Orion Energy Systems recently released its first ESG report. Mike Altschaefl, CEO & Board Chair, released the following statement:
We are proud to introduce Orion Energy Systems’ debut review of our Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) priorities, goals, and progress. While many of these concepts have been at the forefront of our business for many years, we recognized the need to provide our stakeholders with an annual review of our thinking and progress which resulted in this report.
Walking Our Talk
Since the formation of our Company, focus has been to deliver superior lighting solutions that reduce energy consumption, thereby reducing our customers’ carbon footprints and reducing their costs — good for the planet and our customers’ bottom lines. This mentality has been ingrained in the fabric of our Company since our start 26 years ago, well before sustainability emerged as a global imperative. Today, Orion provides some of the most energy efficient and reliable LED lighting fixtures currently available.
Not only do we seek to reduce energy consumption and carbon footprint for our customers, but we have also advanced our own efforts to make progress in these areas. To date we are now producing more than 10% of Orion’s own energy needs via renewable sources from our rooftop solar field and wind turbine – and we are committed to expanding these efforts.
We have put in place leadership, training, and support that help us to achieve our daily goals of integrity, respect, and honesty in every interaction with our customers, partners, and colleagues. Integrity and respect are a core focus at Orion, and we are active in supporting these disciplines across our organization.
Supporting our local community is also an area of focus as we recognize the importance of giving back to the community that provides critical support to our company and our members. Orion supports our local community in a variety of ways, both through donations and other financial support as well as through the substantial contribution of personal time from a broad base of our members.
The full report can be found here.
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