Sustainability: Facilities

In addition to utilizing significant amounts of energy, our facilities are generally of significant size and require a variety of materials for construction and maintenance. We are currently assessing all existing facilities for opportunities to minimize energy consumption and to optimize the use of building materials for maintenance and refurbishing that offer superior environmental benefits. All new facilities will be evaluated and constructed to allow Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification where feasible. The LEED Green Building Rating System™ encourages and accelerates global adoption of sustainable green building and development practices through the creation and implementation of universally understood and accepted tools and performance criteria.

Sustainability: Supply Chain

Our focus on sustainability doesn't just end with us. We are engaging our supply chain partners to work together to be sure we are doing all we can to limit our shared environmental impact. We are working with them to reduce wastes through optimization of packaging materials for items shipped into our facilities, and to implement sustainability programs with them as well as with the partners in their supply chain.

We are currently in the process of compiling information from all of our vendors to assess their environmental responsibility in the areas of water savings, recycling, emission reduction and other significant metrics. We will be working closely with them to help us understand what we can do to improve, and we are asking them to engage their vendors and suppliers in this effort as well.