Meritage Homes Releases Third Annual Environmental, Social, and Governance Report
28 Agosto 2023 - 5:30PM
Meritage Homes (NYSE: MTH), the fifth largest homebuilder in the
U.S., today published its third annual environmental, social, and
governance report (the “2022 ESG Report”), which details the
Company’s ongoing sustainability initiatives, diversity, equity,
and inclusion efforts and related milestones achieved in 2022.
Following last year’s inaugural annual Task Force on
Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (“TCFD”) report, the current
year’s TCFD data is merged into the 2022 ESG Report.
Given its longstanding legacy of transparency, Meritage
continued to provide its ESG disclosures under the
shareholder-endorsed reporting frameworks of the Sustainability
Accounting Standards Board, the Global Reporting Initiative, the
United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and the TCFD.
“We strengthened our ESG commitment in 2022 by deepening our
relationships and engagement with our customers, employees,
communities, vendors, peers, industry and governmental
organizations and shareholders,” said Hilla Sferruzza, chief
financial officer at Meritage Homes. “This year’s report also
highlights how sustainability is embedded in our strategy, business
practices and planning. We’re proud to be an industry ESG leader
and are excited by the opportunities to continue collaborating with
all of our partners and delivering a Life. Built. Better.®”
Key highlights from Meritage’s 2022 ESG Report
include:
Environmental:
- Delivered 14,106 ENERGY STAR®
certified homes in 2022 with an average HERS Index score of
53.
- Recognized as a ten-time recipient
of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s ENERGY STAR® Partner
of the Year.
- Conducted an inaugural ESG vendor
survey with 82% participation from national vendors to baseline an
understanding of its vendors’ sustainability, safety and ESG
data.
Social:
- Became the first U.S. public
production builder in 2022 to offer expansive mortgage interest
rate locks and buy-downs to its customers to address affordability
in advance of the series of unprecedented interest rate hikes.
- Received the prestigious Avid Cup –
Production award, the highest customer satisfaction honor for any
builder, for the second year in a row.
- Included among Fortune’s ‘World’s
Most Admired Companies’ and Newsweek’s ‘Most Responsible Companies’
in 2022.
- Created the ESG Internal Council
comprised of function-lead team members across the organization to
implement ESG initiatives.
- Contributed $3.8 million in monetary
and in-kind donations in 2022.
Meritage’s 2022 ESG Report and the related appendix in excel
format can be found in full here.
About Meritage Homes
Meritage Homes is the fifth-largest public homebuilder in the
United States, based on homes closed in 2022. The Company offers
energy-efficient and affordable entry-level and first move-up
homes. Operations span across Arizona, California, Colorado, Texas,
Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and
Utah.
Meritage Homes has delivered over 170,000 homes in its 37-year
history, and has a reputation for its distinctive style, quality
construction, and award-winning customer experience. The Company is
an industry leader in energy-efficient homebuilding, a ten-time
recipient of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s ("EPA")
ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year for Sustained Excellence Award
since 2013 for innovation and industry leadership in
energy-efficient homebuilding, and the recipient of the EPA's 2023
Market Leader Award for Certified Homes as well as the EPA's 2022
Indoor airPLUS Leader Award.
Contact: |
Emily Tadano, VP Investor Relations and ESG |
|
(480)
515-8979 (office) |
|
investors@meritagehomes.com |
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