San Clemente Chamber Of Commerce: Diverse Businesses

Press release from the San Clemente Chamber of Commerce:

March 17, 2022

Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) announced the company achieved another record year of spending with over 570 diverse business enterprises in 2021—at $972.6 million, the highest in company history.

SoCalGas exceeded the California Public Utilities Commission's (CPUC) goal of 21.5% for the 29th consecutive year by procuring over 42% of total goods and services from women, minority, service-disabled veteran, LGBT, and small disadvantaged businesses, and increased spend with African American vendors by 49%.

Over the last five years, SoCalGas has spent $3.9 billion with diverse business enterprises.

Earlier this year, we released our Sustainability Strategy, which includes achieving 45% spend with diverse business enterprises by 2025. In partnership with diverse firms and community partners, we can help California implement clean energy solutions at scale and achieve our ASPIRE 2045 sustainability goals, which includes achieving net zero greenhouse gas emissions in our operations and delivery of energy by 2045.

Links:
SoCalGas Newsroom: https://newsroom.socalgas.com/stories/more-than-972-million-in-socalgas-contracts-awarded-to-diverse-businesses-in-2021

Social Media
Twitter - https://twitter.com/socalgas/status/1503798713419935745
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/SoCalGas/posts/10166394476615441
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6909564796493279233

This press release was produced by the San Clemente Chamber of Commerce. The views expressed here are the author’s own.