Sustainable Company Initiatives. Describe the ways in which your company is addressing the issue of sustainability. Tetra Tech has long focused on helping its clients address water, environment, infrastructure, resource management, energy, and international development needs. We lead and support programs that minimize our collective impacts on the environment—through the solutions we provide for our clients; through our procurement and subcontracting practices; by the processes we use within Tetra Tech to promote sustainable practices, reduce costs, and minimize environmental impacts; and through employee-supported activities such as volunteer work and fundraising campaigns. Our vision of the future is to incorporate the concepts of sustainability more fully into our daily operations and to follow the United Nations World Commission on Environment and Development goal to “meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” Tetra Tech is in a unique position to further this vision and has the ability to provide innovative solutions to meet pressing global challenges. On a daily basis and on a global scale, our work plays a direct role in helping to achieve the balance that will allow future generations to access the necessary resources to meet all of their needs. The focus of Tetra Tech’s Sustainability Program is to sustain the growth of its business, to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and to provide an exceptional work environment for its associates, all while providing better solutions for its clients. In 2018 Tetra Tech joined the United Nations (UN) Global Compact to advance its commitment to sustainability. This corporate sustainability initiative supports the UN’s efforts to end extreme poverty, fight inequality, and address climate change. I am pleased that we are integrating the UN Global Compact principles into our strategy, culture, and daily operations, while working on projects that advance resilience and the UN’s development goals. Please consult the following links for more information on our sustainability initiatives: • Tetra Tech Sustainability Executive Summary • Tetra Tech Sustainability Achievements • Tetra Tech Sustainability Plan • Tetra Tech Sustainability Report Card • Tetra Tech Environmental Policy
Sustainable Company Initiatives. Describe the ways in which your company is addressing the issue of sustainability. School Specialty’s Continued Commitment to Sustainability and Engaging Employees, Students, and Customers on Their Green Journey. School Specialty, LLC has achieved Platinum status with the Green Business Bureau. The company joined the GBB in 2019 and has leveraged the platform and apps to manage their sustainability initiatives and track their progress. School Specialty, LLC completed enough initiatives to reach 400 EcoPoints™ to earn the GBB Platinum Seal. The company is committed to protecting the environment, engaging employees and customers in their sustainability efforts, and saving money through more efficient operations. They continue to utilize the GBB framework and online tools to become greener and meet their sustainability goals. School Specialty was looking for an opportunity to take small steps towards becoming a more environmentally friendly organization for both customers and employees. As a distributor of highly consumable products, it was important for them to look internally at what they could, and should, be doing to reduce their large footprint. Some of the activities which helped School Specialty achieve Platinum status toward green certification was the creation Green Teams throughout the company which served as the initial supporters of greening the business, enlisting and informing all employees of key activities, assessing where the organization was at in terms of green efforts and creating programs where employees can engage in green activities. Low Effort, High Impact Green Initiatives Like many organizations, School Specialty and their Project Green Teams initially focused on low-hanging fruit when the program first started. Putting focus on changes that include recycling of paper, adding low water flow censors, changing out paper cups in the cafeterias to ceramic, ensuring that all cleaning supplies are green. After a bit of time the teams have started to tackle some of the long-term goals that include: • Implementing virtual office spaces • Utilizing productivity tools like Microsoft Teams for meetings to reduce travel and the carbon footprint • Replacing employee water coolers with zero bottle coolers • Upgrading office lighting to LED • Working to make office and distribution spaces Zero Waste “We are proud of accomplishing Platinum status with the Green Business Bureau and continue our commitment to create a more sustainable environment for ...
Sustainable Company Initiatives. Describe the ways in which your company is addressing the issue of sustainability. We actively recycle all eligible job site materials at no cost to the customer. We help clients achieve LEED certification through sustainable product selection and expertise.
Sustainable Company Initiatives. Describe the ways in which your company is addressing the issue of sustainability. HiTouch Business Services LLC offers a wide assortment of eco- responsible products across our product categories to help Equalis Group meet your sustainability goals. We are committed to sustainability, offering environmental reporting, recycling and waste reduction programs. Our sustainability programs can help Equalis Group: ▪ Procure a high percentage of eco-responsible products that also meet your budget ▪ Track your green procurement progress and benchmark against your peers with environmental reporting ▪ Institute safe and effective green cleaning and maintenance solutions ▪ Create healthier breakrooms with natural and organic foods and drinks ▪ Design and install sustainable furnishings that meet LEED and other green building standards and support a healthy, productive workplace ▪ Identify and source sustainable promotional products ▪ Optimize and green your technology infrastructure through Managed Print Services and energy efficient and EPEAT-qualified technology ▪ Implement recycling programs for hard-to-recycle items like electronics, furniture, batteries, lamps and ballasts, toner and most other waste streams ▪ Decrease order packaging waste with our packaging technology and small order consolidation programs ▪ Increase employee awareness and acceptance of your sustainability programs through educational program offerings that help shift behavior to more sustainable practices
Sustainable Company Initiatives. Describe the ways in which your company is addressing the issue of sustainability. Allseating’s environmental management system is certified to conform to the standards of ISO 14001:2015. GREEN INITIATIVES: Allseating has always been an environmentally conscious company – not simply because it’s the right way to work, but because it’s the smarter way to work. In fact, the more steps we take towards reducing our carbon footprint, the more benefits we’re seeing to our bottom line. ISO 14001 This international specification is the gold standard for helping companies introduce and adopt environmental management systems. We figured thousands of companies around the world can’t be wrong, so we decided to make it our guide for executing and measuring our green goals. One such initiative has been the solid waste diversion program we set up to identify ways to minimize whatever we generate, reuse materials wherever possible and recycle whenever feasible. Our goal is to recover more than 50% of overall waste generated throughout our business and operations in partnership with recycling and waste management services. INDOOR ADVANTAGE GOLD CERTIFICATION Allseating products are Indoor Advantage Gold – Furniture Indoor Air Quality certified, SCS Global Services' highest level of indoor air quality performance for furniture. This certification assures that furniture products support a healthy indoor environment by meeting strict chemical emission limits for volatile organic compounds (VOCs). To be certified, products must be tested by independent labs for compliance with the ANSI/BIFMA X7.1 and either ANSI/BIFMA e.3 or CDPH/EHLB Standard Method V1-2 for VOC emissions of concerns. SCS Global Services has been providing global leadership in third-party quality, environmental and sustainability verification, certification, auditing, testing and standards development for three decades. Its programs span a cross-section of industries, recognizing achievements in green building, product manufacturing, food and agriculture, forestry, power generation retail, and more. SCS is accredited to provide services under a wide range of nationally and internationally recognized certification programs. Consistent with its mission, SCS is a chartered benefit corporation and Certified B Corp™, reflecting its commitment to socially and environmentally responsible business practices. Indoor Air Quality Gold Certification is attached. BIFMA e3 LEVEL 3 ANSI/BIFMA e3 FURNITURE SUSTAINABILITY – L...
Sustainable Company Initiatives. Describe the ways in which your company is addressing the issue of sustainability. Multiquip is fully committed to expanding our “green” product offerings. Within the past 4 years we have introduced: • Battery powered Compaction equipment including Rammers & Plates • Battery powered material handling Buggies Multiquip has previously developed and now offer: • Environmental spill containment basins for our WhisperWatt generators • GloBug non-glare lighting and light towers utilizing low energy LED lights• Welders employing our ‘E-Mode’ and ‘SmartStick’ technology which reduces fuel consumption, emissions, and noise levels • Generator refurbishment program which includes replacing older engines with EPA Tier 4 Final engines which meet or exceed current EPA emissions requirements. Multiquip is currently developing: • Additional battery powered equipment including our GloBug glare-free light balloons & light towers, screeds, and trowels • Battery powered Generators (zero emissions) • Hydrogen fuel cell powered equipment (zero emissions) • Multiquip has engineered, built, and demonstrated several hydrogen fuel cell powered light towers
Sustainable Company Initiatives. Describe the ways in which your company is addressing the issue of sustainability. In addition to the advances we are making to produce zero- emission equipment, we also take pride in our manufacturing policies and sustainability initiatives. We can proudly report that since 2008 we have reduced our waste output by 90%.
Sustainable Company Initiatives. Describe the ways in which your company is addressing the issue of sustainability. Fellowes, a family-owned company providing trusted workplace solutions for 106 years, is proud to announce that nearly 70 of its contract interiors workspace products have been certified as achieving BIFMA LEVEL 2, the trusted furniture sustainability certification program created to provide a comprehensive and transparent means to confidently source responsibly manufactured products. SCS Global Services, a leading third-party sustainability certifier, evaluated the Fellowes contract interior products to measure them against multiple criteria defined in the ANSI/BIFMA e3 Furniture Sustainability Standard. Included among the 70 products is Rising™ monitor arms, which launched on the market in late February by redefining the monitor arm as a piece of functional beauty that enhances any workspace, all while adhering to the sustainability standards required to achieve LEVEL 2 certification. “Sustainability is a core strategy with Fellowes. There is no better way to measure industry sustainability standards than through BIFMA’s Level certification process, and the entire Fellowes team is immensely proud of the achievement of going from Level 1 to Level 2 with our Accessories and Table products,” said Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxx, General Manager, Contract Interiors, at Fellowes. “Our commitment to sustainability will continue to grow as we measure and report on our reduction, reuse and recycling of materials: energy use reduction and reuse; VOC and Greenhouse Gas Emissions reduction; and toxic waste elimination.” See Attachment 2, BIFMA Level Certificates
Sustainable Company Initiatives. Describe the ways in which your company is addressing the issue of sustainability. The Kubota Group wishes to become more valuable company that contributes to the improvement of social development and the global environment in the field of food, water, and the environment. We place the greatest importance on environmental conservation regarding our business management and continue the following efforts. here to enter response. 1. We will focus our efforts on building a decarbonized society. (1) The Kubota Group has a target, of controlling greenhouse gas emissions and net zeroing in 2050 throughout the value chains. In addition, the Kubota Group will disclose information on our efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (Scope 1, Scope 2 and Scope 3) throughout the value chains. (2) Production plants of the Kubota Group in Japan and other countries have a target, for 2025, of reducing CO2 emissions per production money amount by 25% or more compared to the base year 2014. (3) Production plants of the Kubota Group in Japan and other countries have a target, for 2025, of reducing energy consumption per production money amount by 18% or more compared to the base year 2014. (4) Production plants of the Kubota Group in Japan and other countries have a target, for 2025, of increasing the recyclable energy availability of electric consumption to 1% or more. (5) The Kubota Group in Japan has a long-term target, for 2030, of reducing CO2 emissions from the business sites by 30% compared to the base year 2014. (6) To achieve the above targets, the Kubota Group fully utilizes available cutting edge technologies as follows: improve the efficiency of facilities such as production equipment, HVAC, and lighting devices; replace fuel for production equipment; improve the insulation efficiency of buildings and facilities; visualize energy and reduce unnecessary use of energy; recover waste heat; and use photovoltaic power generation and green electricity. (7) The Kubota Group will quantitatively identify the reduction effect of greenhouse gas emissions and actively provide the information on the reduction effects to clients in Japan and other countries to enlighten them in order to promote the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions through the dissemination of decarbonized products, services and technologies. We will improve the working fuel efficiency of agricultural and construction machinery and promote smart agriculture by using robots and ICT. We will also pursue resea...
Sustainable Company Initiatives. Describe the ways in which your company is addressing the issue of sustainability. Foliot Furniture is extremely conscious of the worldwide movement toward sustainable development, environmentally friendly products, recycling, and reuse programs for responsible manufacturing. We are committed to protecting natural resources and are pioneers in the use of engineered wood, just one of our initiatives focused at protecting the environment for future generations. Foliot Furniture also contributes in LEED Certification for the clients. Foliot’s Green Initiatives can be found in the attached Sustainability document.
