Climate Change Data

Alamo Group Inc.

Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)

Reporting Period: 2020

Environmental Metrics

Renewable Energy Share:19.5%

ESG Focus Areas

  • Environmental Responsibility
  • People & Communities
  • Governance and Ethics

Environmental Achievements

  • Reduced energy used per metric ton shipped from 7.06 GJ to 6.38 GJ
  • Increased renewable energy share of total electric energy used from 18.2% to 19.5%
  • Reduced landfill waste from 33.86 kg per metric ton shipped to 29.29 kg per metric ton shipped
  • Increased total waste recycled from 79.08% to 82.02%
  • Reduced CO2e emissions per metric ton shipped from 0.70 metric tons to 0.67 metric tons
  • Gradall lighting retrofit saved 1,281,186 kWh of electricity in the first six months, on track for 2,999,391 kWh savings
  • Santa Izabel facility in Brazil converted to 100% renewable energy
  • Super Products improved sales demo planning, reducing travel miles
  • Santa Izabel plant reduced weld gas use by 40%
  • Tenco reduced waste-to-landfill by 40%
  • Super Products returnable racks eliminated wood pallets

Social Achievements

  • Reduced recordable injuries per 100 employees from 4.06 to 3.65
  • Implemented various COVID-19 safety measures
  • Offered biometric screenings to US-based employees
  • Invested in mental health training and resources
  • Implemented ergonomic improvements, such as battery-operated pallet jacks
  • RhinoAg increased female representation by 17%

Governance Achievements

  • 100% of online employees completed Code of Business Conduct and Ethics training
  • Implemented anti-phishing training, increasing phishing email detection rate to 89%

Climate Goals & Targets

Short-term Goals:
  • Reduce energy used per metric ton shipped to 6.0 GJ by 2025
  • Achieve 20% renewable energy from electricity by 2025
  • Reduce landfill waste to 30.0 kg per metric ton shipped by 2025
  • Achieve 85% total waste recycled by 2025
  • Reduce CO2e emissions per metric ton shipped to 0.60 metric tons by 2025
  • Reduce CO2 emissions by 14% or 0.04 metric tons per metric ton shipped by 2025

Environmental Challenges

  • COVID-19 pandemic impacted business practices and required modifications to protect employee health and safety
  • Supply chain disruptions
Mitigation Strategies
  • Implemented COVID-19 safety practices
  • Limited capital expenditures, rolled back pay increases, restricted travel, reduced inventory, and delayed discretionary spending
  • Utilized government programs to assist furloughed employees
  • Shifted to virtual safety training and auditing

Supply Chain Management

Responsible Procurement
  • Supplier Code of Conduct
  • Conflict Minerals Policy

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: SASB, TCFD

Certifications: ISO 45001 (1 facility)

Third-party Assurance: Strategic Sustainability Consulting (SSC) (limited assurance)

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • Fish Protector
  • Schwarze HyperVAC Pure Vacuum Street Sweeper
  • Old Dominion Brush Company Eco Mode
  • Tiger Corporation Beet Juice Ballast
  • Nitehawk single-engine hydraulic sweepers
  • Rousseaus E-TP electric arm mowers

Reporting Period: 2021

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:41,095 tCO2e/year
Renewable Energy Share:27%
Total Energy Consumption:602,838 GJ/year
Water Consumption:96,082 m3/year
Waste Generated:2,526,242 kg/year

ESG Focus Areas

  • Energy Management
  • Employee Health & Safety
  • Product Design & Lifecycle Management
  • Materials Sourcing & Efficiency
  • Improve operational & energy efficiencies
  • Improve employee health & safety
  • Improve materials sourcing strategies to manage risk and reduce environmental impacts
  • Enhance workforce diversity & inclusion
  • Enhance product development to help customers operate efficiently and lower emissions
  • Enhanced cybersecurity
  • Continue to grow and improve economic performance
  • Employee development & retention
  • Comply with new product safety & chemical disclosure laws

Environmental Achievements

  • 19% reduction in Scope 1 & 2 GHG emissions since 2019
  • 10% reduction in total energy consumption since 2019
  • Increased renewable electricity to 27% of total electricity consumed
  • Over 15% reduction in landfill waste since 2019
  • Increased waste recycled to 84%
  • 7% reduction in wastewater since 2019

Social Achievements

  • Launched a new internal Training Academy
  • Improved recruitment processes to increase diversity
  • Expanded Board of Directors to nine members, increasing board diversity (three women)

Governance Achievements

  • Assigned ESG oversight to the Nominating and Governance Committee
  • Appointed first Chief Sustainability Officer
  • Created an ESG Executive Team and a Corporate Sustainability Team
  • Deployed Green Teams at every Alamo company (over 130 people)

Climate Goals & Targets

Medium-term Goals:
  • Reduce Scope 1 & 2 emissions by 50% by 2030
  • Reduce total energy consumption by 35% by 2030
  • Increase renewable electricity to 50% by 2030
  • Reduce landfill waste by 50% by 2030
  • Increase waste recycled to 90% by 2030
  • Reduce wastewater by 13% by 2030
  • Reduce recordable injury rates by 44% by 2030
Short-term Goals:
  • Reduce Scope 1 & 2 emissions by 35% by 2025
  • Reduce total energy consumption by 25% by 2025
  • Increase renewable electricity to 38% by 2025
  • Reduce landfill waste by 33% by 2025
  • Increase waste recycled to 87% by 2025
  • Reduce wastewater by 13% by 2025
  • Reduce recordable injury rates by 39% by 2025

Environmental Challenges

  • Transition risks related to market shifts towards lower-carbon technologies and potential carbon pricing mechanisms
  • Physical risks from extreme weather events and climate variability impacting supply chain and end-user demand
  • Scope 3 emissions significantly larger than Scope 1 & 2 emissions
Mitigation Strategies
  • Developing lower-carbon solutions for customers
  • Collaborating with suppliers and customers to address supply chain disruptions
  • Initiating a project to estimate Scope 3 GHG emissions baseline and set future targets
  • Investing in new product development and supply chain collaborations to reduce Scope 3 emissions

Supply Chain Management

Responsible Procurement
  • Collaboration with suppliers to reduce packaging waste
  • Conflict Minerals Policy

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks
  • Extreme weather events
  • Climate variability
Transition Risks
  • Market shifts towards lower-carbon technologies
  • Carbon pricing mechanisms
Opportunities
  • Development of lower-carbon solutions
  • Growth in demand for products used in climate risk adaptation

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: SASB

Certifications: ISO 14001 (Rivard facility in France)

Third-party Assurance: Strategic Sustainability Consulting (SSC) - support, not full assurance

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • Conver C485-E electric mowing boat
  • Dixie Chopper electric zero-turn mower concept
  • McConnel RC32e fully electric remote control mower
  • Rousseau E-TP power arm flail mowers
  • AGRIBUGGY2 self-propelled crop sprayer
  • Spearhead Stubble Management system
  • Old Dominion Brush Eco Mode™
  • McConnel Power Arm PA 4830 VFR
  • Tenco Wide Wing System (WWS)
  • 20 Ton Grain Transshipment trucks
  • Harkboot raking system for removing invasive aquatic plants
  • Herder Ecochopper mower
  • McConnel RC Spot Sprayer

Awards & Recognition

  • 2021 Texan by Nature 20 Honoree
  • NENnovation awards for Conver C485 and Harkboot raking system

Reporting Period: 2022

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:42,627 mtCO2e
Scope 1 Emissions:26,642 mtCO2e
Scope 2 Emissions:15,986 mtCO2e (market-based)
Renewable Energy Share:28.6%
Total Energy Consumption:644,327 Gj
Water Consumption:82,420 m3
Waste Generated:2,545,304 kg

ESG Focus Areas

  • Energy Management
  • Employee Health & Safety
  • Product Design & Lifecycle Management
  • Materials Sourcing & Efficiency
  • Climate Change

Environmental Achievements

  • Reduced absolute electricity consumption by 1,601 MWh compared to 2021.
  • Reduced absolute landfill waste by 7% compared to 2021 and 21% below 2019 levels.
  • Reduced water usage by 16% year-over-year.
  • Improved Scope 1 emissions intensity by 9% compared to 2019.
  • Reduced market-based Scope 2 emissions by over 32% compared to 2019.

Social Achievements

  • Launched the Alamo Group Learning and Development Academy.
  • Significant reduction in total recordable injury rate compared to 2021.
  • Positive results in initiatives to attract a more diverse pool of employees and increase diversity in leadership.
  • 114 U.S. employees completed frontline leadership program.

Governance Achievements

  • All employees completed ethics and code of conduct training.
  • Board maintains ultimate responsibility for overseeing ESG matters.

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • Reduce operational GHG emissions intensity by 50% by 2030.
Medium-term Goals:
  • Reduce total energy consumption intensity by 33% by 2030.
  • Reduce Scope 1 emissions intensity by 40% by 2030.
  • Reduce landfill waste intensity by 50% by 2030.
  • Reduce water usage to 75,000 cubic meters by 2030.
  • Reduce recordable injuries to 2.0 per 100 employees by 2030.
  • Reduce Scope 2 emissions intensity by >60% by 2030.
Short-term Goals:
  • Reduce total energy consumption intensity by 19% by 2025.
  • Reduce Scope 1 emissions intensity by 21% by 2025.
  • Reduce landfill waste intensity by 33% by 2025.
  • Reduce water usage to 80,000 cubic meters by 2025.
  • Reduce recordable injuries to 2.3 per 100 employees by 2025.

Environmental Challenges

  • Increased energy consumption (3.5% year-over-year) due to colder weather, higher production volume, and insourcing of production processes.
  • Increased natural gas use (11.7%) at four major North American facilities due to an 11.3% increase in heating degree days.
Mitigation Strategies
  • Investments in energy-efficient tooling and equipment, facilities consolidation, and production process changes.
  • Investments in physical facilities to improve environmental performance and reduce heat loss during winter (2023).
  • Investments in building heating systems and heat retention (2023).

Supply Chain Management

Responsible Procurement
  • Supplier Code of Conduct
  • Conflict Minerals Policy

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks
  • Extreme weather events
  • Storms
  • Variability in precipitation and weather patterns
Transition Risks
  • Market transitions to lower carbon technology
  • Government imposition of carbon taxes
Opportunities
  • Development of low-carbon solutions for customers

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: GRI, SASB, TCFD

Certifications: ISO 9001, ISO 14001

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • All-electric Gradall EL 4100 excavator
  • All-electric Schwarze M6 sweeper
  • Electric-Hybrid Raptor mid-size sweeper
  • Timberwolf TW 280HB hybrid-electric woodchipper
  • Old Dominion Brush Eco Mode leaf vacuum control systems
  • Brazilian Sugar Cane Transshipment Truck
  • Conver 485-E fully electric mowing boat
  • McConnel PA4830 VFR flail cutter

Reporting Period: 2023

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:41,992 mtCO2e
Scope 1 Emissions:26,091 mtCO2e
Scope 2 Emissions:15,900 mtCO2e (market-based)
Renewable Energy Share:30%
Total Energy Consumption:628,618 Gj
Water Consumption:90,115 cubic meters
Waste Generated:2,419,304 kg

ESG Focus Areas

  • Energy Management
  • Employee Health & Safety
  • Product Design & Lifecycle Management
  • Materials Sourcing & Efficiency
  • Climate Change

Environmental Achievements

  • Over 22% reduction of GHG emissions intensity since 2019 (using market-based method for scope 2 emissions)
  • Reduced absolute energy usage in 2023 despite heightened production activities
  • Energy intensity decreased by over 12% compared to 2019
  • Total scope 1 and 2 carbon intensity has decreased by 22% compared to the 2019 baseline

Social Achievements

  • 9% reduction in OSHA recordable injury rate for 2023, surpassing the 2025 target ahead of schedule
  • Zero on-the-job fatalities
  • Over 300 employees graduated from the AGILE Leadership Training Program

Governance Achievements

  • Strong corporate governance and ethics framework implemented
  • All office employees completed annual mandatory Code of Conduct training
  • Near Miss reporting emphasized throughout operations

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • Not disclosed
Medium-term Goals:
  • 50% reduction in operational GHG emissions intensity by 2030
  • 50% reduction in landfill waste intensity from 2019 base year levels by 2030
  • Achieve 10% onsite renewable power generation by 2030
Short-term Goals:
  • Reduce energy intensity by an additional 7% to hit the 2025 target
  • Achieve an additional 10% improvement in Scope 1 emissions intensity over the next two years

Environmental Challenges

  • Challenges in reducing solid waste sent to landfills due to excess dunnage from facility consolidations and production rationalization projects
  • Regression in water usage reduction compared to the previous year
Mitigation Strategies
  • Intensifying efforts in waste reduction and water conservation in 2024
  • Investments in upgraded welding and metal cutting technologies to reduce electricity consumption and steel scrap
  • Investments to improve the heating efficiency of facilities

Supply Chain Management

Responsible Procurement
  • Collaboration with suppliers on product design and specifications
  • Supplier risk assessment and performance reviews
  • Supply chain transparency inquiries
  • Requirements for suppliers to respect human rights

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks
  • Extreme weather events
  • Storms
  • Variability in precipitation and weather patterns
Transition Risks
  • Market transitions to lower carbon technology
  • Government regulations accelerating energy transition
Opportunities
  • Development of low-carbon solutions for customers
  • Sales growth from sustainable product development
  • Increased demand for products used in extreme weather event cleanup

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: SASB, TCFD, GHG Protocol

Certifications: ISO 9001 (some locations), ISO 14001 (one location)

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • Electric and hybrid-electric products in various product categories
  • Weight-reduced equipment
  • Products with improved fuel efficiency