CALGARY, AB — ATCO Group this week released its first corporate sustainability report. The report covers the performance year ended December 31, 2008. It consolidates key data from nine diverse principal operating subsidiaries, which have more than 7,700 employees. With extensive efforts and much technical expertise from within the company, important information, such as ATCO's impact on the environment, including greenhouse gas emissions, is now contained in one document. It will be used as a basis point for further measurement in coming years.

Among the report's notable findings:

Safety Excellence: ATCO Power, ATCO Pipelines, ATCO Midstream and ATCO Noise Management (now part of ATCO Structures & Logistics) were recognized by the Alberta Government and the Alberta Occupational Health and Safety Council for their superior health and safety records in 2008. ATCO also has numerous safety programs in the community including ATCO Energy Theatre's SuperPower show, which delivered an important safety message to more than 20,000 young students.

Emissions Intensity is Decreasing: While ATCO Power's generating capacity has doubled since 1990, the company's emission intensity has decreased by more than 40 per cent in that time. Over the past 15 years, ATCO Power has invested in alternative energy solutions and is now Alberta's largest operator of environmentally responsible cogeneration plants.

Raising the Bar For Sustainable Building Standards: ATCO Gas has participated in geothermal/solar projects in communities in southeast Calgary and Okotoks. In 2008, ATCO Gas also constructed the first ATCO owned facility to have a geothermal heating and cooling system at its new operational centre in Viking, Alberta.

ATCO Group's 2008 Corporate Sustainability Report is available at www.atco.com.

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