Sustainability: Our commitment
Our commitment to sustainability underpins our vision—to provide energy in a more planet-friendly way, everywhere people need it.
How well we perform as a steward of our environment, as a safe operator of essential energy infrastructure, as an employer of choice and as a responsible corporate citizen, is inextricably linked to our ability to achieve our strategic priorities and adapt to a changing world.
For more than two decades, we’ve provided an annual update on areas of focus across our business including our impact on the environment, the communities in which we operate, and our role in society. We continue to advance our strategic priorities, including embedding sustainability considerations into our business and focusing on creating long-term value for all our stakeholders.
While we are proud of the progress we have made on achieving the ambitious sustainability goals we set in 2020, we know we have more work to do.
Sustainability goals:
- Reduce GHG emissions intensity from our operations by 35% by 2030.1, 2
- Achieve net-zero GHG emissions from our operations by 2050.1, 3
- Achieve a 10% improvement over the previous 3-year average Total Recordable Incident Frequency (TRIF) rate for employees and contractors
- Implement a new voluntary industry standard for pipeline system safety performance and establish a baseline to guide business units in setting targets.
- Foster a more inclusive, high-performance workforce that better reflects the communities where we operate and supports business outcomes.4
- Contribute to Indigenous reconciliation; and build and maintain relationships with Indigenous communities and offer Indigenous cultural awareness training.
- Increase procurement from, and number of, qualified and competitive certified inclusive suppliers with longevity to do business with Enbridge.
- Enhance cyber defense programs to protect information and services.
- Focus on Board composition that reflects a variety of skills, experiences and perspectives.
- Demonstrate leadership in sustainability reporting. Report in alignment with leading sustainability disclosure frameworks (GRI, SASB, TCFD) and evolve with best practice.
Our sustainability goals position our company to grow sustainably for many decades to come, as we strive to meet growing global energy demand while simultaneously helping to reduce emissions and holding ourselves to high standards of corporate social responsibility.
1 GHG emissions included within our targets are from assets over which we have operational control (Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions). Projected reductions of GHG emissions intensity and absolute emissions are relative to the 2018 baseline year. For more information, see our 2024 Sustainability Report.
2 This metric aggregates emissions and throughput for each business unit on the basis of tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent per energy delivered in petajoules (PJ).
3 Absolute emissions.
4 All percentages or specific goals regarding inclusion are aspirational goals which we intend to achieve in a manner compliant with state, local, provincial and federal law, including, but not limited to, executive orders, US federal regulations, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and the Department of Labor.
