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Landmark supported the NHS with free environmental reports to support the design of the Nightingale hospitals and NHS Covid test sites across the country.
Before lockdown began, RMS Employees were volunteering once a week at Bigland Green Primary School, taking part in one of two programmes - Number Partners, and Reading Partners.
We judge ourselves against this aspiration and the Social & Diversity Impact Board enables others to do the same.
homelessness, becoming a more diverse and inclusive organisation and taking further steps towards our ambition of becoming a carbon neutral organisation, whilst reducing fuel poverty.
PLC Chair’s Response Mears welcomes the insight, challenge, and support from the Social & Diversity Impact Board and assurance provided by the external experts that sit on the board.
a Invested in EDI training for the Group. a Brought a consistent focus on social impact and diversity to every aspect of the business e.g. supporting staff through the pandemic, ensuring great representation of underrepresented groups at all levels.
a We asked independent experts EW to fully review our diversity policies – specifically the route from inspiring diverse people from all backgrounds, gender, ethnicity, age, religion, to look at working in the housing sector, through to interview, appointment and development to the very top – which we have implemented ...
a We appointed a new carbon team to create a full end to end consultancy services helping the public sector to reduce its carbon emissions in line with ambitious Government targets.
Jane has vast experience in diversity consultancy and training, specialising in working with senior management teams and Boards to improve individual, team and organisational performance.
Jane regularly works with leaders of global and national organisations, advising on inclusive leadership, and diversity and inclusion strategy.
We have been awarded Diversity Network Accreditation and this year we were again listed in the Top Mobility Index in the UK.
Social & Diversity Impact Board Report Social Value From a social value perspective, it has clearly been a definitive year where a broader idea of value has been embraced by society.
The last year has tested the commitment of all companies to equality, diversity and inclusion.
Therefore, Mears will need to track these impacts as they emerge and be proactive in doing what it can to respond through a sustainable social value lens.
There has been a paradigm shift that centres equality, diversity and inclusion issues.
expand our responsible gaming and environmental protection efforts.
Giving back to our team members, supporting and encouraging diversity, helping the underserved in our communities, promoting responsible gaming, and being responsible stewards of our finite natural resources are core values for all of us at Penn National Gaming.
• We were honored by two prominent organizations for the gender diversity of our Board of Directors.
The mission of the Penn Diversity Committee is to put the Company’s longstanding stance on diversity, equity and inclusion into action.
The Diversity Committee is a step in ensuring the Company has mechanisms in place to listen to and learn from team members about important ongoing social justice issues.
We are dedicated to being an employer where all team members can succeed and grow by fostering an environment of respect, empathy, and equal opportunity.
Penn Diversity Priorities The 2021 Penn Diversity goals were segmented into the following five categories.
Procurement Increase diversity spend and the number of minority business networking events throughout the Company.
This initial effort resulted in our more than doubling our diversity spend with businesses owned by minorities, women, disabled individuals and veterans.
With the help of NMSDC, we were able to increase our diversity spend from $52 million in 2020 to $68 million in 2021.
This program is the top of our internal funnel when it comes to creating a path for diversity in leadership roles.
We continue to make progress with gender and ethnic diversity in our workforce.
In addition, we have worked hard to strike the right balance between long-term understanding of our business and fresh external perspectives, adding four new directors in the past five years, as well as to ensure diversity of backgrounds and perspectives within the boardroom.
This scholarship program is a multiyear commitment to provide financial assistance to veterans pursuing a law degree at UPENN.
Our company-wide commitment to making sure our guests smile as much as we do means our team members will enjoy a fun working environment anywhere within the organization.
Penn is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace that embraces diversity and inclusion.
When not addressing a public health crisis or responding to a natural disaster, the Foundation generally focuses on the following key areas of need: community development, human services, cultural affairs and diversity, programs that provide services to veterans, active members of the military and their families, and h...
Donating these phones and tablets also has an added environmental benefit.
Jackpot Tunica and Hollywood Tunica were the presenting sponsors in the Hernando Water Tower 10K Race in October.
The Jefferson SPCA promotes animal welfare in Jefferson Parish.
Their programs prevent and address animal cruelty and provide much-needed medical treatment, rescues, and ultimately adoptions for homeless pets.
Animal welfare is prominently addressed in the Guide with sanctions and/or penalties for individuals in the event those entrusted with the care of animals participating in racing at our facilities engage in actions detrimental or not in the best interests of the horses.
At Penn National Gaming, we are committed to safeguarding our natural resources and helping to protect the environment as part of our daily operations.
Our commitment to compliance, conservation, communication, and continuous improvement fosters a culture of environmental excellence throughout our organization.
In recognition that access to abundant, clean water is a critical need for the communities and ecosystems in which we operate, we pledge to minimize our water usage wherever possible and engage with our customers, suppliers, communities and other relevant stakeholders on our environmental impacts and ongoing opportunit...
• We continue forward in our efforts to reduce or eliminate plastic waste, with now utilizing bulk amenity dispensers for shampoo, conditioner & body wash.
• Our two newest casinos we opened in York and Morgantown, Pennsylvania this year feature new energy efficiency measures, including EV charging stations, AER-DEC(r) integrated sinks, LED lighting, water-conserving toilets, HVAC efficiency improvements and water bottle refilling stations.
• Energy efficiency updates continue at all 23 of our hotel properties.
Eighty percent of our properties have already completed an energy efficient lighting upgrade.
• Following severe damage to our Gulf Coast properties from several hurricanes this year, we are using insurance proceeds to rebuild with a focus on helping to protect from future impacts from ongoing climate change.
drought-tolerant plants that require little to no supplemental irrigation.
• We are working to reduce plastic water bottle consumption.
Approximately refillable water stations in their public areas or plan to do so in 2022.
We have consumption by approximately 35,000 gallons for 2021 – a 50% reduction.
Through our RTI waste oil recycling program, we recycled totaling over 500,000 lbs of oil and eliminating 22,278 plastic jugs.
ESG - KWH Reduction, Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Carbon Footprint Reduction Annually Notes: 1.
Information from the EPA website listed below: Greenhouse Gas Equivalancies Calculator | Energy and the Environment | US EPA https://www.epa.gov/greenhouse-gas-equivalancies-calculator 3.
To maximize shareholder value, the Board strives to maintain a governance environment where (i) entrepreneurship and prudent risk taking are encouraged, with a focus on both long- and short term value creation, (ii) shareholder perspectives are understood and long-term relationships with shareholders are fostered throu...
The Board regularly evaluates the governance environment to enable the Company to respond appropriately to changes, practices and market conditions, as well as suggestions from shareholders and other stakeholders, all in a manner that we believe will continue the Company’s long-term record of increasing shareholder val...
The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board is responsible for overseeing the Company’s practices relating to corporate social responsibility, including ESG programs and reporting for environmental and sustainability initiatives, social responsibility to communities, the Company’s culture, talent str...
In addition to our goals to increase diversity throughout our employee population, we took the additional step this year of setting specific, timebound KPIs for certain segments that we believe will serve as a catalyst to increase diversity throughout our ranks.
We continue to expand and refine how we manage both our impact on the environment as well as the impact of climate change on our company.
At the committee level, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee is charged with reviewing and assessing the company’s environmental, social and governance initiatives and making recommendations to the company to further its ESG goals (NCGC Charter).
This includes efforts to track and expand our spend with diverse-owned businesses and assess efforts by our vendors to measure and reduce carbon emissions.
Areas that are important, but less relevant for our specific business and industry ■ Supply chain: social standards ■ Water and waste ■ Community engagement our management of GHGs and proposed SEC regulations, we moved these items to a higher tier on an interim basis.
In our previous report we disclosed our full Scope gas emissions as well as categories 3, 5, 6 and 7 for Scope 3.
In addition to our ongoing goal to increase diversity throughout our entire employee population, we took the additional step this year of setting specific, timebound KPIs for certain segments that we believe will serve as a catalyst to increase diversity throughout our ranks.
We offer pay for performance, a diverse and inclusive work environment, significant opportunities for career growth and a culture that prioritizes collaboration and drives results.
While human capital management encompasses a wide range of topics, in this report we focus on a few key issues that are driving our efforts around sustainability including diversity, employee development and employee engagement.
More → https://www.ice.com/about/corporate-responsibility https://www.ice.com/about/corporate-responsibility/ratings-research/employees Diversity We continued to make strides toward increased diversity throughout our organization and broader community, including at the Board and senior management levels as well as thro...
**** We plan to include global gender diversity metrics for officers in future reports.
We recognize that change is often led from the top and to further drive our efforts throughout the organization, we have set specific, timebound targets for increasing diversity in our senior ranks, including: Other updates resulted in an increase in female leadership across several operational roles, which today inclu...
Learn more about her career and how she uses her platform to lead on improving board diversity.
All employees and contractors are required to complete training at least annually on several of our compliance, security, human resource and business continuity policies.
Our leadership development curriculum is tailored at each level to help leaders set direction and vision for their teams, create an engaging and inclusive work environment, model ICE’s core values, and collaborate with others to drive innovation and problem solving for our customers.
Additionally, we actively cultivate a work environment that encourages constant conversations across and within teams to provide informal and real-time feedback loops at all levels.
We lead by example Problem-solving We focus on identifying and solving our customers’ needs and make well-informed, quick decisions Hybrid work environment Following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and over two years of largely remote work for many of our employees, we know that new ways of working are possible and ...
This shift will require us to continue to refine and hone skills to engage remote teams and enable robust collaboration in a virtual environment.
We approach our risks and opportunities with regard to climate in three ways: ■ How we address our impact on the climate ■ The impact of climate change on our business ■ Our opportunity to make a broader impact through ESG products and services Measure ■ Full Scope ■ GHG Protocol ■ Operational boundary Mitigate ■ Elect...
Our calculations are performed using the GHG Protocol and with assistance from a thirdparty firm with expertise in this area.
All emissions reported in tCO2 Restated to include 1,647 tCO2e from two facilities that were not included in reporting last year; 6,605 additional US Green-e Renewable Energy Certificates were purchased this year to account for omission 3 Restated to account for last year’s purchase of Energy Attribute Certificates (EA...
Renewable energy ■ For all electricity consumed in our offices and data centers, we have purchased Energy Attribute Certificates (EACs).
■ EAC purchases for vintage 2021 Green-e certified renewable energy certificates (RECs) for all electricity consumed in the US. ■ The remaining EAC purchases were matched based on the country where the electricity was consumed and compliance year, with the exception of Singapore for which we purchased 2021 Malaysia REC...
Carbon credits ■ We purchased carbon credits for all Scope steam-based Scope 2 emissions, and for all Scope 3 emissions except for those associated with categories 1 and 2. ■ Carbon credit purchases were VCS registered and certified, totaled 25,000 tCO2e, and included nature-based forestry projects located in Indonesia...
TCFD Report → Reduction targets Having established our full emissions baseline using the GHG Protocol, including Scope targets.
Robust environmental markets are critical to helping achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions.
They facilitate the transition to cleaner fuels by placing a cost on carbon emissions and a value on carbon storage and capture.
By attributing a value to the preservation and restoration of nature, environmental markets also support the creation of natural capital as an asset class.
ICE has been a leader in environmental markets for nearly two decades.
Today, our environmental markets span Europe, the UK and North America and are the world’s most liquid environmental markets.
A record total of tons of carbon allowances traded on ICE exchanges in 2021, equivalent to an estimated $1 trillion in notional value and equal to over half the world’s estimated total annual energy-related emissions footprint.
■ European Emissions Trading — The EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) is a cornerstone of the European Union’s policy to combat climate change and is a key tool for reducing industrial greenhouse gas emissions cost-effectively.
Being the first, and largest, international system for trading greenhouse gas emission allowances, the EU ETS covers approximately manufacturing industry, as well as airlines operating between EU countries.
■ UK Emissions Trading — The UK launched an emissions trading system (UK ETS) in participation in the EU ETS and support the aim of its carbon policy.
ICE’s auctions and futures markets support the continuity of emissions trading for businesses in the UK.
The program, which covers large industrial emitters as well as electricity generators and importers, kicked off in and expanded to include transportation fuels in 2015.
https://www.ice.com/about/corporate-responsibility/sustainability-reporting-standards ■ Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative — The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) was the first market-based greenhouse gas reduction program in the US.
RGGI states sell nearly all emission allowances through auctions and invest proceeds in energy efficiency technology and projects, renewable energy and other consumer benefit programs.
These programs are spurring innovation in the clean energy economy and creating green jobs in RGGI states.
Carbon credits ■ Nature based futures — In based solutions carbon credit futures contract.
The contract physically delivers credits certified under Verra’s Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) and Climate, Community and Biodiversity (CCB) Standards Programs.
Each futures contract is equal to metric ton of greenhouse gas emissions.
These contracts allow the market to value natural assets in the agriculture, forestry and other land use sectors and facilitate the flow of capital to projects that can help the world meet its commitments to climate reduction.
■ Permian Global carbon auctions — ICE plans to launch auctions for Permian Global’s verified emission reduction certificates.
These certificates represent quantifiable emissions that would have been released into the atmosphere had deforestation and forest degradation occurred.