Southern Company Gas 2022 Sustainability Executive Summary Final 4.19.23 - Flipbook - Page 16
Case Studies
Atlanta Gas Light
Participates in Trees Atlanta’s
Largest Ever Tree Planting
In 2021, the Atlanta Gas Light Foundation contributed
$10,000 to Trees Atlanta on the heels of a separate
payment to replace the single tree removed during its
Piedmont Enhancement project construction. Atlanta
Gas Light employee volunteers then joined city officials
and community leaders across Atlanta to participate in
Plantlanta, an effort led by Trees Atlanta to plant 800
trees citywide in a single weekend, the largest planting
in the organization’s history. In 2022, the Atlanta Gas
Light Foundation increased its contribution to Trees
Atlanta with an additional $50,000 financial
commitment and plans to continue collaborating on
volunteer projects. Planting a tree canopy is a great way
to serve our customers and neighbors and enhance the
environment in a number of ways, including lowering
neighborhood temperatures in the heat of summer,
fostering wildlife habitats, helping reduce CO2 in the
atmosphere and mitigating air pollution.
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Virginia Natural Gas
Restores the Longleaf Pine
Virginia Natural Gas has a longstanding commitment to
preserving the longleaf pine—a key piece of the
Southeast’s environmental heritage. Over the years,
Virginia Natural Gas volunteers have worked alongside
The Nature Conservancy to help restore the onceabundant tree by planting more than 1,000 longleaf pine
seedlings across southeast Virginia. We also provided The
Nature Conservancy with $30,000 in grants to support
its multi-year efforts to restore the tree.
