Measures and Standards: Key Indicators
2023-24 Highlights
Looking Ahead
Our Approach to ESG
President’s Message
About SaskEnergy
Environment
Prosperity
Our People
Governance
Introducing drones into our environmental studies To enhance our compliance activities related to environmental acts and regulations, SaskEnergy has introduced the use of drones during our environmental audits. The drones give us a bird’s eye view of work areas — prior to construction, during construction, and as we complete reclamation work. They also provide benefits such as identifying environmentally sensitive areas, more quickly discovering any environmental issues, and reducing the risk of site contamination. During our Regina area expansion projects, drones were used to conduct environmental surveys in sensitive areas. On the reclamation side, SaskEnergy is piloting the use of a drone in the application of herbicide, which reduces biosecurity risk, time, and the cost of equipment and personnel. Sponsoring organizations that conserve and protect the environment As part of our commitment to environmental responsibility, SaskEnergy is proud to support organizations that conserve and protect the environment. Throughout the past 15 years, we have sponsored more than 660 environmental and wildlife initiatives across Saskatchewan. During 2023-24, major environmental stewardship sponsorships included: · $25,000 toward Nature Conservancy Canada as part of a two-year, $50,000 agreement to support the organization’s conservation efforts in the Southwest Sandhills in Saskatchewan. · A $1,000 sponsorship of the Saskatchewan Prairie Conservation Action Plan’s Native Prairie Appreciation Week, which increases awareness about native prairie conservation. · A $10,000 sponsorship of Nature Saskatchewan’s Stewards of Saskatchewan program, which engages rural landowners in species at risk habitat conservation. · Our fifth annual $25,000 sponsorship of Earth Rangers, which works to transform children’s concerns about the environment into positive action.
SUPPORTING SWIFT ACTION TOWARD CHILDREN BECOMING ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERS As part of our community investment program, SaskEnergy invested nearly $100,000 in sponsorships related to environmental stewardship in 2023-24. This included a sponsorship of Earth Rangers — an organization that, through a variety of programs, helps transform children’s concerns about the environment into positive action and empowers them to become environmental leaders at home, in school and in their communities. As part of our sponsorship of this organization, which we’ve now been supporting for five years, SaskEnergy has been able to select more than 40 elementary schools throughout Saskatchewan to receive presentations from Earth Rangers. Each year, Earth Rangers also chooses an endangered animal within Saskatchewan to be part of its lineup of adoption kits, aimed at engaging families and children in learning about and supporting the protection of species at risk. Earth Rangers introduced a Swift Fox adoption kit in 2023-24, which SaskEnergy was proud to support.
2023-24 ESG Report
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