Climate Change Data

Enphase Energy, Inc.

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

Reporting Period: 2020

Environmental Metrics

Waste Generated:5,000 yd³/year (U.S. offices)

ESG Focus Areas

  • Energy administration
  • Waste and hazardous materials management
  • Product design and lifecycle management
  • Employee development programs and policies
  • Diversity, equity and inclusion
  • Employee health and safety
  • Access and affordability
  • Data security and customer privacy
  • Supply chain management
  • Material sourcing and efficiency
  • Business ethics
  • Risk management
  • Management of energy infrastructure and related regulations

Environmental Achievements

  • Offset 20.8 million metric tons of CO2e - the equivalent of providing electricity to 3.5 million homes for one year.
  • Recycled approximately 90% of total electronic waste every year.
  • Reduced air shipping by approximately 63% in Q4 2019 compared to Q4 2018.
  • One major supplier in China achieved a 26% reduction in water consumption through system upgrades.

Social Achievements

  • Installed one millionth microinverter system.
  • Partnered with GRID Alternatives to install more than 29 MW of solar power for low-income communities, benefiting more than 8,200 families.
  • Provided approximately 524,000 hours of solar education and training through GRID Alternatives.
  • Expanded employee stock purchase plan to include employees outside the U.S.

Governance Achievements

  • Appointed first female director to the Board of Directors.
  • Expanded Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee Charter to include oversight of Sustainability and ESG strategy.
  • Successfully submitted proposals for the creation of a new section in the 2020 edition of the National Electrical Code.

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

  • COVID-19 pandemic impacting employees, suppliers, customers, and partners.
  • Climate-related disasters affecting operations.
  • Data privacy and security concerns.
  • Potential risks of forced labor, child labor, human trafficking, and slavery in the supply chain.
Mitigation Strategies
  • Developed a task force to manage the COVID-19 pandemic, providing updates, PPE, and flexible work arrangements.
  • Implemented significant organizational, technical, and physical safeguards to protect data privacy and security.
  • Established a Code of Conduct for suppliers addressing human rights and labor practices.
  • Conduct in-depth risk assessments and require extensive questionnaires when selecting suppliers.

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: Quarterly reviews and audits of high-risk suppliers.

Responsible Procurement
  • Code of Conduct for suppliers addressing human rights and labor practices.
  • Quality Assurance Manual outlining Supply Chain Expectations.

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: SASB, GRI

Certifications: ISO 14001 (seven out of ten offices)

UN Sustainable Development Goals

  • SDG 7
  • SDG 9
  • SDG 11
  • SDG 13

See page 40 of the report for details.

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • Enphase storage system
  • Eighth-generation microinverters with Enphase Ensemble™ technology

Reporting Period: 2021

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:9,521 MT CO2e
Scope 1 Emissions:Negligible
Scope 3 Emissions:281 MT CO2e
Total Energy Consumption:14,361,194 kWh
Waste Generated:2.24 metric tons of hazardous waste (North America)
Carbon Intensity:6.99 MT CO2e/$M revenue

ESG Focus Areas

  • Climate Change
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Governance
  • Human Rights
  • Clean Energy

Environmental Achievements

  • Reduced 31 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (MT CO₂e) since inception (equivalent of providing energy to 3.9 million homes for one year)
  • 100% of facilities are ISO 14001:2015 certified
  • 119kW PV system installed at Petaluma office
  • 100% of e-waste generated across North America, India, and New Zealand operations recycled

Social Achievements

  • Launched partnership with BurnAlong for employee wellness
  • Launched partnership with Women in Cleantech & Sustainability (WCTS)
  • Signed the ParityPledge
  • CEO signed the CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion pledge
  • Built Enphase Learning Academy

Governance Achievements

  • Established Green Financing Framework
  • Implemented a clawback policy
  • Provided an anonymous third-party whistleblower hotline

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

  • Characterizing scope two purchased electricity and heating to identify opportunities to reduce footprint
  • Mapping scope three impacts and discovering opportunities for energy conservation
  • Assessing supply chain risk exposure regarding human rights
Mitigation Strategies
  • Developing scenario-based climate risk assessments
  • Integrating climate risk assessments into the annual ERM process
  • Strengthening processes for assessing supply chain risk exposure
  • Incorporating environmental and social factors in supplier quality assessment surveys (42% coverage in 2021)

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: 42% of new suppliers screened for environmental and social criteria in 2021

Responsible Procurement
  • Supplier Code of Conduct
  • Screening for ISO 9001, ISO 14001, environmental policy, REACH, and RoHS compliance

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks
  • Extreme weather events, grid outages
Transition Risks
  • Uncertainty in carbon markets
Opportunities
  • Growth of solar energy equipment, battery storage, EV charging, smart load management, and integration with grid modernization efforts

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: GRI, SASB, TCFD

Certifications: ISO 14001:2015

UN Sustainable Development Goals

  • Goal 1
  • Goal 3
  • Goal 4
  • Goal 5
  • Goal 7
  • Goal 8
  • Goal 9
  • Goal 10
  • Goal 11
  • Goal 12
  • Goal 13

See page 64-65 of the report for details on how Enphase's initiatives contribute to these goals.

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • IQ8 Microinverters (off-grid capability)
  • IQ Batteries

Awards & Recognition

  • ESG Award and Structured Equity Award from IFR (February 2022)

Reporting Period: 2022

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:Not disclosed
Scope 1 Emissions:0 tCO2e/year
Scope 2 Emissions:10603 tCO2e/year
Scope 3 Emissions:52716 tCO2e/year
Renewable Energy Share:Not disclosed
Total Energy Consumption:15649167 MWh/year
Water Consumption:Not disclosed
Waste Generated:Not disclosed
Carbon Intensity:4.55 metric tons CO2e per USD million revenue

ESG Focus Areas

  • Climate Change

Environmental Achievements

  • Increased facilities’ on-site generation capacity by 73%, reaching 260 kW with a plan to increase to 1,747 kW by the end of 2023
  • Planned LED motion-sensing light fixture upgrades representing annual savings of 152,675 kWh

Social Achievements

  • Not disclosed

Governance Achievements

  • Incorporated ESG goals into incentive plans beginning in 2022, including a specific ESG category in the quarterly bonus payout system.

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • Not disclosed
Medium-term Goals:
  • Reduce Scope 1 and 2 economic emissions intensity by 30% by 2030 from 2021 levels
Short-term Goals:
  • Not disclosed

Environmental Challenges

  • Not disclosed
Mitigation Strategies
  • Not disclosed

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: Not disclosed

Responsible Procurement
  • Supplier Code of Conduct requiring emissions tracking and documentation

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks
  • Not disclosed
Transition Risks
  • Not disclosed
Opportunities
  • Increased revenues from increased demand for products and services
  • Reduced indirect (operating) costs from on-site renewable energy and energy efficiency projects
  • Reduced indirect (operating) costs from the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA)

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: The Greenhouse Gas Protocol: Scope 2 Guidance, The Greenhouse Gas Protocol: Corporate Value Chain (Scope 3) Standard

Certifications: Null

Third-party Assurance: Not disclosed

UN Sustainable Development Goals

  • Not disclosed

Not disclosed

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • Microinverters and integrated solar plus-storage solutions

Awards & Recognition

  • Not disclosed