TransDigm Group, Inc.
Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2023)
Reporting Period: 2023
Environmental Metrics
Total Carbon Emissions:107,662 tCO2e/year (Scope 1 and 2)
Scope 1 Emissions:42,622 tCO2e/year
Scope 2 Emissions:65,040 tCO2e/year
Total Energy Consumption:238,943 MWh/year
Water Consumption:151,094 thousand U.S. gallons/year
ESG Focus Areas
- Environmental Responsibility
- Social Responsibility
- Governance and Responsible Business Practices
Environmental Achievements
- Achieved a 6% reduction in Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions in fiscal year 2023 compared to the 2019 baseline.
- Completed 2023 enterprise-wide GHG inventory for Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions, along with enterprise-wide aggregation of water consumption.
Social Achievements
- Opened the TransDigm Group Learning Center at the Great Lakes Science Center, providing underprivileged youth with STEM education.
- Improved Board diversity, with 40% identifying as female or racially or ethnically diverse in 2023 compared to 27% in 2022.
- Awarded ~840 scholarships to underprivileged and underrepresented youth by 2024 under the Doug Peacock Scholarship Program.
Governance Achievements
- Implemented a Combatting Trafficking in Persons Policy.
- Appointed a Lead Independent Director in 2023.
- Refreshed the membership of three of the four committees.
Climate Goals & Targets
Medium-term Goals:
- Reduce absolute Scope 1 and Scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions by at least 50% by 2031
Environmental Challenges
- Residual negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic impacting the commercial aerospace industry.
- Difficult inflationary environment and disruption across the global supply chain and labor markets.
Mitigation Strategies
- Careful management of cost structure.
- Implementing mitigating actions to overcome supply chain and labor market disruptions.
Supply Chain Management
Responsible Procurement
- Extending the principles of the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics to the supplier network.
- Compliance with requirements regarding conflict minerals.
- Strict Combatting Trafficking in Persons Policy prohibiting engagement with suppliers involved in human trafficking.
Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities
Physical Risks
- Severe weather events (increased storm frequency or severity, fires)
- Rising sea levels
- Decreased access to water
Transition Risks
- Regulations that could have a material adverse impact on air travel
Reporting Standards
Frameworks Used: SASB
Sustainable Products & Innovation
- Patented galvanically isolated 270Vdc Hybrid Contactors
- Korry Large Area Display
- Brushless Starter Generator 200BLSG
- Schneller’s sustainable decorative laminates
- TA Aerospace’s hybrid t-bolt clamp and line support block
- Mason’s next-generation force transducers
- Adams Rite’s touchless lavatory products
- AmSafe’s pretensioner system
- Next Generation T-11 personnel parachute
- Aerosonic’s air data flight test boom
- Chelton’s DACU4c GNSS Anti-Jam product
- Kirkhill’s ablative insulation for human spaceflight