Identification of relevant 
ESG risks and opportunities

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Our ESG efforts and reporting prioritize the issues relevant to our business and stakeholders, aiming to enhance long-term shareholder value. We identify these issues through systematic assessments that focus on ESG-related risks and opportunities for our business and our actual or potential impact on the environment and society. Periodic external and internal stakeholder engagements identify priority ESG topics to inform our corporate responsibility strategy and disclosures. Analysis of this feedback results in the identification of our highest priority ESG topics, identified as ​“relevant ESG topics” on our website and in our Corporate Responsibility Report. Our CEO and executive leadership review the feedback and analysis and update our strategy and disclosures accordingly. Annual priority topic analysis is also shared with our Board of Directors.

 

Our overall process for identifying relevant ESG topics includes: 

STEP 1

Map disclosures and identify ESG topics

  • Map disclosures from ESG ratings and reporting frameworks.

  • Benchmark against select peer companies.

  • Identify relevant ESG topics.

STEP 2

Engage internal and external stakeholders

  • Engage internal stakeholders to assess the prioritization of ESG topics and relevance of potential disclosures.

  • Interview external stakeholders and survey select individuals to gather quantitative feedback on priority ESG topics and disclosures.

STEP 3

Prioritize ESG topics and select disclosures

  • Conduct desk-based research, with the support of third-party specialists, to understand shifts in ESG trends and external stakeholders’ priorities.

  • Integrate research and interview feedback into a structured scoring and prioritization framework to develop a matrix and select ESG disclosures for the Corporate Responsibility Report.

STEP 4

Monitor and revise

  • Continue to review relevant ESG topics through ongoing engagement with internal and external stakeholders.

  • Revise disclosures and reporting focus areas as relevant.

 

 

 

Cheniere-relevant ESG issues

We use the term ​“relevant,” instead of the commonly employed term ​“material” used by the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Standards and others, to avoid confusion with the term material as used to assess disclosures governed by U.S. securities laws more generally. This ​“relevant issues” list was created based on the results of internal and external surveys completed in 2020 and are updated with additional external and internal inputs each year. Issues are listed alphabetically within each category. 
 

Climate and environment

  • Air quality
  • Biodiversity
  • Climate strategy
  • Effluents and waste
  • GHG emissions

Health and safety

  • Emergency response
  • Occupational health and safety
  • Process safety

Team

  • Employee engagement
  • Talent attraction, development and retention

Community

  • Community development
  • Community engagement

Culture and Engagement

  • Employees and management demographics
  • Culture and engagement strategy

Governance

  • Business ethics and compliance
  • Corporate governance
  • Cybersecurity
  • Political engagement
  • Supply chain

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