L.B. Foster Company
Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2023)
Reporting Period: 2023
Environmental Metrics
ESG Focus Areas
- Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS)
- Energy Efficiency
- Water Conservation
- Waste Reduction
Environmental Achievements
- Hillsboro LED Upgrade: $17,061 annual cost savings, 208,094 annual kWh savings, and 126.5 tons of CO2 avoided.
- Water Conservation at Burnaby: Saved over 15,000 L of processed municipal water by using stormwater.
- Protective Coatings Material Optimization: Reduced over 100 tons of abrasives sent to landfills and saved approximately $16,000 in material procurement costs since mid-2022.
Climate Goals & Targets
Environmental Challenges
- Data collection and extrapolation for environmental footprint calculations.
Mitigation Strategies
- Formalizing a tracking process for quantitative improvement project measures.
- Continuing improvement in data collection, extrapolation, and auditing.