Calvin G. Butler

"I always like to say with analysts and investors really focusing on ESG, environmental, social and governance and really pushing and pressing organizations to lay out what they're doing around those three pillars, I always know Exelon was doing ESG before it was sexy. We were on the leading edge."

"There is a statistic out there, and I won't give you the number but a high percentage of investor owned utilities across the country have stated a goal to achieve net zero carbon emissions. We have also set a goal. We call it our path to clean. Our Path to Clean effort says that we're going to be zero emissions by 2050. We will achieve 50% by 2030. And what I can tell you, JB, is that I have a line of sight to achieve that 1st 80%. That last 20% is all about technology. But we are committed to getting there. We've put millions of dollars in partnerships and investments with EPRI, the Gas Technology Institute, with MIT, with Abbott Labs to develop technology."

"One of the things that was just on the surface, we changed that office to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Recognizing that equity was just as important to ensure that people felt valued and they could show up to work and be themselves each and every day, and they felt opportunities existed for them. "

"No matter what industry you're in, if you're addressing equity or diversity, equity and inclusion as a checkbox, you'll never be successful, you will never have sustainable success. You may have one off success, but it won't be sustainable."

"In 2020, we committed to electrifying 50% of our fleet by 2030 and reducing greenhouse gas emissions by at least 50% in the same time frame. Last year, we took those goals even further and announced our Path to Clean, our initiative of Path to Clean to achieve net zero operations driven emissions across our six utilities by 2050. "

"I shared the successes, the tangible results of that partnership, and used it as an example of why we should prioritize diversity, equity and inclusion because it works. At Exxon, we consider diversity, equity and inclusion, and skills and qualifications interconnected. Ensuring we have a diverse and inclusive team means we have strengthened the foundation of skills and qualifications our team uses to accomplish its work. See, DEI drives excellence in all parts of our business. But for too long, dei has been seen as only a part of the work. I'm here today to tell you it actually is. The work this past year at Exxon has been full of significant challenges in the midst of a global pandemic and national racial unrest."