SoCalGas Exceeds 加州的 Supplier 多样性 Procurement Goal for 31st Con证券交易委员会utive Year, Purchasing 在 44% of all Goods and Services from Diverse Businesses in 2023

在 10亿美元 spent with minority, 女性, disabled veteran, and/or LGBT-owned businesses; nearly 87% 总部设在美国的企业 加州

洛杉矶, 2024年3月6日 美通社/——今天， SoCalGas announced the company exceeded the 2023 加州 Public Utilities Com任务's (CPUC) diverse 支出目标*代表31^st 连续一年, 从618家不同的供应商(少数民族拥有的企业)购买超过44%的商品和服务, 女性, 同性恋的人, 残疾退伍军人, 根据公司的年度报告 供应商多样性报告 最近提交给CPUC. 这一成就是通过公司不断努力，通过广泛的宣传和教育，帮助增加多样化的供应商池而实现的.

"As SoCalGas advances its 任务 to build the cleanest, 最安全的, most innovative energy infrastructure company in America, we are proud that our supplier network reflects the diversity of the customers we serve,” 斯科特•特鲁里街他是SoCalGas的首席执行官. “有这么多不同的商业企业 加州, we are committed to expanding opportunity as we advance cleaner energy innovations. Our strong supplier diversity program increases competitiveness, 提高创新, 并支持我们的客户."

“能源部准备在国家能源基础设施上投资数十亿美元, there is a monumental opportunity for minority businesses to engage in contracts and grants. SoCalGas在其持续的合作伙伴关系和致力于培养和鼓励不同的商业企业成为合格的产品和服务供应商方面起到了带头作用, 结果是44% ($1.020亿年) of its annual spend with diverse suppliers last year. 这些资金在帮助小企业成长和在不同社区创造就业机会方面产生了重大影响," 说 水龙轩莫里斯特, Chief, Minority Business and Workforce Di愿景, U.S. Department of Energy Office of Energy Justice and Equity. 

在 the last seven years, SoCalGas has spent nearly 60亿美元 商业企业多元化.

"With a record of surpassing the state's supplier diversity 目标 for 31 连续一年s, SoCalGas has demonstrated a strong commitment to championing 多元化的业务. 虽然还有更多的工作要做, 他们与不同企业的合作关系, from mom-and-pop catering enterprises to construction firms, 创造了机会, 工作和积极的影响是至关重要的 加州的 说:“经济 参议员 史蒂文·布拉德福德.

2023年报告重点: 

• 618 不同的供应商与SoCalGas合作
• 86.9% 不同的商业供应商的基础 加州
• 2,693 企业获得技术援助
• 152 新的多样化的公司，总共 5400万美元
• $7.16亿年 Minority Business Enterprises (MBE) – exceeded CPUC's 15% (about 3.47亿美元) minority business enterprise MBE goal for the 25^th 连续一年
• $2.29亿年 Women Business Enterprises (WBE) – surpassed CPUC's goal 5% (about 1.16亿美元)为36^th 连续一年
• $7400万年 Disabled Veteran Business Enterprises (DVBE) – up 34.2022年起5%
• 2.77亿美元 不同的分包

"Our company has provided construction services since 1991, working on major projects throughout the state. As a proud Native American owned business and a certified Minority Business Enterprise, 与SoCalGas这样的公司合作，使我们能够继续扩大我们的项目，并支持直接影响的基础设施 加州 居民,” Kirby海斯, President and Chief Executive Officer of Hal Hays Construction Inc.

“加州构建。, the LGBTQ+ community's first construction industry association, shares SoCalGas' 任务 to expand 机会 for 多元化的业务 throughout the state. 通过与小型, 多元化的业务, 我们提升社区，引领行业发展,” 保罗发展起来他是BuildOUT 加州的总裁.

“退伍军人商业网络帮助退伍军人企业与公司和政府机构联系，以获得合同机会, we also provide a variety of resources to support owners. 我们非常感谢像SoCalGas这样的公司为我们提供机会，支持我们的使命，并帮助面临创业挑战的退伍军人,” 丽贝卡Aguilera-Gardiner他是退伍军人商业网络的首席执行官.

SoCalGas的ASPIRE 2045可持续发展战略 includes a goal of achieving 45% spending 商业企业多元化 by 2025. ASPIRE 2045提出了SoCalGas的目标，即到2045年在公司的运营和能源交付中实现温室气体净零排放, 以及与安全相关的目标, DE&I in the workplace, and investment in underserved communities.

许多公司从SoCalGas的供应商多元化团队提供的业务发展计划和服务中受益, 如:

• SoCalGas的“小型承包商机会实现努力”(SCORE)项目帮助那些收入低于100万美元的小型多样化供应商做好准备 500万美元 and less than 25 employees, to participate in SoCalGas procurement 机会.
  • In 2023, SoCalGas' expenditures with 107 SCORE suppliers were over 1.29亿美元.
• 为参加加州大学洛杉矶分校安德森管理学院哈罗德和波琳·普莱斯创业中心的企业家管理发展项目的10名不同的企业主提供奖学金 & 每年的创新.

To learn more about SoCalGas' supplier diversity programs, visit http://www.socalgas.com/for-your-business/supplier-diversity.

*加州 Public Utilities Com任务 Supplier 多样性 Program, see General Order 156
http://www.cpuc.ca.政府 / supplierdiversity / 

关于SoCalGas   

总部设在 洛杉矶, SoCalGas 最大的天然气配送公司在哪里 美国. SoCalGas的目标是提供价格合理的服务, 可靠的, and increasingly renewable gas service to approximately 21 million consumers across approximately 24000平方英里 中环及 南加州. We believe gas delivered through our pipelines plays a key role in 加州的 通过支持能源系统的可靠性和弹性以及实现可再生资源的整合，实现清洁能源转型.   

SoCalGas的使命是建立 cleanest, 最安全的 and most innovative energy infrastructure company in America. In support of that 任务, SoCalGas aspires to achieve 净零温室气体排放 到2030年，用可再生天然气(RNG)取代其向核心客户供应的20%的传统天然气. RNG can be made from waste created by landfills and wastewater treatment plants. SoCalGas还在投资其天然气输送基础设施，同时努力让客户负担得起账单. SoCalGas是 Sempra (NYSE: SRE), an energy infrastructure company based in San Diego.   

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Sempra基础设施, 森普拉基础设施合作伙伴, Sempra德州, 森普拉德州公用事业公司, Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC (Oncor) and Infraestructura Energética Nova, S.A.P.I. de C.V. (IEnova) are not the same companies as the 加州 utilities, San Diego Gas & Electric Company or 南加州 Gas Company, 和Sempra基础设施, 森普拉基础设施合作伙伴, Sempra德州, 森普拉德州公用事业公司, Oncor和IEnova不受CPUC的监管. 

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