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Pillar 4: Environmental stewardship and safety

Enbridge recognizes the strong Indigenous connection to culture and the traditional importance of the land, air, animals and water. We are committed to environmental protection, collaborative stewardship and continued improvement of engagement on, and inclusion of, traditional and cultural knowledge in our plans, projects and operations.

Our commitments

Focus	Commitment	Details	Goal	Timeline
Indigenous inclusion and traditional knowledge	Review and revise Enbridge’s approach to Indigenous inclusion in environmental review processes.	Proactively engage with Indigenous groups to share Enbridge’s environmental processes and initiatives, and increase awareness for opportunities to partner with Indigenous organizations for environmental work.	Provide information on Enbridge’s environmental processes and initiatives to identified Indigenous groups. Strengthen engagement to reflect Indigenous inclusion.	2025-ongoing
Indigenous inclusion and traditional knowledge	Regionally advance opportunities for Indigenous inclusion in environmental field work.	Regionally identify and advance opportunities for Indigenous participation in environmental field work. Engage with Indigenous groups to identify where Traditional Environmental Knowledge (e.g. planning site and facility locations) can be included into land-based development.	Increase Indigenous involvement in fieldwork. Identify land-based opportunities considering inputs from Indigenous groups.	2025-ongoing
Emergency preparedness and pipeline safety	Continue to share emergency management materials and encourage increased Indigenous awareness in emergency response.	Continue to engage and share emergency management materials with Indigenous groups. Continue to generate awareness and provide opportunities for participation in emergency response exercises.	Continue to share relevant emergency management materials to generate awareness and work with identified Indigenous groups to implement the “Best Practices for Notifications to Indigenous Nations And Communities” regarding Canada Energy Regulator (CER) Reportable Incidents.	2025-ongoing
Emergency preparedness and pipeline safety	Continue to communicate with Indigenous groups regarding emergency and safety mechanisms and approaches.	Continue to provide notifications to Indigenous groups at the same time as the regulator to ensure they are aware and engaged in the event of a release from our pipeline systems.	Communicate with Indigenous groups in the event of a release from our pipeline systems.	Ongoing

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2022 - 2024 progress and outcomes

Assessed current environmental approaches in each region
Increased Indigenous inclusion in various stages of environmental review processes
Increased opportunities for Indigenous participation in environmental field work, especially through engagement on projects

Provided emergency management materials and opportunities to participate in emergency response exercises to Nation emergency coordinators, administrators and leadership
Hosted tours of key Enbridge operational facilities, which provided an opportunity to share information and answer questions

Incident communication protocols were developed with communities near our assets
2023 Sustainability Report

Spotlight:
Safe Community grant: Frog Lake First Nation

Engagement and collaboration around safety as a core value creates opportunities for increased and improved community and regional emergency response, connection and security.

At Enbridge, safety is at the heart of what we do. For us, it’s more than operational safety. It’s also paramount that the communities where we work and live are safe.

Since 2002, our Safe Community First Responder Program grants has helped support a wide variety of emergency response needs, from new firehoses, emergency management training, and the purchase of jaws-of-life for fire departments to automated external defibrillators, vehicles and major financial support of air ambulance services.

Frog Lake First Nation (Frog Lake) is located in remote central Alberta, Canada, about 200 kilometers (124 miles) east of Edmonton. Having adequate emergency management capacity within the community is important to the safety, security and peace of mind of its members.

To that end, in 2022, Frog Lake began expanding its emergency management capacity, hiring a dedicated Emergency Management Director (EMD) and then applying for and receiving Enbridge Safe Community First Responder Program grants in 2022 and 2023 to support construction of a new community fire hall.

As part of ongoing efforts to continue to enhance emergency response and safety within the community, in summer 2023, Frog Lake identified the need for a reliable and dedicated vehicle for emergency management, response and security patrol in the community, and considered applying for an additional grant to contribute to its purchase.

Through ongoing engagement and dialogue with Enbridge’s Community and Indigenous Engagement (CIE) advisor and field operations staff, a process commenced to identify an appropriate Enbridge fleet vehicle being cycled offline for donation to Frog Lake. In September 2024, Frog Lake received the keys to its dedicated emergency management truck.

“We sincerely thank Enbridge for their generous donation of a half-ton truck to our emergency department, which has significantly improved the efficiency and safety of our patrols,” said Rocky Wade, Frog Lake’s EMD. “We deeply appreciate Enbridge’s continued friendship and support, and we look forward to further collaboration on initiatives that enhance the safety of both Frog Lake and our neighboring rural communities.”

Remarked Dallas Roberts, Enbridge’s senior CIE advisor for the region: “We are proud to support Frog Lake as they have proactively worked to enhance their capacity and resources for emergency management and response within the community, as well as their crucial role in the broader region. This increased capacity strengthens vital regional connections, creating a network of support and collaboration between Indigenous and local communities in rural and remote areas of Alberta.”

Frog Lake has participated, and continues to engage, in management response training, and with members of Enbridge’s CIE and operations teams to identify important priorities for the community, including around our shared core value of safety.

Pillar 3: Inclusion and partnerships

Pillar 5: Sustainability, reporting and energy transition