SoCalGas连续30年超额完成国家目标, 去年，中国从不同企业购买了近43%的商品和服务

在 10亿美元 在2022年的支出中，少数族裔、女性、伤残退伍军人和lgbt企业占比最高

洛杉矶, 2023年3月22日 /价值/—— 南加州天然气公司. (SoCalGas) today announced the company exceeded the 加州 Public Utilities Com任务's diverse spending goal for a 30^th 连续一年, 从少数民族那里购买近43%的商品和服务, 女性, service-disabled资深, 以及2022年lgbt拥有的企业. 去年, SoCalGas collaborated with 578 diverse businesses in support of the company's operations and 任务 to build the cleanest, 最安全的, 美国最具创新力的能源公司. SoCalGas的2022年供应商多样性报告全文，题为 通过多样性、创新和合作，支持清洁能源的可持续未来， 是 提交给CPUC 本月初.

“连续30年，我们已经超过了CPUC的多元化采购目标, 主要是通过与数百家当地企业的合作 洛杉矶, 到中央谷, 内陆帝国, 帮助支持我们所服务的社区的经济,” SoCalGas首席执行官 斯科特•特鲁里街. “这一里程碑是SoCalGas对股权承诺的一个很好的例子, 包容, 可持续性延伸到数以百计 加州 我们为服务的社区感到自豪."

SoCalGas的ASPIRE 2045可持续发展战略其中包括一个更大胆的目标，即到2025年，各类商业企业的支出达到45%. 通过强有力的项目组合, SoCalGas正在努力增加多样化的商业参与，尤其是非洲裔美国人, 印第安人, 同性恋, 以及经验丰富的行业——在这些行业中，经过认证的dbe历来代表性不足.

去年，SoCalGas将服务范围扩大到数百家企业, offering enhanced technical assistance and other programs to provide a bridge to business 机会 with SoCalGas today and in the future. 因此，在2022年，146家不同的企业首次开始与SoCalGas合作. 此外，去年SoCalGas前25大供应商中有15家是多元化供应商，高于2021年的13家.

在过去的六年里，SoCalGas花费了将近 50亿美元 商业企业多元化. 除了, many companies have benefitted from business development programs and services offered by SoCalGas' supplier diversity team.

"Our journey began when we were enrolled in SoCalGas' Smaller Contractor Opportunity Realization Effort (SCORE) program in 2013," 说 比安卡Vobecky总统 & Vobecky Enterprises Inc .首席执行官.该公司是一家非裔美国人拥有的公司，为SoCalGas提供物流服务. "The knowledge and training we received from this program helped expand our business and diversification into other areas like material procurement and project management. 参与SoCalGas项目, 在供应商多元化团队坚定不移的支持下, 我们得到了更多的机会." Vobecky recently received a contract with SoCalGas in support of a fleet safety retrofit program.

SoCalGas继续引进新的多样化供应商, 帮助他们成长, 并与近90%的总部设在我们州的不同企业签订了合同. They understand that keeping dollars in our local businesses creates a greater impact in our diverse communities," 说 丹尼斯·黄，亚洲商业协会执行董事兼首席执行官， 洛杉矶. 

“感谢我们与SoCalGas长达36年的合作, 我们已经能够扩大业务规模, 雇佣更多的人, 并制定一个项目，吸引不同的供应商作为分包商," 说 亨利的理发师他是多蒂兄弟公司的总裁这是一家西班牙裔的总工程承包商. “这种长期合作关系的好处之一是，SoCalGas得到了一致的支持, 为他们的客户群提供优质的产品. 对于Doty Brothers来说，它帮助我们继续经营，保持盈利，并提供高薪工作."

去年，SoCalGas的首席执行官， 斯科特•特鲁里街, 是 named 2022 CEO 多样性 Champion by the 南加州 Minority Supplier Development Council (SCMSDC), 哪个表示大于1,500家经认证的少数族裔企业. Drury 是 recognized by SCMSDC for embodying "the leadership needed to advance diversity and 包容 in contracting,“并将供应商多元化作为SoCalGas的重点。” ASPIRE 2045可持续发展战略. ASPIRE 2045 sets forth SoCalGas' goal to achieve net zero greenhouse gas e任务s in the company's operations and delivery of energy by 2045, 以及与安全相关的目标, DE&I在工作场所，并投资于服务不足的社区.

有关SoCalGas致力于供应商多样性的更多信息，请参阅其 2022年供应商多样性年度报告. SoCalGas invites diverse businesses to engage and learn more about the Supplier 多样性 Program at socalgas.com/for-your-business/supplier-diversity.

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提供价格合理的服务, 可靠的, 为全球2100多万消费者提供越来越多的可再生天然气服务 24000平方英里 中环及 南加州. 通过该公司管道输送的天然气将继续发挥关键作用 加州的 clean energy transition—providing electric grid reliability and supporting wind and solar energy deployment.

SoCalGas的使命是建立 美国最清洁、最安全、最创新的能源公司. 为了支持这一使命，SoCalGas渴望实现这一目标 净零温室气体排放 in its operations and delivery of energy by 2045 and to replacing 20 percent of its traditional natural gas supply to core customers with renewable natural gas (RNG) by 2030. 可再生天然气是由垃圾填埋场和污水处理厂产生的废物制成的. SoCalGas is also committed to investing in its gas delivery infrastructure while keeping bills affordable for customers. SoCalGas是 Sempra (纽约证券交易所代码:SRE)是一家总部位于美国的能源基础设施公司 圣地亚哥.

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Sempra基础设施, Sempra德州, Sempra墨西哥, 森普拉德州公用事业公司, Oncor电力输送公司有限责任公司(Oncor)和基础设施能源公司, S.A.P.I. de C.V. (IEnova)不是同一家公司 加州 公用事业，圣地亚哥天然气公司 & 电力公司或南加州天然气公司, 和Sempra基础设施, Sempra德州, Sempra墨西哥, 森普拉德州公用事业公司, Oncor和IEnova不受CPUC的监管.

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