Southern Company Gas 2022 Sustainability Executive Summary Final 4.19.23 - Flipbook - Page 25
Fueling Equity
At Southern Company Gas, we believe diversity
cultivates new perspectives and innovation that
enhances our ability to deliver superior results for our
customers, employees and shareholders. We work to
foster diversity, equity and inclusion in our workforce
and beyond to drive our long-term success.
Equity is about fairness, access and opportunity for all.
Southern Company Gas advances many DE&I initiatives,
such as Fueling Equity, a program that embodies our
understanding that when you know better, you do
better. The program includes a webcast series featuring
interviews with social justice trailblazers aimed at
highlighting, educating and communicating Southern
Company Gas’ important work toward fostering an
equitable environment for its employees, customers and
communities. We have been fortunate to host many
different knowledge experts on the webcast who share
their experiences and provide us with advice for moving
the needle in terms of social and racial justice.
In 2022, Nicor Gas released its first Supplier Diversity
Economic Impact Report, which showed that the
company’s investments in women-, minority- and
veteran-owned businesses contributed $854 million to
the gross domestic product in Illinois, supported job
growth throughout the supply chain, paid a total of
$165 million in employee wages and supported more
than 2,804 jobs in 2020.
“We are committed to: listening
to our colleagues, learning
about their experiences and
the issues that may hinder
them from contributing to
their full potential and leading
by helping and supporting
them; by being an ally and
advocate. These three tenets
are not just words; they are
qualities that define our
commitment—the way we live
and work each day. Although
we’re all different, Fueling
Equity unites us in our support
for each other, our common
goals as a company and in our
belief that we need to continue
meeting one another with love,
grace and positivity.”
We recognize that advancing equity is an ongoing
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process, and we continue to identify opportunities to
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transparently disclose our progress and support social
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and racial justice measures. See the annual Moving to
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Equity report, available on Southern Company’s
Company Gas
website, to learn more about our progress.
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