Climate Change Data

Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC)

Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2019-02-02 to 2020-01-31, 2021, 2023, FY24 (ending Feb. 2, 2024))

Reporting Period: 2019-02-02 to 2020-01-31

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:15790 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents (Scope 1 and 2 combined)
Scope 1 Emissions:539 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents
Scope 2 Emissions:15251 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents
Scope 3 Emissions:Not disclosed
Renewable Energy Share:Not disclosed
Total Energy Consumption:23,487,451 kWh
Water Consumption:Not disclosed
Waste Generated:Not disclosed
Carbon Intensity:Not disclosed

ESG Focus Areas

  • Economic Performance
  • Anti-Corruption
  • Environmental Performance
  • Energy Consumption
  • Water and Effluents
  • Emissions
  • Waste
  • Social Performance
  • Labor/Management Relations
  • Occupational Health and Safety
  • Training and Education
  • Diversity and Equal Opportunity
  • Human Rights
  • Local Communities
  • Supplier Social Assessment
  • Public Policy
  • Customer Privacy

Environmental Achievements

  • Reduced electrical energy consumption by approximately 17% from 2014 to 2018 (28,433,055 kWh reduced to 23,487,451 kWh).

Social Achievements

  • Front-line leaders and program managers spent 3,329 hours in leadership development programs in fiscal year 2020.
  • SAIC employees completed 74,123 hours of compliance and ethics training in fiscal year 2020.
  • Employees participated in over 67,000 hours of voluntary learning in fiscal year 2020.

Governance Achievements

  • Maintains a high-performing ethics program with enterprise-wide training, guidance, communications, and engagement.
  • Maintains a robust ethics and compliance program, providing annual training, reporting, and resolution services.

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • Not disclosed
Medium-term Goals:
  • Not disclosed
Short-term Goals:
  • Reduce GHG emissions by 15% by 2025 over base year 2014 emissions.

Environmental Challenges

  • Obtaining comprehensive and accurate energy consumption information from multi-tenant leased facilities.
  • Measuring indirect GHG emissions (Scope 3).
Mitigation Strategies
  • SAIC continues to identify consistent data given the complexity of our large portfolio of leased facilities.
  • Not disclosed

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: Not disclosed

Responsible Procurement
  • Supplier Code of Conduct

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks
  • Weather events impacting employee ability to provide services
Transition Risks
  • Not disclosed
Opportunities
  • Not disclosed

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: GRI Standards

Certifications: ISO 14001

Third-party Assurance: Not disclosed

UN Sustainable Development Goals

  • Not disclosed

Not disclosed

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • Not disclosed

Awards & Recognition

  • #1 Women on Public Company Boards in Greater D.C.
  • Best Places to Work for LGBTQ Equality
  • America’s Best Employers for Diversity 2019

Reporting Period: 2021

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:10,433 MTCO2e (2021)
Scope 1 Emissions:850 tCO2e (2021)
Scope 2 Emissions:9,583 tCO2e (2021)
Total Energy Consumption:31,150,117 kWh (2021)

ESG Focus Areas

  • Environmental
  • Social
  • Governance

Environmental Achievements

  • Reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 30% from 2019 baseline in calendar year 2021.
  • Reduced electricity consumption by 13% from 2019 baseline in calendar year 2021.

Social Achievements

  • Donated equivalent of 3.8 million meals through Feeding America in 2021.
  • Achieved a perfect score from the Human Rights Campaign for LGBTQ+ equality for four consecutive years.
  • Named a Forbes Best Employer for Diversity every year since 2019.
  • Named a Forbes Best Large Employer every year since 2019.
  • Ranked #5 on the 2021 Forbes America’s Best Employers for Veterans list.

Governance Achievements

  • 64% of SAIC’s Board of Directors are female or people of color.

Climate Goals & Targets

Short-term Goals:
  • Reduce Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions by an additional 15% by 2025 (from 2019 baseline).

Environmental Challenges

  • Modest increase in Scope 1 emissions in 2021 attributed to a more severe winter.
Mitigation Strategies
  • Ongoing efforts to find innovative ways to cut carbon footprint, including optimizing space utilization, retiring under-performing assets, deploying energy-efficient lighting, and implementing programs addressing after-hours setback and controls for heating and cooling.

Supply Chain Management

Responsible Procurement
  • Supplier Code of Conduct

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: GRI Standards 2016, SASB, TCFD, UN SDGs

Certifications: ISO 14001

Reporting Period: 2023

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:9683 tCO2e/year (Scope 1 & 2)
Scope 1 Emissions:725.76 tCO2e/year
Scope 2 Emissions:8,957.27 tCO2e/year
Scope 3 Emissions:25134.22 tCO2e/year (Leased Assets and Business Travel)
Total Energy Consumption:27,820,205 kWh/year

ESG Focus Areas

  • Ethics and Compliance
  • Cybersecurity, Data Security and Privacy
  • Corporate Culture
  • Employee Well-being and Talent Management
  • Corporate Governance
  • Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
  • Environmental Stewardship

Environmental Achievements

  • 36% decrease in Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions since 2019 baseline
  • 10% reduction in electrical energy consumption from 2021 levels in 2022
  • 22% decrease in electricity use from 2019 baseline in 2022

Social Achievements

  • Achieved parity for women in leadership roles (28%) ahead of the 2026 goal
  • Improved leadership parity for people of color by four percentage points over the past two years
  • Women make up 32% and people of color make up 57% of job candidates
  • Donated 13 homes through Building Homes for Heroes partnership
  • Raised $353,000 (equivalent of 3.5 million meals) for Feeding America
  • Employees logged more than 26,000 volunteer hours (20% increase over previous year)

Governance Achievements

  • 100% of employees completed ethics training
  • 70% of SAIC’s Board of Directors are female or people of color
  • 71% of SAIC’s Executive Leadership Team are women or people of color
  • Exceeded all benchmarks for companies in a similar market and of a similar size in ethics program survey

Climate Goals & Targets

Short-term Goals:
  • Attain parity between leaders and non-leaders and our customers for women and people of color
  • Ensure pay equity for equal work on a role-to-role basis
  • Reskill and upskill our workforce
  • Foster employee connections, engagement and business impact
  • Develop, mentor and partner with diverse suppliers
  • Improve strategic alignment and engagement in philanthropic efforts
  • Continue best-in-class reputation for integrity, ethics and governance practices
  • Increase disclosure transparency
  • Reduce the risks associated with cybersecurity, data security and privacy
  • Leverage ethical culture to drive innovation and facilitate change
  • Reduce carbon footprint, energy consumption and waste
  • Engage with customers to address climate change challenges

Environmental Challenges

  • Scope 3 emissions contribute significantly to carbon footprint (business travel and leased assets)
Mitigation Strategies
  • Reporting Scope 3 emissions for business travel and leased assets for the first time
  • Partnering with suppliers and customers for greater data on upstream and downstream Scope 3 emissions
  • Setting a new carbon target based on 2022 data
  • Setting a portfolio-wide energy reduction target
  • Establishing a formal waste management program aligned with LEED standards

Supply Chain Management

Responsible Procurement
  • Partnerships with diverse small businesses and suppliers

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: GRI Standards 2021, SASB, TCFD, UN Sustainable Development Goals

Certifications: ISO 14001

Awards & Recognition

  • Gold HIRE Vets Medallion Award
  • Newsweek America’s Greatest Workplaces for Diversity (2022 and 2023)
  • Forbes 500 Best Employers for Diversity (every year since 2019)
  • DiversityInc Top Regional Companies for Diversity (2022 and 2023)
  • DiversityInc Top Companies for Veterans (2022 and 2023)
  • Forbes Best Employers for Veterans (2021 and 2022)
  • LATINA Style 50 Best Companies for Latinas (2022)
  • 100% on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2022 Corporate Equality Index

Reporting Period: FY24 (ending Feb. 2, 2024)

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:8834.44 tCO2e/year (Scope 1+2)
Scope 1 Emissions:714.76 tCO2e/year
Scope 2 Emissions:8119.68 tCO2e/year
Scope 3 Emissions:68,774.97 tCO2e/year (includes Leased Assets, Business Travel, Employee Commuting, Fuel & Energy-Related Activities)
Total Energy Consumption:25,833,192 kWh/year

ESG Focus Areas

  • Ethics and Compliance
  • Cybersecurity, Data Security and Privacy
  • Corporate Culture
  • Employee Well-being and Talent Management
  • Corporate Governance
  • Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
  • Environmental Stewardship

Environmental Achievements

  • Reduced Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions by 41% since 2019 baseline year
  • Reduced Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 8.76% in 2023 over 2022
  • Reduced electricity use by 7.14% in 2023 over 2022

Social Achievements

  • Maintained parity for women in leadership
  • Achieved FY24 goal for people of color leadership parity
  • Reported gender pay equity with a less than 1% pay gap
  • Employee Resource Group membership grew by 14.4% over the previous year
  • Employees volunteered 29,000 hours in FY24 (10% increase over FY23 and almost 40% over FY22)
  • Donated just over $3.2 million in FY23 to causes important to their mission

Governance Achievements

  • Launched ESG Council for clear governance and strategic engagement
  • Sustained outstanding governance rating from external rating agencies
  • Launched SAIC’s Human Rights Policy
  • Updated Supplier Code of Conduct

Climate Goals & Targets

Medium-term Goals:
  • 20% reduction in GHG emissions (Scopes 1 & 2) by 2030
  • 12% reduction in electrical energy use by 2030
Short-term Goals:
  • 50% waste diverted from landfill by 2025
  • Evaluate opportunities for on-site renewable energy for owned property by 2025
  • 20% reduction in GHG emissions (Scopes 1 & 2) by 2030
  • 12% reduction in electrical energy use by 2030

Environmental Challenges

  • Rising climate change
  • Need for greater data on upstream and downstream Scope 3 emissions
  • Evolving government regulations on contractor sustainability
Mitigation Strategies
  • Expanding greenhouse gas emissions reporting to include more Scope 3 emissions categories
  • Partnering with suppliers and customers for greater data on Scope 3 emissions
  • Setting new carbon and energy reduction targets (20% reduction in GHG emissions (Scopes 1 & 2) by 2030 and 12% reduction in electrical energy use by 2030)

Supply Chain Management

Responsible Procurement
  • Updated Supplier Code of Conduct with clearer expectations around human rights, ethics, and the environment
  • Sustainable procurement program

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: GRI Standards 2021, SASB, TCFD, UN Sustainable Development Goals

Certifications: ISO 14001, ISO 27001

Third-party Assurance: Type 2 moderate assurance in adherence to the AA1000 AccountAbility Principles (AA1000AS v3)

UN Sustainable Development Goals

  • SDG 3 (Good Health and Well-being)
  • SDG 13 (Climate Action)

SAIC's work with NASA, NOAA, and FDA supports SDG 3; its climate change mitigation efforts support SDG 13.

Awards & Recognition

  • Newsweek America’s Greatest Workplaces for Diversity
  • IDC MarketScape: U.S. Federal Government Cloud Professional Services 2024 Vendor Assessment
  • 2022, 2023 and 2024 SAIC ranks 46 for Fortune Sector Leaders
  • Newsweek America’s Greatest Workplaces for Women for Technology among Fortune 1000 companies (2024)
  • 2024 Forbes America’s Best Employers for Women
  • 2023 BIG Innovation Award Winner for SAIC’s Counter Unmanned Aerial Systems (CUAS) solution
  • Forbes Best Employers for Diversity
  • IDC MarketScape: U.S. National Civilian Government Professional Security Services 2024 Vendor Assessment