Enbridge

Enbridge received a score of 100 on the 2025 Corporate Equality Index (CEI) from the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), a political stakeholder group. The company recruits employees based on sexual identity issues. The company discriminates against vendors that do not promote divisive sex and gender policies, indicating it prioritizes sexual issues over merit (1)(2). The company integrates ESG into its business practices. From its 2022 Sustainability Report: “We have established specific plans within and across businesses and importantly, aligned our executive compensation and financing costs to ESG performance strategies advancing throughout the Company” (3). From its Supplier Code of Conduct: “Suppliers are also encouraged to apply a continuous improvement approach to enhance their environmental performance and reduce their environmental footprint” (4). The company integrates DEI into its supply chain. From its Supplier Code of Conduct: “We encourage Suppliers to work cooperatively with Enbridge
identified certified inclusive suppliers and to develop and utilize
certified inclusive suppliers of their own while performing work on
our behalf” (5). However, the company has not publicly canceled customers, suppliers, or vendors based on political views or religious beliefs (6).

Enbridge’s HRC 2025 CEI rating indicates the company will not donate to non-religious charities unless they embrace controversial sexual identity policies (1)(2). The company likely uses Benevity as its charitable giving platform. Benevity vets charities according to the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Hate List, which includes mainstream libertarian, conservative, family, and religious advocacy organizations (3)(4)(5). The company will not fund religious groups (6).

Enbridge’s HRC 2025 CEI rating indicates the company forces employees to attend multiple, controversial trainings on gender identity, sexual orientation, transgender issues, and divisive racial ideology. The company provides gender transition guidelines for its employees and a specific benefits guide with a comprehensive explanation of transgender services funded by the company (1)(2). The company appears to prioritize diversity over merit in its recruitment, hiring, and mentorship program. From its 2022 Indigenous Reconciliation Action Plan: “The team focused internally on identifying pathways to fulltime
employment, on implementing a mentorship program, and
approached recruitment and hiring in a more culturally sensitive and respectful manner” (3). The company appears to prioritize diversity over merit in its business structure through the establishment of gender and racial targets for its hiring and leadership composition. The company is seeking 40% representation of women, 28% representation of minority ethnic and racial groups, and 3.5% representation of Indigenous peoples, as well as 40% representation of women and 20% representation of minority ethnic and racial groups on the board (4). However, in 2024, the company removed these diversity goals from its sustainability report. To date, the company has not publicly addressed this change, leaving shareholders without clarity regarding the company’s reasoning or future direction (5). The company operates a supplier diversity program. “At Enbridge, we take pride in our Supplier Diversity Program which seeks to drive diversity and inclusion within the supply chain by providing an equal opportunity for qualified businesses on both sides of the border” (6). Enbridge’s President and CEO signed Catalyst’s Champions for Change pledge, indicating its support of DEI in its leadership composition through the establishment of gender and racial targets (7)(8). However, Enbridge does not provide viewpoint protections for its employees (9)(10).

Enbridge’s HRC 2025 CEI rating indicates the company agrees to allow a controversial stakeholder group focused on sexual identity issues to dictate marketing or advertising strategy. By doing so, the company risks dividing employees, alienating customers and harming shareholders (1)(2). The company’s former CEO Al Monaco signed the CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion pledge, which includes a commitment to promote DEI through bias education training in the workplace, strategize on DEI programs/initiatives with other signatories, and engage boards of directors when developing and evaluating DEI strategies (3)(4). Enbridge was recognized by Bloomberg on the Gender-Equality Index and by Equipeap Gender Equality in Canada (5). The company is committed to net zero emissions by 2050 (6). The company supports DEI within its business practices, employing a DEI Officer (7).

The company supports DEI within its business practices. From its Sustainability Policy: “We are a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace” (8). The company supports ESG within its business practices. From its Social Media page: “ESG is part of our DNA” (9).

Enbridge’s HRC 2025 CEI rating indicates the company covers transgender related costs for its employees and their children, including paid short-term leave, puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, chest surgeries, genital surgeries, medical visits and lab monitoring, travel and lodging. Additionally, the company has pledged philanthropic support of at least one organization or event that promotes sex and gender ideology. By allowing a political stakeholder group to dictate operations, the company increases health care costs and risks dividing employees, alienating customers and harming shareholders (1)(2). The company was a Champion Tier corporate sponsor of the Trevor Project, an organization that advocates for controversial sex and gender ideology, including “gender transition” drugs and surgeries for minors, through legislation, litigation, advertising, and PR campaigns. The organization also hosts online chatrooms that allow adults to communicate with minors as young as 13 about sexually explicit topics. Adults in these chatrooms have encouraged minors to adopt transgender identities and withhold this information from their parents (3)(4)(5)(6)(7). Enbridge partners with the Corporate Canadian Index for LGBT, Pride at Work along with many other partnerships to create an inclusive environment (8)(9). The company commissioned artwork by local LGBTQ artists to express its support for the LGBTQ community (10). Enbridge is a Copper sponsor of Out & Equal (11). Otherwise, there are no publicly known cases of the company using corporate funds to advance ideological causes, organizations, or policies (12).

Enbridge’s HRC 2025 CEI rating indicates the company publicly advocated for controversial sex and gender ideology through local, state or federal legislation or initiatives. By allowing a political stakeholder group to dictate operations, the company risks dividing employees, alienating customers and harming shareholders (1)(2). In 2021, the company lobbied for the CLEAN Future Act (3).