PG&E’s 2016 Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability Report Details Progress on Safety, Clean Energy and Other Goals
October 06 2016 - 2:43PM
Business Wire
PG&E has released its 2016 Corporate Responsibility and
Sustainability Report, which outlines the company’s progress on
strengthening public and workforce safety, combating climate
change, serving customers locally and enabling their energy
choices, and promoting community and economic vitality, among many
other areas.
“For PG&E, sustainability is about meeting the needs of
today in a way that creates a better tomorrow. Our corporate
commitment to sustainability spans the entirety of our efforts to
provide safe, reliable, affordable and clean energy to our
customers—and represents a personal commitment shared by the over
23,000 men and women of PG&E,” said Tony Earley, chairman, CEO
and president of PG&E Corporation.
The comprehensive online report is filled with stories,
statistics, and videos that bring PG&E’s commitment to
sustainability to life. Particularly notable is a series of videos
covering how PG&E is working together to build greater climate
resilience, increase customer adoption of energy efficiency, use
pioneering technology to reduce methane emissions and support the
Blue Lake Rancheria tribe’s sustainable energy goals through a
low-carbon community microgrid.
“Our employees live and work in the communities we serve, so how
we go about doing our business is just as important as the business
we do,” said Melissa Lavinson, PG&E’s chief sustainability
officer and vice president of federal affairs and policy. “Our
Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability Report shares the
progress we’re making as we transition to a clean energy,
low-carbon economy and work to deliver for our customers,
communities and other stakeholders in a sustainable way.”
The Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability Report details
the accomplishments PG&E achieved in 2015, notably:
- Investing more than $5 billion to
enhance our infrastructure and improve safety and reliability.
- Joining California’s delegation to the
COP21 international climate talks in Paris to support a global
agreement to combat climate change.
- Delivering some of the nation’s
cleanest energy with more than half our electricity coming from
resources free of greenhouse gases.
- Achieving one of the nation’s fastest
processing times for connecting private solar installations to the
energy grid.
- Helping customers save $227 million on
their energy bills through energy efficiency.
- Achieving industry-leading supplier
diversity results, helping thousands of businesses to grow and
hire.
- Volunteering 87,000 hours building
homes and playgrounds, cleaning state parks and mentoring
students.
- Providing career opportunities for
veterans and women through our PowerPathway™ workforce development
program.
- Pledging to invest $100 million over
the next five years to electrify our vehicle fleet.
- Devoting $25 million through our Better
Together Giving Program to enrich educational opportunities,
protect our environment, promote emergency preparedness and support
the vitality of our communities.
PG&E benefits from a Sustainability Advisory Council
comprised of a diverse group of experienced leaders representing
environmental and sustainability groups, community organizations,
academia and policymakers.
“PG&E is proving every day that strong, climate-friendly
policies can create new jobs and new economic benefits,” said
Heather Zichal, president of Zichal, Inc., a domestic and
international energy advisory consultancy, and former climate
advisor to President Obama. “And as I look to the future, PG&E
will continue to play that role. But I also think more work needs
to be done, and that’s one of the reasons I’m excited to be on
PG&E’s Sustainability Advisory Council.”
“PG&E has many opportunities for continued leadership—and
that includes mobilizing their tens of thousands of employees,”
said PG&E Sustainability Advisory Council member Michelle
Moore, CEO of Groundswell and former federal environmental
executive. “Every single one of them can be an advocate for
sustainability, for clean energy, for community values and for
supporting all of the customers that they serve. And that’s a rare
asset.”
The council engages regularly with PG&E leaders to identify
new areas of opportunity, inspire collaboration with new partners
and help elevate issues within and outside the company to inform
PG&E’s sustainability strategy and advance its clean energy,
environmental stewardship, economic development and community
vitality initiatives.
About PG&E
Pacific Gas and Electric Company, a subsidiary of PG&E
Corporation (NYSE:PCG), is one of the largest combined natural gas
and electric utilities in the United States. Based in San
Francisco, with more than 23,000 employees, the company delivers
some of the nation’s cleanest energy to nearly 16 million people in
Northern and Central California. For more information, visit
www.pge.com/ and
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