for the environment the company shares with the many communities it touches. Since launching its EIP in 1991, Enbridge has contributed approximately $739,000 to 244 community-based environmental protection, conservation or education projects in communities along its pipeline system.
Lake Diefenbaker Piping Plover Project
Through a partnership established in 1997 with the Canadian Wildlife Service (CWS), Enbridge is participating in an important research and conservation project being carried out at Lake Diefenbaker, Saskatchewan, to assist in recovering the endangered Piping Plover. Situated in southern Saskatchewan near the Enbridge right-of-way, the 200-kilometre-long lake is one of North America's largest managed reservoirs and summer home to approximately 19 per cent of all Piping Plovers remaining in the prairie provinces.
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The population of Burrowing Owls has been reduced to only about 1,000 pairs. Since their prime breeding habitat is in southern Saskatchewan, in close proximity to the Enbridge pipeline, it's not surprising the company supported an aggressive campaign to save the endangered Burrowing Owl. In 1996, the pipeline industry initiated a partnership that raised $125,000 to fund a three-year research and habitat recovery project for the Burrowing Owl.
Cole Uplands Project
To fulfil an environmental commitment relating to the Athabasca Pipeline project, Enbridge Pipelines (Athabasca) Inc. contributed funding to Ducks Unlimited to help protect an ecologically important 160-acre native parkland and wetland habitat area near St. Paul, Alberta, known as the Cole Uplands Project.
Volunteers in Partnership Program
This program engages Enbridge employees in supporting a wide range of community programs, including environmental activities. In Edmonton, for example, employees and their families participate in an annual cleanup of the city's North Saskatchewan River valley. Since employees started the VIP program in 1994, the Edmonton Office VIP program alone has recorded over 38,900 volunteer hours.
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