The energy transition in California and elsewhere, including decarbonization goals, goals and increasingly divergent investor sentiment regarding climate change efforts, has introduced led to contradictory expectations from various investors and other stakeholders and uncertainty in long-term investor support, leading including some to reduce investment investors reducing participation in or divest divesting from our sector. Maintaining investor confidence and attracting capital at a competitive cost will depend, in part, on demonstrating our ability to address material business risks related to climate and our efforts to help achieve the goals of our consumers and the markets and jurisdictions where we operate. In an effort to maintain a sustainable and durable business risk profile and continue to focus on value creation, Sempra has evaluated and updated its climate aspirations to reflect the changing policy, regulatory, commercial and technological landscape, including stakeholders’ evolving focus on reliability, resiliency and affordability and the pace and impact of climate and other public policies. Following this evaluation, Sempra now aims to have net-zero scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions by 2050, with 2050 and has an interim target aim of 50% scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions reductions by 2035 (this interim target is relative to a 2019 baseline, applies to Sempra California California’s operations and Sempra Infrastructure’s Mexico (non-LNG) operations operations, and may be subject to further revision if Sempra’s planned sale of a portion of its equity interest in SI Partners is relative to a 2019 baseline). While the company no longer has a specific goal to achieve net-zero scope 3 GHG emissions by 2050, the capabilities we are developing through our energy transition action plan could also support the reduction of scope 3 GHG emissions and help meet regulatory, consumer and market demand for lower- and zero-carbon energy. completed). Sempra’s, SDG&E’s and SoCalGas’ abilities to advance their respective net-zero and other climate objectives and meet the demand for lower-carbon and reliable energy in California and elsewhere will depend on many factors, some of which we do not control, including supportive federal and state energy laws, policies, incentives, tax credits and regulatory decisions; cost and affordability considerations; development, commercialization and regulatory acceptance of affordable, alternative and lower-carbon energy sources, including cleaner fuels; successful research and development efforts focused on lower carbon technologies that are economically and technically feasible; cooperation from our partners, financing sources and commercial counterparties; customer participation in conservation and energy efficiency programs; our ability to execute our planned investments in our infrastructure; and consumers’ decisions and preferences. In addition, we will need to continue to expend capital and employee resources to develop and deploy new technologies and modernize grid systems, which may not be recoverable in rates or, with respect to our businesses that are not regulated utilities, may not be able to be passed through to customers. Even if such costs are recoverable, these costs, coupled with necessary safety and reliability investments, may negatively impact the affordability of SDG&E’s and SoCalGas’ services and, for our businesses that are not regulated utilities, may cause costs to increase to levels that reduce customer demand and growth. Moreover, forecasting to 2035, 2045 and 2050 specified targets over longer-term periods is inherently speculative without knowing uncertain and could be significantly impacted by the trajectory of the energy transition. As a result, although we are dedicated to making progress on our climate aims and are continuing to develop capabilities designed to reduce GHG emissions from our own operations as well as to support consumers’ and markets’ own climate goals, goals and applicable legislative and regulatory mandates, we may not be successful in achieving these objectives. We could suffer difficulties attracting investors and business partners, reputational harm and other negative effects if we do not meet or if we further modify our GHG emissions reduction aims or there are negative views about our environmental disclosures or practices generally.
Source: Item 1A, 10-K 0001032208-26-000010 vs Item 1A, 10-K 0001032208-25-000012