Climate Change Data

Frontier Energy

Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2019-2021, 2022)

Reporting Period: 2019-2021

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:583,599 lbs. CO2/year (work-related travel)

ESG Focus Areas

  • Environmental
  • Social
  • Governance

Environmental Achievements

  • Developed 21 green lease criteria to enhance local office sustainability.
  • Conducted office-wide waste audits to measure and reduce landfill waste.
  • Implemented Environmentally Preferable Purchasing (EPP) guidelines.

Social Achievements

  • Distributed a transportation survey to collect employee commute and work-related travel data.
  • Launched a Home Sustainability Quiz to engage staff in energy efficiency.
  • Provided information on ESG funds to employees.

Governance Achievements

  • Established a Sustainability committee to guide sustainability initiatives.

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

  • COVID-19 pandemic impacting office operations and data collection.
  • Accurate data collection limitations for air travel emissions.
Mitigation Strategies
  • Tabled office thermostat audits until normal office operations resume.
  • Used alternative methodologies for remote work emissions analysis.

Supply Chain Management

Responsible Procurement
  • Environmentally Preferable Purchasing (EPP)

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Period: 2022

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:2,873,981 lbs CO2

ESG Focus Areas

  • Emissions Reduction
  • Energy Efficiency
  • Work-Related Travel Emissions

Environmental Achievements

  • Identified 'thermostat czars' in each office to implement energy efficiency best practices for HVAC systems. This work is ongoing.
  • Conducted a commute and work-related travel emissions survey, revealing that work-related travel emissions (2,818,340 lbs CO2) significantly exceeded commute emissions (55,641 lbs CO2) in 2022.

Governance Achievements

  • Established a Sustainability Committee to guide Frontier's sustainability efforts and emissions reporting.

Climate Goals & Targets

Short-term Goals:
  • Adopt the GHGP emissions reporting framework.

Environmental Challenges

  • Varied and potentially inefficient HVAC system control across Frontier's offices.
  • High work-related travel emissions due to a new office and business line.
Mitigation Strategies
  • Implementation of office-specific thermostat management best practices.
  • Recommendation to replace company cars with zero or partial zero-emission vehicles.

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHGP)