BrightView
Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2021, 2022-10 to 2023-09)
Reporting Period: 2021
Environmental Metrics
ESG Focus Areas
- Environmental Sustainability
- Social Responsibility
- Corporate Governance
Environmental Achievements
- Expanding fleet of energy-efficient vehicles
- Adopting next-generation fuel tracking technology
- Offering alternative fertilizers
- Adopting advanced strategies and equipment to help clients reduce carbon footprints and meet LEED certification standards
- Planting more than 80,000 trees annually
- Installing smart irrigation systems to reduce water use
- Converting gas and 2-cycle landscaping equipment to sustainable electric power
- Recycling or repurposing green debris
- Using mulching mowers
- Offering organic compost top-dressing
- Using Ellepots or RootStepper tray systems for annual flowers to reduce plastic use
- Shifting toward a paperless future, saving over a million sheets of paper annually
Social Achievements
- Invested in Jobvite platform to streamline recruitment process
- Established regional Culture Councils for employee feedback
- Launched BrightPath program for employee skill development
- Launched BrightView University employee development program
- Providing additional management, technical, and leadership development courses through BizLibrary
- Providing comprehensive and flexible employee benefits and tuition reimbursement
- Established BrightView Landscapes Foundation to aid team members facing financial hardship
- Supporting refugees through the Tent Partnership for Refugees
- Developing D&I training courses through BrightView University
- Establishing employee resource groups (ERGs) GROW and BRAVO
- Launched the BrightView Fund for Social Justice
Governance Achievements
- Established Board oversight of ESG
- Seven of eight Board members remain independent
- Adherence to Code of Conduct, including annual training for all employees
- Utilizing E-Verify program across all 50 states
Climate Goals & Targets
Long-term Goals:
- Become carbon neutral by 2035
Medium-term Goals:
- Reduce carbon emissions by 90% by 2035
- Convert 100% of management vehicle fleet and approximately 30% of total fleet to electric or hybrid by 2027
- Plant two million trees by 2030
Short-term Goals:
- Launch onboarding tool for Jobvite platform
- Launch employee engagement survey in 2022-2023
- Convert approximately 35,000 pieces of 2-cycle gas-powered equipment to rechargeable energy sources by 2025
Environmental Challenges
- Reducing carbon emissions across operations and supply chain
- Improving workforce diversity and inclusion
- Maintaining high ethical standards across operations
Mitigation Strategies
- 5-pronged approach to achieving carbon neutrality by 2035 (Stewardship, Sustainability, Cleaner Fleet, Greener Equipment, Efficient Buildings)
- Developing and implementing D&I training and initiatives
- Maintaining a strong Code of Conduct and providing regular training
Supply Chain Management
Responsible Procurement
- Engaging with industry partners and suppliers to lead a transformation towards environmental goals
Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities
Opportunities
- Decreasing equipment maintenance costs by upwards of 50 percent annually through green energy integration
Reporting Standards
Frameworks Used: SASB Professional and Commercial Services Sector Standard
Reporting Period: 2022-10 to 2023-09
Environmental Metrics
Total Carbon Emissions:228,456 tCO2e/year
Scope 1 Emissions:216,945 tCO2e/year
Scope 2 Emissions:11,511 tCO2e/year
ESG Focus Areas
- Environmental stewardship
- Social responsibility
- Corporate governance
Environmental Achievements
- Added 80 electric mowers and 200 electric/hybrid vehicles
- Deployed ~500 battery-powered handheld units
- Piloted electric power tool charging trailer
- Installed smart irrigation management systems at select sites resulting in water conservation acknowledged by Gilbert, AZ city proclamation
Social Achievements
- Maintained a total recordable injury rate below industry average (60% lower)
- Relaunched BrightView University with focus on team member career development
- Launched first-ever employee engagement survey
- Implemented a Volunteer Time Off Day
Governance Achievements
- 100% of professional level team members are required to be trained on data privacy, ethical standards, and BrightView’s Code of Conduct
- Ongoing use of E-Verify to verify employment eligibility of new team members
- No data breaches in FY2023
Climate Goals & Targets
Environmental Challenges
- Reducing Scope 3 emissions
- Ongoing drought concerns in the southwest
Mitigation Strategies
- Collaborated with a sustainability consultant to assess Scope 1 & 2 emissions and enhance data collection processes to pave the way for measuring Scope 3 emissions and establishing a science-based emissions reduction target.
- Offering superior irrigation management services to clients, including smart irrigation controllers, turf conversion, and xeriscaping to better ensure water efficiency and conservation.
Supply Chain Management
Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities
Reporting Standards
Frameworks Used: SASB, GRI