GC 2021-Corp-Responsibility-Exe-Summary final - Flipbook - Page 24
2021
Sustainability
Priorities
Assessment
Our Sustainability Priority Matrix
Our internal and external stakeholders
scored the key sustainability priorities on a
scale from 1 to 10 for impact (the ability of
Southern Company to influence the priority)
and importance. This graph represents those
collective perspectives.
Southern Company and external stakeholder
top three sustainability priorities align:
Southern Company partnered with the
EPRI to conduct a Sustainability Priorities
Assessment to understand internal and
external stakeholder interests in key
areas related to sustainability. Leadership
and employees from across the system,
including from the five largest operating
companies, provided feedback for
the internal stakeholder perspective.
External stakeholders included
customers, investors, non-governmental
organizations and suppliers.
1. Clean Energy
2. Safety and Health
3. Energy Reliability and Resiliency
Through internal focus groups and interviews with
select stakeholders, we identified 23 key sustainability
priorities, which were further evaluated through a
survey distributed to a broader stakeholder base.
Both internal and external stakeholders rated Clean
Energy, Safety and Health and Energy Reliability
and Resiliency in the top five of the sustainability
priorities. The additional top priorities were Cyber and
Physical Security and Financial Performance for internal
stakeholders, and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and
Human Rights for external stakeholders.
The valuable insights gained from this extensive study
are informing our corporate sustainability strategy,
stakeholder engagement and sustainability disclosures.
Leadership across the Southern Company system
have engaged in thoughtful discussions around the
priorities, which contributed to the development of
our six corporate sustainability priorities: Net Zero and
Environment; Reliability, Resilience and Affordability;
Innovation; Workforce Sustainability; Diversity, Equity
and Inclusion; and Community Relationships.
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High Impact
and High
Importance
Scale 0 to 10
