North Wind Group
Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2023)
Reporting Period: 2023
Environmental Metrics
Waste Generated:Over 3 tons of electronic scrap recycled
ESG Focus Areas
- Professional Development
- Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
- Employee Safety
- Employee Health and Wellness
- Waste Reduction
- Carbon Footprint Reduction
- Diverse Partnerships
- Community Engagement
- Cybersecurity
Environmental Achievements
- Increased investment in environmental initiatives by 90% from $974,025.82 in 2022 to $1,863,894.09 in 2023.
- Planted 2,200 trees.
- Recycled 65 computers, 96 laptops, and 86 project waste items.
- Implemented recycling in 15 corporate offices.
- Design/installation of 13 Level 2 Electrical Vehicle Charging Stations (EVCS).
- Recycled over three tons of electronic scrap.
- 100% of eligible computers and monitors installed with power management.
- Modified mowing schedules to maximize Monarch butterfly reproductive life cycles.
- Developed a low-cost environmental prairie management approach to increase biodiversity.
Social Achievements
- Increased diversity year over year (23% minority, 32% female, 13% veterans, 13% self-reported disabilities).
- Launched Learning Champions Program to drive professional development engagement.
- Developed custom resource plans in NWU for each functional and specialty group.
- Launched Academies Platform with Project Manager Academies.
- Added benchmarking survey to ensure accurate compensation data.
- Implemented SmartBid for prequalification of subcontractors, improving ESG principles embedding into vendor database.
- Actively developing a Volunteer Time Off (VTO) program.
Governance Achievements
- Developed a supply chain risk management (SCRM) plan.
- Partnered with edgeTI to create digital twins for real-time data visualization (Northern Lights).
- Created over 45 data connectors, 645 visualizations, 170+ dashboards, and over 1200 data streams in Northern Lights.
Climate Goals & Targets
Medium-term Goals:
- Zero successful malicious cyberattacks by 2025.
Short-term Goals:
- Increase investment in professional development by 10% by 2024.
- Increase diversity year over year by 2024.
- Reduce TRIR by 10% by 2024.
- Increase employee participation in Wellness Program by 2024.
- Begin tracking CPUs and project waste by 2024.
- Expand community contributions and reach by 2024.
- Implement a no-print challenge in 2024.
Environmental Challenges
- Lack of recycling access in some offices.
- Need for more rigorous learning pathways.
- Need to improve situational awareness to increase revenue and profitability.
- Supply chain risks.
Mitigation Strategies
- Conducting a recycling survey to understand access and actively recycling.
- Developing the Academies Platform for targeted learning pathways.
- Implementing Northern Lights for real-time data visualization and Metrics-Based Management (MBM).
- Developing a supply chain risk management (SCRM) plan and implementing a supplier scorecard.
Supply Chain Management
Responsible Procurement
- Implementation of SmartBid for subcontractor prequalification and ESG principles embedding.
Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities
Awards & Recognition
- DOE PORTS recognized as a Leader in Sustainable Electronics Procurement with a 2023 EPEAT Purchaser Award.