Climate Change Data

The Eastern Company

Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2023)

Reporting Period: 2023

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

  • Sustainability
  • Supply Chain Optimization
  • Employee Engagement

Environmental Achievements

  • Increased MPG – less weight and wind resistance
  • Lower Carbon Emissions
  • Renewable Energy Solutions
  • Sustainable Supply Chains

Social Achievements

  • Centralization of common departments such as HR & IT to increase employee engagement, focused disciplined training, and security
  • Centralized on-boarding process and standard training
  • Cross-functionally integrated IT systems

Governance Achievements

  • Executing Under New Leadership
  • Strong operational strength across our leadership team stemming down to each Division to execute on cost savings metrics and vertical integration
  • Strong capital allocation & strategic investments being made to continue driving growth using net present value, IRR, and short payback periods

Climate Goals & Targets

Short-term Goals:
  • Add value through organic activities by standardization, capital investments, and strategic acquisitions

Environmental Challenges

  • Higher raw material and component costs and cost inflation
  • Supply chain disruptions and shortages
  • Delays in delivery of products
  • Global economic conditions and rising interest rates
  • Reductions in production levels
  • Availability, terms and cost of financing
  • Potential impact of bank failures
  • Restrictions on operating flexibility
  • Risks associated with doing business overseas
  • Inability to achieve savings from global sourcing
  • Lower-cost competition
  • Inability to attain expected benefits from acquisitions
  • Costs and liabilities associated with environmental compliance
  • Impact of climate change, natural disasters, geopolitical events, and public health crises
  • Military conflict
  • Terrorist threats
  • Failure to protect intellectual property
  • Cyberattacks
  • Legal judgments, fines, penalties, or settlements
Mitigation Strategies
  • Continuously implementing rapid financial and operational improvements to prioritize stabilization across Divisions and deliver robust cashflow
  • Executing on a “One Eastern” philosophy of working together to create supply chain optimization and efficiency and leverage internal manufacturing capabilities across the entire company
  • Disciplined Capital Utilization
  • Focused Value-Adding Operations
  • Commercial Acquisitions & Business Vertical Integration
  • Standard workflows across organizations by sharing operational knowledge and capabilities
  • Standard systems across the company allow for continuous flow of information and real-time analytics
  • Strategic expansions and rationalizations within emerging markets with SKU rationalization
  • Utilization of manufacturing strategic bases in Reynosa Mexico and China
  • Consolidate spend activities and utilize world class manufacturing processes in Asia and North America
  • Focused on vertical integration acquisitions
  • Increase return by exploiting manufacturing excellence centers in Reynosa & China

Supply Chain Management

Responsible Procurement
  • Global sourcing of materials

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks
  • Natural disasters
Transition Risks
  • Regulatory changes, market shifts
Opportunities
  • Renewable Energy Solutions
  • Sustainable Supply Chains