SUPPLIER DIVERSITY
SDG&E, SoCalGas Aim to Raise the Bar With New Diversity Goals
S
an Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) and Southern California Gas Co. (SoCal- Gas) have entered into an agreement with The Greenlining Institute outlining work- force- and supplier-diversity goals for the next four years. The agreement will go into effect on January 1, 2012, and replaces an existing agreement between the utilities and The Greenlining Institute that has been in place since 2007. The new agreement calls for SDG&E and SoCalGas to achieve even higher levels of employee and supplier di- versity than called for under the existing agreement.
“At SDG&E and SoCalGas, diversity is
more than a goal—it’s part of our corporate DNA. We are very proud of the positive impacts we have made on the diverse com- munities in our service territory, and recog-
nize that we can always raise the bar even higher,” said Lee Schavrien, senior vice president of finance, regulatory and legis- lative affairs for SDG&E and SoCalGas. “The Greenlining Institute has proven to be an effective partner in helping enhance our outreach to underserved communities and we look forward to further building upon the
remarkable diversity achievements
we’ve attained in recent years.” Among the goals agreed upon, SDG&E and SoCalGas will aim to award 32 percent of all supplier contracts to diverse business enterprises. Over the past 11 years, the util- ities have increased their spending with diverse suppliers more than sixfold to $615 million from $93 million. Today, more than half of the workforce at SDG&E and SoCalGas is comprised of minorities—from the front-line field em-
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ployees to the leadership team. Over the next four years, SDG&E and SoCalGas have committed to continue striving to re- flect the Southern California labor market by ethnic classification at every level of the organization. “Greenlining believes in the expertise
and integrity of the SDG&E and SoCalGas leadership teams and the core values that support these goals,” said Orson Aguilar, executive director of The Greenlining In- stitute. He added, “SDG&E and SoCalGas have made it clear that diversity, when done right, positively impacts the bottom line of corporations.”
Underscoring the utilities’ efforts to pri- oritize building a diverse 21st
century en-
ergy economy, a goal was set to work to- ward achieving 15 percent of Smart Grid procurement from diverse business enter-
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