Climate Change Data

Tetra Tech

Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2022, 2023, 2024)

Reporting Period: 2022

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:48,188 tCO2e/year
Scope 1 Emissions:9,418 tCO2e/year
Scope 2 Emissions:15,204 tCO2e/year
Scope 3 Emissions:23,566 tCO2e/year
Renewable Energy Share:54% of operations
Water Consumption:2,600 gallons/employee
Carbon Intensity:2.08 MT CO2e per employee

ESG Focus Areas

  • Climate Change
  • Water Security
  • Biodiversity
  • Renewable Energy
  • Social Responsibility
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Governance
  • Ethics and Compliance

Environmental Achievements

  • Reduced GHG emissions by 25% per employee for Scope 1 and 2; 16% decrease for all employees (Scope 1 and 2)
  • Reduced office footprint per employee by 26%
  • Increased percentage of operations using renewable energy to 54%
  • Increased percentage of enterprise and project data stored in the cloud to 65%

Social Achievements

  • Improved employee engagement by 77% through global networking and professional development activities
  • Increased number of employees of color by 11%
  • Implemented a company-wide flexible workplace policy
  • 545 million people's lives improved through projects (1 Billion People Challenge)

Governance Achievements

  • Established a Sustainability Council to coordinate and track the Sustainability Program
  • Included responsibility for ESG oversight in the charter of the Strategic Planning and Enterprise Risk Committee
  • Maintained a 24-hour hotline for anonymous, confidential submission of employee and whistleblower complaints

Climate Goals & Targets

Medium-term Goals:
  • Achieve 100% renewable energy for operations by 2030
  • Reduce GHG emissions by 50% from 2021 baseline by 2030
  • Reduce office footprint to 150 square feet per employee by 2030
  • Improve lives of 1 billion people by 2030
Short-term Goals:
  • Reduce water consumption by 10% from baseline

Environmental Challenges

  • Water insecurity in Egypt due to climate change impacts and outdated infrastructure
  • Illegal logging and landscape degradation in Peru leading to deforestation
  • Underrepresentation of women in the global workforce
Mitigation Strategies
  • Partnering with Egypt's Holding Company for Water and Wastewater to improve business practices and modernize systems
  • Leveraging forest monitoring technologies and partnerships to reduce deforestation in Peru
  • Supporting companies to advance workforce gender equality through the USAID's Engendering Industries Program

Supply Chain Management

Responsible Procurement
  • Vendor Code of Conduct

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: GRI, SBTi, UN SDGs

Certifications: ISO 14001

UN Sustainable Development Goals

  • SDG 6
  • SDG 7
  • SDG 8
  • SDG 9
  • SDG 11
  • SDG 13
  • SDG 14
  • SDG 15
  • SDG 16
  • SDG 17

The company's projects contribute to these goals through improved water supplies, renewable energy generation, ecosystem restoration, GHG emission reductions, and social and governance programs.

Reporting Period: 2023

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

  • Human Rights
  • Labor Standards
  • Environmental Sustainability
  • Business Ethics
  • Anti-Corruption
  • Compliance

Governance Achievements

  • Established a Vendor Code of Conduct outlining ethical business practices and compliance requirements.

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

  • Ensuring vendor compliance with ESG standards across global operations.
  • Preventing human rights violations and labor abuses within the supply chain.
Mitigation Strategies
  • Implementation of a Vendor Code of Conduct with reporting mechanisms.
  • Regular audits and monitoring of vendors.
  • Training programs for employees and vendors on ethical conduct and compliance.

Supply Chain Management

Responsible Procurement
  • Vendor Code of Conduct

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Period: 2024

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

  • Climate Change
  • Environmental
  • Social
  • Governance

Governance Achievements

  • ESG policies, procedures, and reporting, including its Climate Policy, are overseen by the Board of Directors and Strategic Planning and Enterprise Risk Committee.

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

  • Physical risks of climate change (extreme weather, fires, flooding, drought) impacting project activities and operational security.
  • Transition risks from current and emerging climate-related regulations.
  • Potential impact of climate transition on client spending priorities, services needed, and geopolitical stability.
Mitigation Strategies
  • Business continuity planning to address acute impacts to operations, including remote working capabilities.
  • Strong information technology infrastructure and cloud-based systems to facilitate remote working and data access.
  • Monitoring and review of climate-related regulations and their impact on activities.
  • Climate, environmental, and ethical policies and procedures.
  • Annual strategic planning process addressing near-term and long-term business planning and scenario analysis.

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks
  • extreme weather, fires, flooding, prolonged drought conditions
Transition Risks
  • Current and emerging climate-related regulation
  • Changes in client spending priorities and resources, types of services needed, and geopolitical stability
Opportunities
  • Increased demand for climate-related services (forecasting, mitigation, adaptation, remediation)
  • Rising demand for post-disaster response services
  • Development of new technology to support climate-related services

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • software solutions for building emissions reductions, greenhouse gas calculations, enhanced remote working and data collection solutions for land, riverine, and coastal regions