Success at Freeport LNG depends on our ability to meet our stakeholders’ expectations without risk to the community, the environment, our employees and our business. In fact, not only do we commit to responsible operations, but we work positively to impact the local community. At the heart of this success is the distinctive culture that drives our workplace and differentiates us in our industry.

Freeport LNG works closely with local communities where we operate to help support their needs and earn their trust. We collaborate with stakeholders, elected officials and community leaders to invest in programs that promote local economic growth and improve social conditions. We hold memberships in local business and industry organizations, supporting them through the time and talents of our employees. Over the years, we have built a reputation as a credible, accountable, generous and trustworthy neighbor.

Local Stakeholder Engagement and Access to Information

Freeport LNG makes good faith efforts to notify all affected stakeholders regarding project activities, including landowners, towns and communities, and local, state, and federal governments and agencies involved in a proposed activity.

To better communicate with stakeholders and members of the community, Freeport LNG maintains a website (www.freeportlng.com) where up-to-date relevant information about construction and ongoing operations is provided. Additionally, important safety information is also available on this website. Any organization or member of the public can express their views, comments or grievances at any time to Freeport LNG directly by utilizing the “contact us” feature on the website or by contacting us toll free at 1-800-303-6545. Freeport LNG also mails out relevant information to affected landowners during various stages of new development projects.

Should a member of the public wish to file a comment or grievance with FERC directly, they can do so through the FERC eComment feature on their website https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx .

Key Stakeholder Engagements

Public Presentations: We maintain relationships with numerous stakeholders and organizations to try to address the community’s concerns and needs. Examples of engagement include:

• Conducting one-on-one briefings throughout a project cycle with elected officials of all levels of government;
• Making presentations at local city council meetings;
• Delivering public presentations to local economic development organizations, chambers of commerce, business organizations, trade organizations, and civic organizations such as Rotary International;
• Conducting informational briefings with local public school districts and Brazosport College;
• Holding open houses and meet-and-greets, where information is shared about our company and relevant projects; and
• Visiting near-neighbor Home Owners’ Associations to provide updates on project advances.

Community Advisory Council

Freeport LNG is a member of the Brazosport Community Advisory Council (CAP). The CAP is made up of 8 local industrial facilities and a diverse group of community citizens. The panel meets every other month and provides a forum for candid conversation about industry-related issues of community interest or concern, key projects and safety and environmental performance. Open, honest dialogue makes industry members aware of what the community expects of us and helps community members understand what industry members produce and how they operate. The primary issues we address are the facilities’ operations, environmental concerns, safety, security, emergency preparedness and quality of life issues, including industry involvement in the community.

We continue to seek different platforms to engage with each stakeholder group to receive feedback on key issues as it pertains to our business.

Creating dialogue with our stakeholders has given us valuable insight into the issues that face our community, company and industry. It gives us insight into needs and expectations. We have leveraged the feedback from stakeholders to assess how the company is allocating resources to ensure the most effective and impactful sustainability performance.

Stakeholder Feedback

We value all input from the community but when we receive a question or concern from a stakeholder, it is our desire to respond as quickly as possible so the matter can be properly and promptly addressed. First, our Public Information Officer receives notification and registers the issue along with the concerned party’s contact information. We then respond to that stakeholder to confirm that their comment was received and that we are looking into the matter. Third, we route the matter to the proper department or individual or, if needed, escalate the issue to senior management. The Public Information Officer will then monitor progress toward resolution of the matter, and communicate a proposed resolution to the stakeholder or seek additional feedback as needed. Our hope is to successfully resolve all matters. If an issue remains unresolved, we will continue to monitor the situation for possible future action.

Respect for Indigenous Peoples and Cultural Preservation

We respect indigenous peoples and aim to preserve the culture of indigenous communities near our operations. During our permitting processes, we notify federally recognized Native American Indian tribes that have potential interest in the general area where Freeport LNG’s facilities are to be built for our planned activities. Additionally, Freeport LNG maintains an Unanticipated Discoveries Plan that includes a provision to contact Native American Tribes, if warranted.

Freeport LNG sends information to these Native American Tribes to provide an opportunity for them to review and comment on proposed developments. They can report a grievance at any time to Freeport LNG by utilizing the “contact us” feature available on our website (www.freeportlng.com) and to FERC through direct government-to-government coordination or the eComment feature on their website https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx .

Contributing to the communities where we live and work is a top priority for Freeport LNG. We are honored to donate time, money, and resources to worthy causes that improve the lives of our employees, their families, and their neighbors.

To guide our social investment activities, Freeport LNG developed a Corporate Citizenship Roadmap providing priorities for Corporate Citizenship and Philanthropic activities. This strategy is aligned with our corporate objectives and purpose as well as the economic, social and environmental dimensions of sustainable development. Our performance aligns with international standards, including the United Nations Sustainable Development Group (UNSDG) guiding principles. This includes our focus pillars of:

• Education & Workforce Development;
• Public Safety;
• Environment and Wildlife Sustainability;
• Access to Quality Healthcare; and
• Quality of Life.

We provide philanthropic funding and employee volunteerism to support these pillars. This strategy is continually buttressed by our stakeholder engagement efforts that keep us abreast of, and aligned with, community needs and priorities.

In 2021, we invested $1.5 million in our local community through charitable donations and contributions, and made an additional $1.25 million in multi-year pledges.

Freeport LNG commits both time and money to bring these values to life, building a pipeline of talented future candidates of employment with our company and other industrial companies in the area. The ability to hire, develop and promote educated, competent employees allows us to fulfill our objective of maintaining safe, efficient, and cost effective operations, and enhances our ability to effectively grow our company and manage our business.

Freeport LNG invests the largest portion of our charitable funds in the education space, including K-12 future readiness and scholarships for those advancing to the next level in academic or technical trades.

Our signature education programs include the Brazosport College Gator Classic Golf Tournament that raises scholarships for students at Brazosport College, establishment of a scholarship for the benefit of veterans, and support of public school district education foundations, primarily focused on science, technology, engineering and mathematics, and career and technical education.

Freeport LNG is proud to make monetary donations to local fire and EMS departments as part of an annual tradition of giving to various community emergency response organizations. For more than 14 years, we have donated funds for equipment such as patrol boats and SUV’s, beach rescue vehicles, and RADAR guns.

Life Saving Equipment Donated to Lake Jackson Volunteer Fire Department

When Freeport LNG learned that the Lake Jackson Volunteer Fire Department’s (LJVFD) budget had fallen short in its ability to purchase planned life-saving extraction equipment, otherwise known as the “jaws of life”, we were eager to help fill the funding gap. The LJVFD is all volunteer and provides services to our community at no cost, responding to a wide variety of emergency calls in the community as well as providing mutual aid to surrounding communities. The work that these firefighters do requires a great deal of training, and having the right tools for the job makes their work possible when mere seconds count. The extraction tools made possible by Freeport LNG are essential to vehicle extraction: stabilization, cutting and pushing parts of the vehicle away from an entrapped victim. They are hydraulic in nature, however are battery powered, making extraction much quicker. The equipment cost was $35,000, yet is priceless when lives are saved.

On April 10, 2021, the LJVFD held a public demonstration of their newly purchased “jaws of life”. They simulated a real emergency call where a driver was trapped in a vehicle that had rolled over. Attendees were able to witness how emergency responders arrive upon and secure a scene, assess the situation, communicate with each other about how to approach and execute an extraction, and cut the victim out of the vehicle.

Freeport LNG is proud to be able to help local emergency responders secure vital equipment needed so that they can effectively respond to emergency situations in the interest of public safety.

Sheriff’s Department Benefitted by Drones

Freeport LNG provided $25,000 in 2021 toward the Brazoria County Sheriff’s Department creation of a drone program to aid in the protection of citizens, monitor critical infrastructure and waterways within Brazoria County, and provide support and assistance to other agencies. By being able to survey the scene from above, officers are able to assess hazardous situations or damage, and even find missing, injured or stranded citizens. A drone’s aerial view can assist command personnel in their decision-making process.

Beach Patrol and Rescue Vehicle Donated to Surfside Police/EMS Department

Surfside Beach is a highly visited destination very near the Freeport LNG terminal. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Surfside has seen a large increase in the number of people visiting the beach. This increase in visitors brings with it increased concerns for the safety of all. The Surfside Police Department and EMS have historically shared a utility vehicle with the Surfside Maintenance Department, which does not allow for police officers to safely patrol the beach on a daily basis. Freeport LNG donated the funding necessary for the Village of Surfside Beach to purchase a fully equipped utility vehicle to be used for beach patrol and rescue by Surfside Police Department and EMS. This new vehicle will allow both departments to access parts of the beach that were previously difficult to get to, and save critical time in an emergency.

Power generation from natural gas emits 50-60% less carbon dioxide than a typical new coal plant. However, Freeport LNG’s commitment to the environment does not stop there. For example, we have donated nearly 350 acres of undeveloped land containing various types of habitat to conservation groups, and we manage another 35 acres of wetlands we have created at and around our facilities on Quintana Island. These areas host a variety of shore and wading birds, including roseate spoonbills, gulls, avocets, stilts and many others.

The Gulf Coast Bird Observatory’s Neotropical Bird Sanctuary on Quintana Island is a popular site for observing many varieties of migratory birds, featuring walking trails, freshwater ponds and park benches, and is one of the sites for the annual Great Texas Birding Classic. This event draws thousands of visitors to the island each spring. Freeport LNG is an annual sponsor of the Birding Classic, and has donated an observation tower so that visitors could get a variety of views of the migrating birds.

We invest in safe, quality healthcare for the benefit of our employees and their families and for the communities where our employees live and work. Strong, vibrant, thriving, resilient communities are those with the best level of healthcare. Our focus is on access to quality facilities, advancing research, supplying equipment, and training. We also invest in programs that encourage individual and family wellness.

Committing for Life

Freeport LNG employees save lives by participating in quarterly blood drives at Freeport LNG’s worksites. Up to three lives can be saved through a single blood donation. Freeport LNG employees answered the call in 2021 by donating blood in support of one of Freeport’s own, the son of a Freeport LNG employee diagnosed with Leukemia.

Liam’s Journey

By John Doan, Freeport LNG employee and Liam's father

It all started with a daily recurring fever… which for a 2 year old is nothing to be alarmed about, but that everyday symptom gave rise to a two and a half year journey that still has ripple effects today.

On Presidents’ Day, February 18, 2019, my youngest son Liam was diagnosed with ALL (Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia) at the age of 2 years 3 months.

Needless to say, our lives have not been the same since. Fortunately, throughout our roller coaster of initial grief, small victories, wishful prayers, steely resolve and blind luck, through all the procedures that have no business being done to a 2 year old, my family and I had the utmost support from my Freeport LNG workmates and management.

Freeport LNG was kind enough to give me as much time off as I needed, especially during the critical initial Induction phase, where the goal was to aggressively treat Liam with a regimen of chemotherapy and steroids in order to achieve a Minimal Residual Disease (MRD) level of zero after 29 days.

Fortunately Liam was successful in that goal, which was an important indicator for successful treatment of the disease.

At that point, people asked me if Liam was in “remission” or “cancer free”. Unfortunately the answer to that question was, and technically still is, not that simple. Because leukemia is a blood cell cancer, there are no specific locations that can be targeted where the cancer can be removed; blood is everywhere. The best analogy I’ve heard is that it’s like taking a swimming pool and pouring a glass of orange juice into it, and then trying to make sure the swimming pool is completely free of orange juice. Not a simple task. So that is why the doctors refer to MRD of zero – it means that the amount of cancer is below the threshold of detectability… which could include zero, but also may not.

In the two and a half years of treatment since, Liam endured a battery of blood draws, chemotherapy, blood transfusions, surgeries, side effects and hospital stays. During that time I was always able to take time off, often at short notice, to make sure Liam got the best care possible and that I could be at his side through all the difficulties he endured. Not that he needed that much support actually – he was a superstar in the hospital, never fussing when they needed to put needles and other horrible things in him and very quickly learning how to take his oral medication. He even learned to swallow pills when he was only 4 years old! An incredible feat for an incredible kid.

In addition to my flexible work arrangements, Freeport LNG really stepped up to the plate when our volunteer committee suggested making our company blood drives in Liam’s honor. With Liam as the face of blood donation at Freeport LNG, donations increased significantly with just over 100 units of blood donated in Liam’s honor. Many donors had never donated before and are now regular donors. These donors especially are a lasting legacy to Liam’s cancer journey and just another among many reasons why Freeport LNG is such an incredible company to work for – a company with which I just celebrated my 15 year anniversary, and there is no place I’d rather work and no better group of people with which to spend such a large proportion of my waking hours.

The COVID pandemic actually coincided closely with the beginning of Liam’s Long Term Maintenance phase. Again, thanks to the leadership, care and proactivity of the Freeport LNG Executive Management Team to quickly allow non-frontline workers like me to work from home, I was not only successful in keeping my family COVID free, but also kept Liam free from the other bugs and germs that could have caused him to have to be hospitalized and/or pause his chemotherapy while he was immunocompromised. As a result, Liam was able to experience a textbook LTM phase, which helped give our family some peace of mind that we really couldn’t have made things better for him.

On June 21 2021, Liam took his last oral chemotherapy and soon after on July 6 2021, Liam had his port surgically removed… and he was technically a “normal” kid again. Looking at him now, aside from a few scars on his chest and neck from the port insertion and removal, you could never tell he was as sick as he was. I truly believe that Freeport LNG played a supporting role in helping make that happen. Absolutely, when my world was upside down, work was the last thing on my mind. Just as it should be.

Freeport LNG is stepping up to help ensure that the citizens of Sweeny and surrounding areas continue to be able to access high quality healthcare locally by investing in SCH’s capital campaign at a meaningful level. We donated $250,000 to the campaign, which is an investment in building a healthier community in Sweeny and surrounding cities.

The new hospital building will feature a larger footprint allowing for less cramped and shared spaces, the ability to treat more patients with room for growth, and ease privacy concerns that exist today. It will allow for improved workflow and ADA compliant facilities. More importantly, patient safety will be improved by having the new facility built to all modern building codes.

Our investments in Quality of Life issues are made through our support of the United Way, and charitable donations to a variety of civic, humanitarian and non-profit groups that work to improve the lives of the most vulnerable. This includes the vital work of organizations that focus on closing the inequality gaps of race and gender, support of veterans, historical and cultural preservation, food insecurity, and senior citizen and youth programs.

Many of these organizations focus their work on reduction of poverty through education, income support, economic development, health initiatives and addressing basic needs of individuals and families in the community. When we invest in making lives better, the community is strengthened and so is our company.

Investing In Diversity Initiatives

In support of both our quality of life pillar and our education and workforce development pillar, Freeport LNG is dedicated to investing in and supporting organizations, initiatives and programs that work to ensure that all people have fair and equitable access to education and economic opportunities.

2021 marked the second year of a five-year, $3 million pledge by Freeport LNG to three area organizations that work to support and empower African-Americans and people of color – the MLK Celebration Committee (MLKCC) in Brazoria County, the Houston Area Urban League and My Brother’s Keeper Houston (MBK Houston). Each organization’s $200,000 per year gift will be allocated for scholarship programs and economic empowerment and education initiatives managed by each organization.

Representatives of Freeport LNG supported and attended the "Say Their Names" Memorial put on by the MLKCC, made possible by our donation to the organization. The “Say Their Names” Memorial is a visual display of 200 victims whose lives were lost due to racial injustice. A powerful memorial to provide a space for dialogue, reflection, and give visitors an opportunity to look into the faces of those whose lives were cut short too soon and realize that all lives matter.

Freeport LNG was recognized by the Houston Area Urban League with the Gerald Hines Award as 2021 Business Partner of the Year. This award was presented for Freeport LNG’s leadership and support to increase education, employment, training and economic development opportunities for the underserved.

Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Sister-City Initiative

In 2021, The City of Freeport and the City of Altamira, Tamaulipas, Mexico signed an agreement to become sister cities. This agreement provides the potential for economic and cultural benefits for both cities. Altamira is very similar to Freeport, being a large, commercial port city. This provides opportunities for exchanges of ideas, the sharing of culture, and opportunities for trade. Freeport LNG was asked to make a presentation to a delegation visiting from Altamira, Mexico about our company and its economic impact to the local area and at a national level. Maintenance Manager, Rick Pena, made this presentation to this important delegation. The presentation was the first conducted by our company entirely in Spanish.

Kids Unlimited Offshore Fishing Adventure

Kids Unlimited is dedicated to providing quality life experiences for children afflicted with cancer. One of their most popular events is an offshore fishing trip each summer out of Freeport. Freeport LNG sponsored the 2021 trip for these young anglers, providing them with a fun day of catching the big ones while getting away from the daily struggles of dealing with their cancer.

Christmas for Children

In 2021, Freeport LNG employees conducted a Christmas Toy drive that supported the children of the Tellepson Family YMCA. This was a good opportunity to bring joy to deserving children in such a challenging year. Over 150 toys were donated, benefitting 50 children.

Our employees are passionate about engaging in our community and we encourage them to contribute to the communities where they live and work. This enables our employees to make more meaningful and personally rewarding impacts.

Corporate Matching Program

To further leverage the generosity of our workforce, Freeport LNG provides up to $10,000 of dollar-for-dollar match of an employee’s personal donations to eligible non-profit organizations. This allows employees to double their impact to the organizations that matter most to them. In 2021, this meant over $147,000 in additional investments to deserving non-profits.

United Way Workplace Campaign

United Way provides a strong foundation for investments to strengthen our community and create opportunities for a better life for all. When we give to United Way, we help support community partnerships, collaborations and programs that achieve measurable results in education, income, health and basic needs. When progress is made in these areas, we see permanent change and build a stronger community.

The highlights of our campaign are an online silent auction and our employee golf tournament. The golf tournament had to be suspended in 2021 due to COVID-19, but the auction featured a variety of exciting items and raised nearly $27,000. Despite not being able to hold our annual golf tournament, employees who participated in Freeport LNG’s annual United Way Employee Workplace Campaign raised $348,220 in 2021. Donations to the United Way offer employees a convenient way to make a large impact across a variety of non-profit organizations.

To date, our employees have raised over $1.6 million for United Way programs.

Responding to the Needs of our Neighbors

When Hurricane Ida hit the gulf coast of Louisiana in August 2021, Freeport LNG answered the call to support our neighbors to the east. Freeport LNG and its employees sprang into action to provide relief supplies for those hit hardest by the storm. Donations of bottled water and cleaning supplies were collected and delivered to Louisiana residents.