Climate Change Data

Hubbell Incorporated

Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2022, 2023)

Reporting Period: 2022

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

  • Climate change
  • Water and waste
  • Greenhouse gas emissions
  • Supply chain responsibility
  • Inclusion, diversity, and equity
  • Human rights in the workplace and value chain
  • Employee experience
  • Business ethics, integrity, and transparency
  • Data privacy and cybersecurity

Environmental Achievements

  • Achieved 2025 emissions and water reduction goals in 2022.
  • Implemented an ESG data management system for ongoing and historical data collection.

Social Achievements

  • Conducted an enterprise-wide employee survey (Elevate) with an 80% response rate and developed action plans.
  • Provided a Global Recharge Day for all employees.
  • Hubbell Foundation donated over $1.2 million to charities.
  • Published EEO-1 diversity data: 32% female employees globally, 30% female and 45% racially diverse in the U.S.

Governance Achievements

  • Recognized as one of the 2023 World’s Most Ethical Companies (third year in a row).
  • Added proxy access for shareholders.
  • Added further restrictions on the number of public company boards on which directors can serve.
  • 100% of compliance cases were investigated.

Climate Goals & Targets

Medium-term Goals:
  • Reduce water usage by 25% by 2030
  • Reduce hazardous waste generation by 30% by 2030
  • Reduce Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 30% by 2030

Environmental Challenges

  • Global supply chain shortages for materials and component parts, leading to escalating prices and constrained transportation capacities.
  • Significant inflationary pressure across the business.
  • Risks associated with information technology systems failures, network disruptions, data security breaches, and compliance with data privacy laws.
Mitigation Strategies
  • Took various pricing actions to cover higher costs and protect margin profile.
  • Investing in restructuring and related programs to maintain a competitive cost structure and drive operational efficiencies.
  • Continued investment in capacity expansion, automation, and productivity initiatives.
  • Improving utilization of enterprise resource planning system and expanding standardization of business processes.

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Awards & Recognition

  • 2023 World’s Most Ethical Companies

Reporting Period: 2023

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

  • Climate change
  • Energy and emissions
  • Products with impact
  • Water and waste
  • Community impact
  • Employee experience
  • Employee health and safety
  • Human rights in the workplace and value chain
  • Inclusion, diversity, and equity
  • Product quality and safety
  • Supply chain responsibility
  • Business ethics, integrity, and transparency
  • Data privacy and cybersecurity
  • Risk excellence

Environmental Achievements

  • Added to the Dow Jones Sustainability Index for North America for the first time in 2023
  • Continued pursuit to achieve 2030 emissions, water, and hazardous waste goals
  • Established a Sustainability Impact Program (SIP) supporting projects like LED lighting upgrades, HVAC upgrades, solar panel installations, and hazardous waste management technology installations.

Social Achievements

  • Appointed new Presidents to Hubbell's HES and HUS segments (one internal, one external)
  • Held first ever inclusion focused conference in 2023
  • 85% of Hubbell’s employees responded to the Elevate Employee Experience Survey, providing insights translated into action plans.

Governance Achievements

  • Adopted proxy access in 2023
  • Adopted a new compensation recoupment (clawback) policy in 2023
  • Annual review of Director compensation with advice from an independent compensation consultant and benchmarked for competitiveness.

Climate Goals & Targets

Medium-term Goals:
  • Reduce water by 25% by 2030
  • Reduce hazardous waste by 30% by 2030
  • Reduce Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 30% by 2030

Environmental Challenges

  • Supply chain disruptions (implied)
Mitigation Strategies
  • Continued focus and execution on supply chain resiliency projects

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Awards & Recognition

  • Named to the S&P 500 Index
  • Recognized as one of 2024's World’s Most Ethical Companies
  • Named to the Dow Jones Sustainability Index for North America