Sunrun Releases 2021 Impact Report, Accelerates ESG Progress
22 Abril 2022 - 09:00AM
GlobeNewswire Inc.
Sunrun (Nasdaq: RUN), the nation’s leading home solar, battery
storage, and energy services provider, today released its 2021
Impact Report, accelerating progress and setting ambitious goals
for leading on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)
initiatives. Notable achievements include providing over $800
million in energy cost savings to customers; increasing gender and
Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) representation
throughout the company; and Sunrun solar systems generating 20
billion kilowatt-hours of clean energy since 2007, helping avoid
approximately 11.2 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent
(CO2e)
—the equivalent of taking 2.4 million cars
off the road for a year.
“Inspired by our mission to provide customers with more
affordable and reliable clean energy, we are delivering meaningful
impact while doing business responsibly and sustainably,” said Mary
Powell, Chief Executive Officer of Sunrun. “We have made
significant progress toward our goals and initiatives, and we are
focused on how to have an even greater positive impact every single
day cultivating a more inclusive workplace and delivering a more
resilient, affordable and clean energy future to millions of homes
across the country.”
The 2021 Impact Report details Sunrun’s recent efforts in
priority areas such as talent attraction, retention, development,
advancing diversity and inclusion initiatives, employee safety, as
well as ways the company is delivering value to its customers
through the electrification of homes and transportation.
Furthermore, the Report spotlights Sunrun’s commitment to adopt
science-based emissions reduction targets.
Additional highlights from Sunrun’s 2021 Impact Report
include:
Updated Sustainability Goals for 2022 and
BeyondIn the company’s 2020 Impact Report, Sunrun unveiled
its initial corporate sustainability goals focused on mitigating
the impacts of anthropogenic climate change; building a diverse,
fair and equitable workforce; and improving environmental equity
and justice. As part of its commitment to annual reporting, the
2021 Impact Report highlights Sunrun’s progress towards those goals
as well as ESG updates to improve outcomes. Updated goals
include:
- Decrease transportation emissions by transitioning half of the
company’s vehicle fleet to either electric or hybrid by the end of
2025.
- Achieve 100% equipment recycling at each operating facility by
the end of 2023.
- Foster a diverse workforce that represents the customers and
communities in which the company’s employees live and work by:
- Increasing the representation of employees who identify as
women in Director and above roles by 50% and increasing the
representation of BIPOC leaders in Manager roles by 25% by the end
of 2025.
- Reaching gender parity in Director and above roles and BIPOC
representation parity in Manager roles by the end of 2030.
Environmental ImpactSunrun is committed to
comprehensive environmental stewardship, including supplier
responsibility, resource efficiency, performance evaluation and
reporting, pollution prevention, and employee awareness. In
2021:
- Sunrun deployed 792 megawatts of solar power. These systems can
generate more than 31 billion kilowatt-hours of clean energy during
the next 30 years, an equivalent of more than 17 million metric
tons of CO2e avoided.
- More than 55 billion gallons of water were conserved based on
the electricity generated by Sunrun’s solar systems, according to
the U.S. Energy Information Administration estimates for
thermoelectric power generation.
- Sunrun redeployed or recycled more than 2.6 megawatts of solar
panels.
- Sunrun became a signatory to the United Nations’ Global Compact
and The Climate Pledge.
Social ImpactSunrun is committed to building an
inclusive and diverse workforce. It provides career opportunities
in the growing clean energy space and transforms the way people
power their lives by expanding access to affordable, reliable
energy through its innovative solar-as-a-service model.
- Through its completed and contracted multifamily work, Sunrun
anticipates $13.5 million of annual solar savings directly to more
than 115,000 low-and-moderate income residents in approximately
38,500 affordable housing units. Sunrun has also supported more
than 5,700 hours of job training for residents in disadvantaged
communities.
- Women make up 56% of the company’s Board of Directors, 50% of
the executive management team, and one quarter of all Sunrun
Director and above roles. Manager roles are approximately 35%
BIPOC, and nearly half of the company’s workforce self-identifies
as BIPOC.
- Sunrun had six Employee Resource Groups: Asian+, Black+,
Latinx+, Pride+, Veterans+ and Women’s+. These groups have grown to
include approximately 1,200 employees, a 40% increase over the
prior year. In March 2022, Sunrun proudly launched its seventh
Employee Resource Group, the Disability+ ERG.
Corporate GovernanceSunrun’s priority is to
operate its business with integrity, responsibility, and
accountability. Sunrun works to continually enhance the structures,
policies, and internal controls that support and promote
accountability, transparency, and ethical behavior. During 2021,
Sunrun made further improvements to its corporate governance,
including:
- Increasing the diversity of Sunrun’s Board of Directors, which
now has a majority of female members, including CEO Mary Powell, as
well as increasing the racial diversity of the Board.
- Adopting stock ownership guidelines for the company’s directors
and executive officers.
- Introducing performance-based equity awards for its executive
team.
Energy Independence & ResilienceSunrun has
installed more than 32,000 solar and battery systems nationwide,
increasing installations by more than 100% in 2021 compared to the
prior year. Home solar and battery systems give homeowners peace of
mind and comfort with the ability to power through multi-day
outages and protect against peak utility rates.
- In 2021 alone, Sunrun’s home solar and battery storage systems
provided thousands of customers across the nation with more than
234,000 hours (~9,750 days) of backup energy, helping them power
through 38,652 power outage events.
- Since the first quarter of 2019, Sunrun battery systems have
dispatched more than 516,000 hours (~21,500 days) of backup energy
during nearly 81,000 outage events.
Sunrun’s 2021 Impact Report was prepared in accordance with the
Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) and the Task Force
on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) frameworks. For
more information, including metrics related to additional
financial, social and environmental sustainability, and an appendix
that provides ESG-related disclosures, please see Sunrun’s 2021
Impact Report.
About SunrunSunrun Inc. (Nasdaq: RUN) is the
nation’s leading home solar, battery storage, and energy services
company. Founded in 2007, Sunrun pioneered home solar service plans
to make local clean energy more accessible to everyone for little
to no upfront cost. Sunrun’s innovative home battery solutions
bring families affordable, resilient, and reliable energy. The
company can also manage and share stored solar energy from the
batteries to provide benefits to households, utilities, and the
electric grid while reducing our reliance on polluting energy
sources. For more information, please visit www.sunrun.com.
Media ContactWyatt SemanekSenior Manager,
Public Relationspress@sunrun.com
Investor & Analyst ContactPatrick
JobinSenior Vice President, Finance &
IRinvestors@sunrun.com
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