Hunter Industries
Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2020, 2022, 2023)
Reporting Period: 2020
Environmental Metrics
ESG Focus Areas
- Employee Training
- Water
- Health & Safety
- Waste
- Energy Use, GHG Emissions & Renewable Sourcing
- Community Development
Environmental Achievements
- Developed action plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (year not specified)
- Launched solenoid waste recycling program
- Implemented quality control process improvements to reduce costs and save electricity
Social Achievements
- Increased employee participation in wellness programs (percentage not specified)
- Increased employee volunteer hours (percentage not specified)
- Increased charitable giving (amount not specified)
- Supported local communities through various initiatives (details not quantified)
Governance Achievements
- Created a CSR Council comprised of management-level employees
- Developed an employee training program focused on CSR awareness
- Launched a new video to educate employees and customers on the importance of CSR initiatives
Climate Goals & Targets
Long-term Goals:
- Increase charitable giving to $2.5 million by 2030
- Develop supply chain and customer CSR Tool Kits by 2030
Medium-term Goals:
- Reduce total water consumption by 30% by 2030
- Increase employee satisfaction with training and development opportunities to 85% by 2030
- Encourage suppliers to decrease their water-use footprints by 10% by 2030
- Increase the number of employees participating in wellness programs by 20% by 2030
- Increase employee volunteer hours by 50% by 2030
- Achieve zero net waste at all facilities by 2030
- Launch industry-driven product recycling programs by 2030
- Develop and execute five community development opportunities with supply chain and customer stakeholders by 2030
- Reduce emissions 50% by 2030
Short-term Goals:
- Increase employee satisfaction with training and development opportunities to 80% by 2025
- Include water conservation messaging on applicable product marketing by 2025
- Include energy conservation messaging on applicable product marketing by 2025
- Conduct waste audits on all suppliers by 2025
- Audit all suppliers for code of conduct compliance by 2025
- Increase employee volunteer hours by 25% by 2025
Environmental Challenges
- COVID-19 pandemic impacting projects and operations
Mitigation Strategies
- Creation of a CSR communication team to drive the development and execution of internal and external communication strategies
Supply Chain Management
Responsible Procurement
- Code of conduct compliance audits
Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities
Reporting Period: 2022
Environmental Metrics
Total Carbon Emissions:20,195 metric tons of CO2e
Scope 1 Emissions:3,039 metric tons of CO2e
Scope 2 Emissions:17,156 metric tons of CO2e
Scope 3 Emissions:Not disclosed
Renewable Energy Share:Not disclosed
Total Energy Consumption:61,654,462 kWh
Water Consumption:42,891,927 gallons
Waste Generated:3,936.0 tons
Carbon Intensity:Not disclosed
ESG Focus Areas
- People
- Planet
- Profit
Environmental Achievements
- Expanded irrigation controller recycling program, keeping 4,475 pounds of controllers out of landfills.
- Replaced gas-powered mowers with electric robotic mowers, saving an estimated 5 metric tons of CO2e annually.
- Onboarded a new recycling partner, diverting high-volume scrap waste from landfills.
- Implemented a circular manufacturing project, diverting over 13,500 pounds of scrap plastic waste.
Social Achievements
- Launched Hunter Helping Others (H2O) program to support employee charitable and volunteer efforts.
- Launched a robust employee giving and volunteering platform.
- Maintained a 1.4 recordable incident rate.
- Achieved an 87% completion rate on proactive risk prevention activities in Tijuana, Mexico.
Governance Achievements
- Modified annual supplier survey and audit process to better understand suppliers’ approach to sustainability.
- CSR Sub-Committee of the board meets quarterly to ensure CSR-related policies and strategies address the company’s material impacts.
Climate Goals & Targets
Long-term Goals:
- Achieve zero net waste by diverting at least 90% of waste from landfills by 2030.
- Reduce water consumption by 30% against our 2019 benchmark by 2030.
Medium-term Goals:
- Achieve a 50% reduction in Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions from our 2019 baseline by 2030.
- Measure Scope 3 emissions by 2025.
- Audit all suppliers against a CSR scoring framework by 2025.
- Increase employee satisfaction to 85% by 2030.
Short-term Goals:
- Complete a Life Cycle Assessment for a best-selling product line by end of 2023.
- Implement waste management process at Tijuana and Clermont facilities in 2023.
- Update Climate Action Plan in 2023.
Environmental Challenges
- Supply chain disruptions in 2022.
- Increased emissions compared to 2021 and 2019 baseline.
- Challenges in accurately reporting campus waste in the past.
Mitigation Strategies
- Implemented an expanded Hunter Helping Others (H2O) Program.
- Developed a model process for waste management and tracking at San Marcos campus, planning to implement at Tijuana and Clermont facilities in 2023.
- Updating Climate Action Plan in 2023 to reflect progress and challenges.
- Beginning Scope 3 inventory in 2024.
- Completing first Life Cycle Assessment by the end of 2023.
Supply Chain Management
Supplier Audits: 50% response rate among top suppliers as of April 2023
Responsible Procurement
- Supplier Code of Conduct based on international standards.
Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities
Physical Risks
- Not disclosed
Transition Risks
- Not disclosed
Opportunities
- Not disclosed
Reporting Standards
Frameworks Used: GRI
Certifications: Null
Third-party Assurance: Not disclosed
UN Sustainable Development Goals
- Not disclosed
Not disclosed
Sustainable Products & Innovation
- Water-and energy-efficient irrigation solutions
- Products designed to minimize environmental footprint
Awards & Recognition
- Not disclosed
Reporting Period: 2023
Environmental Metrics
Total Carbon Emissions:20,101 tCO2e/year
Scope 1 Emissions:3,083 tCO2e/year
Scope 2 Emissions:17,018 tCO2e/year
Total Energy Consumption:56,478,755 kWh/year
Water Consumption:47,987,719 gal/year
Waste Generated:3,570 tons/year
ESG Focus Areas
- Community Impact
- Employee Development
- Employee Health and Safety
- Climate Impacts
- Energy Use
- Water Use
- Waste
- Product Responsibility
Environmental Achievements
- Reduced Scope 1 GHG emissions from 3,692 to 3,083 metric tons of CO2e
- Reduced waste produced from 3,936 to 3,570 tons
- Increased waste diversion rate from 79.7% to 77.6%
Social Achievements
- Reduced employee turnover from 12.3% to 6.3%
- Increased community impact contributions to $760,035
- Increased female representation in executive leadership team from 1 to 2
Governance Achievements
- Sustainability Committee of the Board meets quarterly to review sustainability-related policies and strategies
- Board of Directors consists of three Hunter family members and five independent members
Climate Goals & Targets
Environmental Challenges
- Data errors and improvements in data collection methodology over time leading to restatements of prior years' data
Mitigation Strategies
- Improved data collection methodologies
Supply Chain Management
Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities
Reporting Standards
Frameworks Used: GRI