Climate Change Data

Ovintiv Inc.

Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)

Reporting Period: 2020

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

  • Emissions Reductions
  • Methane Intensity
  • COVID-19 Response
  • Sustainability Reporting
  • Board Diversity
  • Human Capital Management
  • Shareholder Engagement

Environmental Achievements

  • Reduced debt by ~$500MM in the second half of 2020
  • <0.50% 4Q20 sales gas flared and vented
  • Set a target to reduce methane intensity by one-third by 2025, using 2019 as our benchmark

Social Achievements

  • Industry leading COVID-19 response kept our people safe and our business running smoothly
  • 2020 was our 7th consecutive safest year ever with a Total Recordable Injury Frequency of 0.19
  • 50% of executive officers reporting to the company’s CEO and three of 11 director nominees are women

Governance Achievements

  • Active, engaged and independent Board that is diverse by gender, skills and experiences
  • Ongoing Board refreshment continued with the retirement of three longstanding directors and the addition of two new directors
  • In 2021, the Board adopted a Diversity in Board Recruitment Policy, committing to include female and racially or ethnically diverse candidates in each director search undertaken by the Committee

Climate Goals & Targets

Short-term Goals:
  • Reduce methane intensity by one-third by 2025

Environmental Challenges

  • Unprecedented pandemic that took a tragic toll on human life, shuttered global economies and crippled demand for the products we safely produce to fuel the world
  • Simultaneous oil price war that sent crude to record lows
Mitigation Strategies
  • Assembled a Pandemic Response Team
  • Proactively reduced 2020 investments by nearly $1 billion
  • Delivered our third consecutive year of free cash flow and exit the year with nearly $500 million less debt from mid-year 2020

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: TCFD, SASB

Reporting Period: 2021

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

  • Emissions Reductions
  • Social Responsibility
  • Corporate Governance

Environmental Achievements

  • Delivered on 33% methane intensity reduction target in 2021, four years ahead of schedule
  • Expect to achieve greater than 20% reduction in scope 1&2 greenhouse gas (GHG) intensity by year-end 2021 compared to 2019
  • Fully aligned with the World Bank Zero Routine Flaring by 2030 initiative, nine years ahead of schedule
  • Established real-time emissions dashboard across all operations
  • Reduced flared and vented natural gas volumes to less than 0.7% of total natural gas sales volumes in 2020 (down from 1.2% in 2019), and further reduced to 0.4% year-to-date 2021

Social Achievements

  • Achieved 7th consecutive safest year ever in 2020 with a Total Recordable Injury Frequency of 0.19
  • Launched a social commitment leadership team and published inaugural social commitment framework
  • Broadened the diversity of the Company's Board of Directors
  • Offered staff training on unconscious bias
  • Formed an employee resource group to encourage inclusion and networking
  • Conducted staff surveys on inclusion
  • Facilitated sessions with guest speakers on diversity, equity and inclusion at work

Governance Achievements

  • Revised corporate governance framework to reflect commitment to a diverse and inclusive workplace
  • Deepened board diversity since early 2019, adding five new directors, appointing a new independent board chairman and refreshing committee memberships, including three new committee chairs
  • Adopted a requirement that candidates of gender and racial or ethnic diversity are sought out and included in its Director search processes (Rooney Rule)

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • Establish a Scope 1&2 GHG emission intensity target tied to 2022 compensation
Medium-term Goals:
  • Achieve greater than 20% reduction in scope 1&2 GHG intensity by year-end 2021 compared to 2019 (expected)
Short-term Goals:
  • Reduce methane emissions intensity by 33% in 2021 (achieved)

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Period: 2022

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:Not disclosed
Scope 1 Emissions:Not disclosed
Scope 2 Emissions:Not disclosed
Scope 3 Emissions:Not disclosed
Renewable Energy Share:Not disclosed
Total Energy Consumption:Not disclosed
Water Consumption:Not disclosed
Waste Generated:Not disclosed
Carbon Intensity:Not disclosed

ESG Focus Areas

  • Climate change
  • Diversity, equity, and inclusion
  • Safety

Environmental Achievements

  • Reduced Scope 1&2 GHG emissions intensity by 24% compared to 2019 levels by 2021; eliminated routine flaring in operations.

Social Achievements

  • Launched employee resource group LINK to foster diversity and inclusion; offered training on inclusive leadership and interrupting bias; maintained an average employee tenure of over nine years and voluntary turnover of approximately six percent.

Governance Achievements

  • Established an emissions reduction task force; tied Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions intensity reduction targets to employee compensation; Board chair and the Human Resources and Compensation Committee provide strategic oversight to key social issues including diversity, equity and inclusion, as well as the compensation program.

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • Not disclosed
Medium-term Goals:
  • Reduce Scope 1&2 GHG emissions intensity by 50% compared to 2019 levels by 2030
Short-term Goals:
  • Not disclosed

Environmental Challenges

  • Increased environmental regulations; government action in response to climate change concerns; inflationary pressures on service and supply costs; supply chain disruptions, labor shortages and increased demand for fuel, electricity and steel; potential for climate change related litigation.
Mitigation Strategies
  • Voluntarily participates in emission reduction programs; adopted strategies to reduce emissions from operations; incorporating new and proven technologies and optimizing processes; working closely with third-party providers to develop best practices; proactively utilizes transportation contracts to diversify sales markets; pursuing innovative ways to minimize inflationary pressures with efficiency improvements and effective supply chain management.

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: Not disclosed

Responsible Procurement
  • Not disclosed

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks
  • Adverse weather conditions, natural disasters
Transition Risks
  • Increased environmental regulations; government action in response to climate change concerns; reduction in demand for oil, NGLs and natural gas; increased operating costs; limitations on exploration, development, and production areas; difficulty in accessing capital markets.
Opportunities
  • Not disclosed

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: Null

Certifications: Null

Third-party Assurance: Not disclosed

UN Sustainable Development Goals

  • Not disclosed

Not disclosed

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • Not disclosed

Awards & Recognition

  • Not disclosed

Reporting Period: 2023

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:3,307,430 tCO2e (Scope 1)
Scope 1 Emissions:3,307,430 tCO2e
Scope 2 Emissions:351,883 tCO2e
Scope 3 Emissions:Not disclosed
Renewable Energy Share:Not disclosed
Total Energy Consumption:Not disclosed
Water Consumption:11,547 thousand cubic meters
Waste Generated:Not disclosed
Carbon Intensity:Not disclosed

ESG Focus Areas

  • Climate Change
  • Safety
  • Water Management
  • Waste Management
  • Community Investment
  • Workforce Diversity and Inclusion

Environmental Achievements

  • Reduced GHG intensity (Scope 1 & 2) from 14.9 metric tons (CO2e/Mboe) in 2022 to 13.2 metric tons (CO2e/Mboe) in 2023
  • Increased water recycle rate from 31% in 2022 to 36% in 2023
  • Reduced hydrocarbon spills greater than 1 bbl that reached the environment from 19 in 2022 to 12 in 2023

Social Achievements

  • Maintained low total recordable incident frequency rate (total workforce) at 0.17 in 2023
  • Community spending of $6,351,537 in 2023
  • Charitable donations of $1,293,448 in 2023

Governance Achievements

  • Not disclosed

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • Not disclosed
Medium-term Goals:
  • Not disclosed
Short-term Goals:
  • Not disclosed

Environmental Challenges

  • Not disclosed
Mitigation Strategies
  • Not disclosed

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: Not disclosed

Responsible Procurement
  • Not disclosed

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks
  • Not disclosed
Transition Risks
  • Not disclosed
Opportunities
  • Not disclosed

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: SASB

Certifications: Null

Third-party Assurance: Not disclosed

UN Sustainable Development Goals

  • Not disclosed

Not disclosed

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • Not disclosed

Awards & Recognition

  • Not disclosed