Southwestern Energy Company (NYSE: SWN) today released its 9th
annual Corporate Responsibility report. The report highlights the
Company’s approach to Environmental, Social and Governance (“ESG”),
which is integral to its corporate strategy.
“As one of the largest producers of natural gas in the country,
Southwestern Energy is well positioned to help address the
intertwined challenges of securing both domestic and global energy
needs while supporting a lower-carbon future. Today marks the
publication of our ninth annual Corporate Responsibility report,”
said Bill Way, Southwestern Energy President and Chief Executive
Officer.
“Our approach to ESG, which is detailed in the report and
informs all of our decisions, is focused on three key areas. First,
we are working responsibly to secure the role of natural gas in a
lower-carbon future, including through reducing our own emissions.
Second, we seek to ensure a safe and inclusive workplace for
employees and contractors and positively impact the communities
where we work and live. And finally, we seek to create sustainable
value through proactive enterprise risk management, accountability,
and transparency,” continued Way.
Key report initiatives and highlights are as follows:
Environmental
- Announced new long-term goal to reduce Scope 1 greenhouse gas
(GHG) intensity and absolute emissions 50% by 2035, consistent with
a path to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050
- Achieved 26% methane intensity reduction year-over-year
companywide compared to 2020
- Eliminated routine flaring of associated natural gas
- Announced commitment to certify all wells as responsibly
sourced gas (RSG), which was achieved this quarter, and
continuously monitor for potential emissions on all well sites
- Returned more fresh water to the environment than consumed in
operations for the sixth year; SWN remains the first and only
company in its industry to achieve and sustain fresh water neutral
operations
Social
- 100% participation in 16-hour Officer Diversity and Inclusion
training programs
- 100% average women’s salaries to average men’s salaries
- 36% of new hires in 2021 were diverse
- Over $642 million paid in taxes and fees over the last five
years
- Approximately $2.2 billion in royalties paid to mineral owners
since 2017
- Reduced employee and contractor Total Recordable Incident Rate
(TRIR) by 40% over the past five years
Governance
- 15% of executive and employee annual compensation linked to ESG
metrics, including safety, spills and methane intensity
- 44% of board members are diverse (two women, one Native
American, one French national)
- Enhanced and expanded transparency of reporting to include
alignment with four core pillars of Task Force on Climate-related
Financial Disclosures (TCFD)
- Updated Climate Scenario Analysis; projects 97% of assets
producible in 2050 under an IEA Net Zero Emissions sustainable
development scenario
The report – which aligns with the Global Reporting Initiative
(GRI) Standards requirements and is in accordance with the GRI
Standards at the Core level and is also guided by the
Sustainability Accounting Standards Board’s (SASB) standards for
Oil and Gas Exploration and Production, the Task Force on
Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) and several other
reporting frameworks and scorecards relevant for the industry – is
available at www.swncrreport.com.
About Southwestern Energy Southwestern Energy Company
(NYSE: SWN) is a leading U.S. producer and marketer of natural gas
and natural gas liquids focused on responsibly developing
large-scale energy assets in the nation’s most prolific shale gas
basins. SWN’s returns-driven strategy strives to create sustainable
value for its stakeholders by leveraging its scale, financial
strength and operational execution. For additional information,
please visit www.swn.com and www.swncrreport.com.
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objectives and growth and anticipated financial and operational
performance, including guidance regarding our strategy to develop
reserves, drilling plans and programs, estimated reserves and
inventory duration, projected production and sales volume and
growth rates, commodity prices, projected average well costs,
generation of free cash flow, our return of capital, leverage
targets and debt repayment, expected benefits from acquisitions,
potential acquisitions and strategic transactions, the timing
thereof and our ability to achieve the intended operational,
financial and strategic benefits of any such transactions or other
initiatives. These forward-looking statements are based on
management’s current beliefs, based on currently available
information, as to the outcome and timing of future events. All
forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this news
release. The estimates and assumptions upon which forward-looking
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of risks that are beyond our control. Although we believe the
expectations expressed in such forward-looking statements are based
on reasonable assumptions, such statements are not guarantees of
future performance, and we cannot assure you that such statements
will be realized or that the events and circumstances they describe
will occur. Therefore, you should not place undue reliance on any
of the forward-looking statements contained herein.
Factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially
from those indicated in any forward-looking statement are subject
to all of the risks and uncertainties incident to the exploration
for and the development, production, gathering and sale of natural
gas, NGLs and oil, most of which are difficult to predict and many
of which are beyond our control. These risks include, but are not
limited to, commodity price volatility, inflation, lack of
availability of drilling and production equipment and services,
environmental risks, drilling and other operating risks,
legislative and regulatory changes, the uncertainty inherent in
estimating natural gas and oil reserves and in projecting future
rates of production, cash flow and access to capital, the timing of
development expenditures, a change in our credit rating, an
increase in interest rates, our ability to increase commitments
under our revolving credit facility, our ability to maintain leases
that may expire if production is not established or profitably
maintained, our ability to transport our production to the most
favorable markets or at all, any increase in severance or similar
taxes, the impact of the adverse outcome of any material litigation
against us or judicial decisions that affect us or our industry
generally, the effects of weather or power outages, increased
competition, the financial impact of accounting regulations and
critical accounting policies, the comparative cost of alternative
fuels, credit risk relating to the risk of loss as a result of
non-performance by our counterparties, impacts of world health
events, including the COVID-19 pandemic, cybersecurity risks,
geopolitical and business conditions in key regions of the world,
our ability to realize the expected benefits from acquisitions,
including our mergers with GEP Haynesville, LLC, Montage Resources
Corporation and Indigo Natural Resources LLC, our ability to
achieve our GHG emission reduction goals and the costs associated
therewith, and any other factors described or referenced under Item
7. “Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations” and under Item 1A. “Risk Factors” of our
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2021.
We have no obligation and make no undertaking to publicly update
or revise any forward-looking statements, except as required by
applicable law. All written and oral forward-looking statements
attributable to us are expressly qualified in their entirety by
this cautionary statement.
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Brittany Raiford Director, Investor Relations (832) 796-7906
brittany_raiford@swn.com
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