A billion-dollar commitment: Target set for Indigenous business spending

Making good on a commitment in our Indigenous Reconciliation Action Plan (IRAP), Enbridge has announced a target for future spending with Indigenous businesses.

From January 2023 to the end of 2030, Enbridge has committed to an additional C$1 billion in Indigenous spending across its North American projects and operations. This refers to the total spend with Indigenous businesses on both direct and indirect subcontracting opportunities, as well as wages paid to Indigenous workers by Enbridge contractors.

“Setting a meaningful, time-bound spending target demonstrates our continued commitment to engagement and inclusion of Indigenous communities and businesses in the execution of Enbridge projects and operations,” says Kim Brenneis, Enbridge’s Director of Community and Indigenous Engagement in Canada.

Enbridge has been tracking our Indigenous spend since 2012. In the 11 years since, this figure has surpassed C$2 billion, buoyed by over C$1 billion spent on the Line 3 Replacement Project.

“We aimed to set a new company-wide goal which reflects the real benefit of our economic involvement with Indigenous communities and—based on relationships we’ve established from our projects and operations—we hope to exceed that target,” says Paul Eberth, Enbridge’s Director of Tribal Engagement in the U.S.

Further reporting on Enbridge’s progress in 2023 on our IRAP commitments will be available within our annual Sustainability Report.