Health Safety and Environment

Safety first, and always

With safety the highest priority at AGIG, we are continually striving to achieve Zero Harm. We believe that all incidents are preventable, and so we continually review our work practices and monitor our performance to ensure the ongoing safety of our employees, customers and the public.

To achieve Zero Harm, we work to:

Maintain public safety through safe pipeline operations
Provide a safe and healthy workplace, free of occupational injuries and illness
Create a culture and environment where every employee is personally committed to managing health and safety
Act consistently with AGIG’s values, including working in a safe and professional manner

We maintain a strong, focused safety culture that reinforces and strengthens the business. Comprehensive policies, procedures and training support a Zero Harm work environment.

Learn more about our approach to Zero Harm:

The Environment

AGIG recognises its responsibility to conduct business in a way that protects and improves the state of the environment for future generations. We understand that the long-term well-being of society, the well-being of employees and the strength of our business depends on our commitment to a sustainable environment.

AGIG is committed to working with relevant regulators and community stakeholders to ensure that its activities are conducted in a manner that minimises environmental impacts to as low as reasonably practicable. This includes operating in a manner that promotes energy and materials conservation, as well as waste reduction.

For a number of years, AGIG has been working in conjunction with Landcare to support a range of environmental projects. This has included delivering trapping and baiting supplies to the Yaburara and Coastal Mardudhunera Aboriginal Corporation (YACMAC) to eradicate feral cats in the Fortescue River Mouth region and ultimately relieve the threat of predation on nesting turtles and threatened Northern Quolls in the area. Additional support has been provided through similar projects across WA in the Mid West, Wheatbelt and Peel regions to assist local landholder groups.

Documents:

2023 Environmental, Social and Governance Report

Australian Gas Infrastructure Group (AGIG) has released its 2023 Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Report, detailing performance and achievements for 2023 and outlining progress towards our longer-term ESG targets.

This release follows AGIG's inaugural 2021 report and subsequent 2022 report and reflects our ongoing maturity to ESG over these three years. This year's report focuses on AGIG's commitment to improving long-term impacts to the environment in the interests of its customers, community and employees while delivering best-practice performance as one of Australia’s largest gas infrastructure businesses.

Digital ESG Report

Climate Change Statement

The science of climate change is well accepted and shows that greenhouse gases are increasing, leading to rising temperatures across the globe. We are responding by taking active steps towards sustainable gas delivery today and for tomorrow.

As a business, we are committed to deliver on our Low Carbon Vision and help meet Australia’s emission reduction commitments to achieve net zero.

Our commitment to The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

AGIG has identified these UN SDGs that we consider most relevant to our business.

Gender Equality

Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.

We will target 40% female representation in our workforce by end-2027
We will target 40% female representation in our senior leader’s category by end-2030
We will conduct gender pay gap analysis by end-2024

We are committed to equity through providing all people equal opportunities to reach their potential.

Affordable and Clean Energy

Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all.

We seek to balance consumer priorities including safety, affordability, stability and reliability in delivery of our services
We will support customers in vulnerable circumstances
We will invest in significant new renewable gas projects for supply to our customers
We will set interim Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions reduction targets for our operations by end-2023
We aim to reduce our Scope 1 and 2 emissions across all AGIG assets by 30% by end-2030 (from a financial
year 2020 baseline)²
We will undertake a materiality assessment on our Scope 3 emissions to enable us to set a reporting target by end-2024

We’re making good progress to deliver emissions reductions, but there’s more to be done. Our focus remains on contributing to energy security and ensuring costs remain as low as possible.

Decent Work and Economic Growth

Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all.

We will provide energy safely, sustainably and reliably
We will maintain the health and safety of our employees and contractors
We will identify and collect, desired metric and data collection methods to measure workforce age, gender, pay equity, First Nations people and ethnic diversity in 2023
We will develop a Diversity and Inclusion Program to support our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion policy and plan and support a more inclusive workplace by end-2024
We will develop a Graduate Program by end-2025
We will deliver on commitments made in our Modern Slavery Statement

We provide full and productive employment to over 400+ people and employ specialist contractor organisations to maintain our gas infrastructure.

Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialisation and foster innovation.

We will respond to more than 95% of network leaks within the timeframes set by regulator
We will improve reliability, reduce emissions and future proof our distribution networks by replacing low pressure and earliest generation polyethylene pipes
We will work with stakeholders to demonstrate 100% hydrogen domestic appliances in a typical “at home” setting to help them understand how they might use hydrogen in the future.
We will promote knowledge sharing and partnerships across the renewable energy sector

Being an industry leader means we are responsible for building resilient infrastructure to meet social and environmental needs and respect environmental requirements.

Sustainable Cities and Communities

Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable.

We will develop and implement a Reconciliation Action Plan
We will implement and track our first RAP with an aim to progress to an “Innovate” RAP by end-2025
We will invest in the community through our Community Partnerships Program (CPP)
We will track and improve employee uptake of the AGIG Volunteer Program
We will review our environmental footprint with a view to setting biodiversity targets by end-2025

As a leader in the Australian energy sector, we have a responsibility to contribute to better cities for our customers and to support the local communities we serve.

Responsible Consumption and Production

Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns.

We will target no Tier 1 and 2 odorant release events (as defined in process safety definitions)
We will deliver on our Sustainable Procurement Statement
We will include assessment of ESG criteria as part of our procurement processes by end of 2024
We will identify and collect data on types of waste across all businesses by end-2024 (This target has been reworded from 2022 to increase transparency on key deliverables.)

AGIG recognises its responsibilities to conduct business in a way that protects and improves the state of the environment for future generations.

Climate Action

Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts.

We will target 10% renewable gas in our distribution networks by 2030
We will target 100% renewable gas in distribution networks by 2050 at the latest and 2040 as a stretch
We will target net zero emissions from our transmission and midstream assets by 2050 at the latest
We will adopt the recommendations on climate-related financial disclosures by end-2024⁴

Climate Change is not a journey for AGIG alone. The impacts are collective and across a multitude of value chains.

¹With the maturation of our ESG reporting, this target will be removed in 2024 and delivered as business-as-usual operations. Consistent with our Materiality Assessment (page 18) this approach allows us to focus on areas where we can have the most influence.

²To achieve this reduction, we will invest in initiatives that decarbonise our operations, offset emissions by purchasing high-quality carbon credits (such as Australian Carbon Credit Units, ACCUs) and ensure legislative compliance through participation in carbon credit markets for Safeguard Mechanism Credits (as applicable). AGIG will ensure that facilities covered by the Safeguard Mechanism comply with emissions reduction targets in accordance with that scheme.

³With the maturation of our ESG reporting, this target will be removed in 2024 and delivered as business-as-usual operations. Consistent with our Materiality Assessment (page 18) this approach allows us to focus on areas where we can have the most influence.

⁴Note this target has been reworded to reflect the disbandment of the TCFD Framework ahead of the adoption of the relevant AASB standards. The intent of the target remains consistent with the previous wording which was: We will adopt the recommendations of the TCFD by the end-2024, but is now more generic to also consider ASSB.