LOS ANGELES, Jan. 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Southern
California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) today announced the company was
presented with the Los Angeles Area
Chamber of Commerce's Corporate Member of the Year award.
SoCalGas was selected in recognition of the company's support of
the Chamber's efforts to support economic prosperity in the
Los Angeles region. SoCalGas
co-hosted the first-ever virtual job fair which had over 1,000
registrants, supported the launch of ONE
LA to assist small businesses in obtaining vendor contracts
from companies like SoCalGas and helped engage and recruit highly
skilled executive committee members. The Chamber's efforts were led
by SoCalGas vice president, Denita
Willoughby, who served as the organization's 2020 board
chair. Willoughby is the first African-American woman to do so
since the Chamber's inception in 1888.
"SoCalGas recognizes the need to champion the communities we
serve and the businesses that keep these communities thriving, now
more than ever," said Maryam Brown,
president of SoCalGas. "We are proud of the work we did with the
L.A. Area Chamber of Commerce this past year and we are thrilled to
receive this award. SoCalGas has been a longtime partner of the
Chamber, helping to build a prosperous region for all Angelenos. We
will continue to support those we serve, not only through our
community partnerships, but by providing a clean and resilient
21st century energy system that is affordable for
all."
"The Los Angeles Area Chamber
of Commerce is proud to honor SoCalGas as our Corporate Member of
the Year. Throughout the past year, their unwavering partnership
with the Chamber and our community has been the best example of
leadership. We look forward to partnering with them in the year
ahead as we all chart our course toward economic recovery," stated
Los Angeles Area Chamber of
Commerce, president & CEO, Maria S.
Salinas.
"COVID-19 has dealt a devastating blow to our workers and small
businesses, the very backbone of our economic strength — and we all
bear responsibility for ensuring our hardest-hit employers can
survive this period of sheer uncertainty," said Los Angeles Mayor Eric
Garcetti. "We can only meet this moment through the power of
partnerships, and we are proud to have leaders like SoCalGas and
the L.A. Area Chamber of Commerce stepping forward to help lift up
local businesses, navigate our pandemic response, and prepare for
the recovery," said Mayor Eric
Garcetti.
The Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce works to champion the needs of the
business community in Los Angeles through its nationally
recognized influence. The organization advocates for economic
prosperity and quality of life for the Los Angeles region
by being the voice of business, promoting collaboration and helping
members grow. The Chamber represents more than 650,000 employees
and businesses from more than 35 industry sectors. Each year the
Chamber delivers referrals to member companies, provides business
and professional development programs and internship opportunities
for Los Angeles youth.
SoCalGas has been a member of the Los
Angeles Chamber of Commerce since 1911 and has invested over
$1.5 million since 2001 in the
chamber and its affiliated centers of impact, including Southern
California Leadership Network (SCLN), Better Buildings Challenge,
LASER, Unite LA and LA Jobs PAC.
About Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce
The Los Angeles
Area Chamber of Commerce
represents the interests of business in the Los
Angeles region. The Chamber's mission is to design and advance
opportunities and solutions for a thriving regional economy that is
inclusive and globally competitive. Founded in 1888, the Chamber is
the oldest and largest business association in the region. Its
member companies work together to promote a prosperous economy and
quality of life in the Los Angeles region. For more
information, visit www.lachamber.com.
About SoCalGas
Headquartered in Los Angeles, SoCalGas® is
the largest gas distribution
utility in the United States. SoCalGas delivers
affordable, reliable, clean and increasingly renewable gas service
to 21.8 million customers across 24,000 square miles of
Central and Southern California, where more than 90 percent of
residents use natural gas for heating, hot water, cooking, drying
clothes or other uses. Gas delivered through the company's
pipelines also plays a key role in providing electricity to
Californians— about 45 percent of electric power
generated in the state comes from gas-fired power plants.
SoCalGas' vision is to be the cleanest gas utility
in North America, delivering affordable and increasingly
renewable energy to its customers. In support of that vision,
SoCalGas is committed to replacing 20 percent of its traditional
natural gas supply with renewable natural gas (RNG) by
2030. Renewable natural gas is made from waste created by
dairy farms, landfills and wastewater treatment plants. SoCalGas is
also committed to investing in its gas delivery infrastructure
while keeping bills affordable for our customers. From 2014 through
2018, the company invested nearly $6.5 billion to upgrade
and modernize its pipeline system to enhance safety and
reliability. SoCalGas is a subsidiary of Sempra Energy
(NYSE: SRE), an energy services holding company based in San
Diego. For more information
visit socalgas.com/newsroom or connect with SoCalGas
on Twitter (@SoCalGas), Instagram (@SoCalGas)
and Facebook.
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