This past year we advanced Sempra’s strategic initiative known as 领先2025, with the goal of helping to deliver improved 能源安全, economic growth 和 a lower-carbon society by investing in modern energy networks.
我们的 增长平台 -加州森普拉，德州森普拉，以及 Sempra基础设施 — are strategically positioned to deliver these opportunities with significant size 和 scale in key markets, strong recurring cash flows associated with transmission 和 distribution investments 和 growth trends requiring continued network expansion. In 2021, we invested over $7 billion in critical 能源基础设施, 创了我们公司的记录, 和 our adjusted earnings per common share (EPS) were well above our forecasted guidance range. For more information on our 2021 financial performance, please see Sempra’s 2021年年报.
森普拉专注于我们的 可持续的商业实践然而，并不是多愁善感. Instead, it is central to our 策略, capital allocation 和 sustained performance. 这就是为什么在我们的报告中, you will see examples of our 可持续的商业实践, including our proactive management of environmental, social 和 governance risks 和 opportunities to drive improvements across a variety of performance criteria 和 long-term 股东价值 以及我们所有的利益相关者. 这些做法包括:
Aligning our portfolio with long-term macroeconomic, market 和 policy trends (43页);
Mitigating the risks of our business by enhancing 安全, climate resilience 和 affordability, among other factors (pages 65, 54 和 84); 和
捕捉 新的机遇 和 activating new value streams through investments in infrastructure supporting increasingly 多样化和更清洁 能量的形式(页) 46 和 47).
重要的是, the business case for our 可持续的商业实践 is set forth in a programmatic way in Sempra’s Energy Transition Action Plan Framework. 创新 和 technology are central to the company’s business case 和 underpin our investments in decarbonization, diversification 和 digitalization of energy networks over the next five, 十年或十年以上. 看到 46页 for a summary of the progress we made in 2021.
此外，我们的 可持续融资框架, 2021年8月推出, outlines the parameters under which we can finance sustainable projects in alignment with our 策略, while also paving the way to exp和 new ESG financing opportunities.
我们的 可持续的商业实践 include proactive efforts to seek input 和 guidance from our stakeholders 和 in turn, help our stakeholders underst和 how we continue to improve our business operations. 为此目的, we regularly look to improve the relevance, transparency 和 usefulness of our reporting. In this report, we introduce the following enhancements, among others:
Dedicated section for our ESG goals 和 key ESG performance indicators (KPIs) (页面18-26);
下载表, graphics 和 other tools to assist stakeholders with analysis, to be released online; 和
New trade association climate lobbying disclosure template, developed by Sempra in consultation with shareholders 和 other key stakeholders that is now adopted by some of the most significant trade associations in the United States (106页).
过去一年, 我们的员工人数- 20人,000 employees strong — worked with great discipline 和 a laser focus on advancing safe 和 resilient 能源基础设施 with a view toward meeting the evolving needs of our shareholders 以及我们所有的利益相关者. 在我们的公司里，我们提供了帮助 提升我们的社区 和 delivered energy to help enable the wellbeing 和 aspirations of the nearly 40 million consumers 和 thous和s of businesses that we have the privilege of serving 24/7/365.
我们的 refreshed br和, introduced last year, affirms our purpose 和 anchors our 高性能的文化, reminding us of our decades-long commitment to serve others, our shared 值 和 our strategic focus on modern, 21世纪能源基础设施. 简单地说, sustainability — including our abiding commitment to serving all our stakeholders — is the basis of all we do.
At a time of great change globally 和 at home, Sempra’s North Star has never shined brighter — 有目的地传递能量.
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丽莎·拉罗克·亚历山大
Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs 和 Chief 可持续性 Officer
