Flexible Renewable Storage Potential
ESG LANDSCAPE & 2020 ACHIEVEMENTS
Published ESG Report in alignment with SASB disclosures
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Environmental
■On track to meet or exceed carbon savings
goal of 30% by 20351
■Saved nearly 380,000 metric tons of carbon
in 2020, equivalent to taking 82,000 cars off
the road
Our vision forward is being a carbon neutral
energy provider by 2050
WATER
BUSINESS
VISION 2050
LOW-CARBON PATHWAY
ETHICS &
INTEGRITY
CO2
ONMENTAL
DIVERSE &
ACTIVE BOARD
Governance
Maintained well-qualified, diverse,
independent and active Board with
appropriate business & risk oversight
Board refreshment resulted in 6 out of 11
directions being new in the last five years
Board of directors includes 40% of members
that are BIPOC or female and a female chair
100% of active NW Natural employees
participated in ethics and compliance training
GOVERNAN
Safety
No cast iron or bare steel pipe in natural gas
system, making our system one of the most
modern and tightest in the nation
Performed transmission pipeline inspections
at nearly 3x the rate required
Installed excess flow valves (EFVs) on 38%
of our services lines in 2020. Latest industry
average is approx. 23%
SAFETY
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CARE FOR OUR
COMMUNITIES
SOCIAL
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DIVERSITY, EQUITY
& INCLUSION
SUPERIOR
CUSTOMER
EXPERIENCE
CONSTRUCTIVE
REGULATION
Customers & Employees
Ranked #2 in the West for residential
customer service²
Nearly $1 million and 5,500 employee
volunteer hours donated to nonprofits in
our communities
Made progress on diversity goals - over
41% of our workforce are BIPOC or
women
Full report at nwnatural.com/about-us/the-company/sustainability
This is an emissions savings goal equivalent to 30% of the carbon emissions from our sales customers' gas use and NW Natural company operations from 2015
2020 J.D. Power Gas Utility Residential Customer Satisfaction Study for Large Utilities
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