Climate Change Data

Dover Corporation

Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2022, 2023)

Reporting Period: 2022

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:17,275,374 tCO2e (2022)
Scope 1 Emissions:50,044 tCO2e (2022)
Scope 2 Emissions:99,036 tCO2e (2022)
Scope 3 Emissions:17,126,300 tCO2e (2022)

ESG Focus Areas

  • Climate Action
  • Innovation
  • Health & Safety
  • Inclusion & Talent
  • Environmental Resource Management (Energy, Water, Waste)

Environmental Achievements

  • Reduced absolute scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions by 8% since 2019
  • Reduced absolute scope 3 GHG emissions by 10% since 2019
  • Reduced water consumption by 65% and water withdrawal by 14% from 2019 baseline
  • More than 150 projects executed to reduce emissions across operations

Social Achievements

  • Launched employee engagement survey with 80% inclusion index
  • Trained 80% of global leaders on inclusive leadership and unconscious bias
  • Increased ethnically diverse team members by 12 percentage points (30% to 42%) since 2015
  • Increased female team members by 4 percentage points (21% to 25%) since 2015
  • Implemented Dover Celebrates!, a global recognition platform
  • Reduced TRIR (Total Recordable Incident Rate)

Governance Achievements

  • All directors are independent, except CEO
  • ESG oversight included in CEO's strategic objectives
  • 99.6% of online employees completed 2022 Code of Conduct e-training
  • 99.4% of online employees completed 2022 anti-corruption e-training
  • Additional live & streaming anti-corruption training delivered to employees in 34 countries

Climate Goals & Targets

Medium-term Goals:
  • Reduce absolute scope 1 and 2 market-based GHG emissions 30% by 2030 from a 2019 base year
  • Reduce absolute scope 3 GHG emissions 15% by 2030 from a 2019 base year
Short-term Goals:
  • Reduce annual TRIR by 40% by 2025 from a 2019 base year

Environmental Challenges

  • Supply chain disruptions due to climate events
  • Reduced demand for fossil fuels and Dover products serving energy and retail fueling industries
Mitigation Strategies
  • Business continuity plans to protect people, property, and assets from potential physical impacts of climate change
  • Implementing process upgrades to improve energy efficiency and switching fleet and machinery from diesel to lower emission energy sources
  • Research and development (R&D) advancements achieving goals for sustainable products and technologies

Supply Chain Management

Responsible Procurement
  • Supplier Code of Conduct

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks
  • Increased frequency and severity of storms shutting down operations
  • Disruptions to critical suppliers due to extreme weather events
Transition Risks
  • Increased operational costs due to carbon pricing
  • Reduced demand for fossil fuels and Dover products
Opportunities
  • Improve energy efficiency and switch to renewable energy
  • R&D advancements achieving goals for sustainable products and technologies

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: GRI, SASB, TCFD

Certifications: ISO 14001 (32 sites)

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • Electrification of trash and recycling trucks
  • Electric vehicle charging at retail fueling stations
  • Cleaner fuels like hydrogen and LNG
  • Natural refrigeration technologies using CO2
  • Highly efficient, compact brazed plate heat exchangers
  • Digitally-enabled maintenance solutions

Awards & Recognition

  • A- on CDP Climate ranking (2022)
  • Newsweek’s America’s Most Responsible Companies (2023)
  • Newsweek’s America’s Greenest Companies
  • 2022 JUST Capital index
  • MSCI rating increase from A to AA in 2022

Reporting Period: 2023

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:169933 tCO2e/year (Scope 1 & 2)
Scope 1 Emissions:54787 tCO2e/year
Scope 2 Emissions:115146 tCO2e/year (market-based)
Scope 3 Emissions:17604626 tCO2e/year
Renewable Energy Share:Not disclosed
Total Energy Consumption:530845 MWh/year
Water Consumption:1424.23 megaliters/year (withdrawal)
Waste Generated:Not disclosed
Carbon Intensity:0.00002 tCO2e per USD of revenue

ESG Focus Areas

  • Climate Change
  • Water Security

Environmental Achievements

  • Reduced Scope 1 and 2 location-based emissions by 17% from the 2019 re-baselined figure.
  • 70% of SWEP’s energy consumption comes from renewable sources.

Social Achievements

  • Launched employee well-being program (details not provided in report)
  • Completed initial public-facing diversity and inclusion targets

Governance Achievements

  • Established a cross-functional Sustainability Steering Committee
  • Set science-based targets for reducing Scope 1 and 2 emissions 30% by 2030 and Scope 3 emissions 15% by 2030 relative to a 2019 baseline.

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • Net zero emissions by 2050 (SWEP)
Medium-term Goals:
  • Reduce Scope 1 and 2 emissions 30% by 2030 (relative to 2019 baseline)
  • Reduce Scope 3 emissions 15% by 2030 (relative to 2019 baseline)
  • Achieve carbon neutrality across scope 1 and 2 emissions by 2030 (SWEP)
Short-term Goals:
  • Reduce water consumption by 50% by 2030 (Markem-Imaje)

Environmental Challenges

  • Increased pricing of GHG emissions resulting in increased compliance costs.
  • Increased cost of raw materials due to carbon pricing.
  • Unsuccessful investment in new technologies.
  • Supply chain disruptions from extreme weather events.
Mitigation Strategies
  • Tracking regulatory updates and evaluating potential risk for increased costs in high-risk areas due to climate legislation or taxes.
  • Setting science-based targets for reducing Scope 1 and 2 emissions 30% by 2030 and Scope 3 emissions 15% by 2030 relative to a 2019 baseline.
  • Optimizing Dover’s supply chain to achieve both cost savings and carbon efficiencies by minimizing average length of haul.
  • Investing in R&D for sustainable products.

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: Not disclosed

Responsible Procurement
  • Supplier Code of Conduct

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks
  • Increased severity of extreme weather events
  • Flooding
  • Drought
  • Heat waves
Transition Risks
  • Carbon pricing mechanisms
  • Increased cost of raw materials
  • Changing customer behavior
  • Regulatory changes
Opportunities
  • Development of new products or services through R&D and innovation
  • Improved energy efficiency and switch to renewable energy

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: GRI, SASB, TCFD, Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi)

Certifications: ISO 14001

Third-party Assurance: AA1000AS

UN Sustainable Development Goals

  • Not disclosed

Not disclosed

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • Advanced Second Nature (SN) refrigeration systems
  • Belvac technology
  • EvoClean dispenser
  • Hypertwain heat exchange technology
  • Hydrogen dispensers and cooling systems
  • Energy efficiency equipment for buildings
  • DC fast chargers for electric vehicles

Awards & Recognition

  • Not disclosed