Fair Money & Economic Opportunity

Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. operates in midstream energy infrastructure, providing logistics services for crude oil and natural gas liquids.

The company's core business does not involve offering lending, deposit, or other financial services to consumers. Therefore, all KPIs related to consumer financial products, services, and their associated metrics are not applicable to its operations. No evidence was found in the provided articles to suggest the company engages in activities relevant to these financial services-focused KPIs.

Fair Pay & Worker Respect

For the fiscal year ending 2024, the CEO-to-median employee pay ratio was 60:1.

In 2023, the company's total recordable occupational injury rate (TRIR) was 0.31 per 200,000 work hours, with Canadian operations achieving a full year without a recordable incident. The employee turnover rate in 2023 was 9% overall. Since 2000, Plains All American Pipeline has incurred $1,750,000 in penalties for one employment-related offense and $9,724,650 for nine pipeline safety violations. Additionally, since 2006, the company has been cited for more than 175 safety violations, which caused nearly $24 million in property damage, and is among the top four most cited pipeline operators for safety violations.

Kind to Animals

Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. is an energy infrastructure company. The provided articles, including its 2023 Sustainability Report Summary, do not contain specific, concrete data points related to animal welfare, cruelty-free certifications, animal testing, animal-derived ingredients, or animal agriculture practices.

While the company received a 'Conservation Champion Award' in 2023 from the Bayou Land Conservancy, this is a recognition and does not provide measurable biodiversity impact metrics or a percentage of revenue invested in conservation initiatives, which is what the 'wildlife_conservation_impact' KPI requires. Several articles detail oil spills, including a 2015 rupture that resulted in 451,500 gallons of crude oil spilled, affecting 150 miles of coastline and causing over 300 marine mammal deaths. However, these are operational impacts and not evidence of conservation initiatives or their positive outcomes, which is the focus of the 'wildlife_conservation_impact' KPI. Therefore, no KPIs can be scored based on the provided evidence.

No War, No Weapons

The company's core business is described as owning and operating midstream energy infrastructure and providing logistics services for crude oil, natural gas liquids, and natural gas, primarily in the United States and Canada. The provided sustainability report for 2023 explicitly states that "No specific data is provided regarding 'No War, No Weapons' initiatives."

There is no evidence in the articles to suggest any involvement in arms manufacturing, military contracts, dual-use technologies, sales to embargoed regimes, or any other activities related to war or weapons. The company's operations do not involve mineral inputs typically associated with conflict minerals, nor do they indicate any procurement from conflict-affected areas. Community investments totaling $3.8 million in 2023 are general and not specified for peacebuilding or disarmament initiatives. The company's political action committee (PAA PAC) disbursed $183,250 in 2023, but the nature of this lobbying is not specified as defense-related.

Respect for Cultures & Communities

In 2023, Plains All American Pipeline invested $3.8 million in local communities via employee and corporate contributions.

This represents approximately 0.12% of its 2023 Gross Adjusted EBITDA of $3,167 million. This percentage falls below the 1-3% threshold for the -50 tier, but since it is not 0% with active avoidance, and the rule states to choose the tier closer to zero, it maps to -50. The company reports that 50% of new U.S. employees in 2022 were from diverse backgrounds, but it does not specify the proportion recruited from local communities. However, the 2022 report indicates a 'local employment ratio' of 50, which, if interpreted as 50% of the workforce from local communities, would map to a 50 tier. Given the ambiguity and the lack of explicit definition for this '50' in the context of the KPI, and the general rule to choose the tier closer to zero when ambiguous, it is safer to interpret this as a less favorable outcome or a lack of clear evidence for the higher tier. The 2022 report also states that 15-30% of operational sites have grievance mechanisms, which maps to the -50 tier.

Safe & Smart Tech

No specific, concrete data points were found in the provided articles for any of the KPIs related to 'Safe & Smart Tech'. The articles primarily discuss financial performance, operational incidents (like oil spills), and general corporate governance, but do not offer details on data protection, cybersecurity investment, AI ethics, privacy certifications, or other technology-specific safety measures relevant to the rubric's KPIs.

Information regarding pipeline safety violations and related penalties, while involving operational technology, falls outside the defined scope of 'Safe & Smart Tech' which focuses on data protection, cybersecurity, and responsible AI.

Zero Waste & Sustainable Products

The company reported no monetary losses from legal proceedings associated with federal pipeline and storage regulations for 2021, 2022, and 2023.

However, between June 2004 and September 2007, Plains All American Pipeline and its subsidiaries settled 10 violations of the Clean Water Act related to crude oil spills, resulting in a $3.25 million civil penalty and approximately $41 million in pipeline upgrades.