ABOUT THE
REPORT
Corporate responsibility has been embedded in Davey Tree's culture and
operations since our founding. In 2007, we began to formalize sustainability
oversight by creating a cross-functional Corporate Environmental Responsibility
(CER) team. The progress and momentum of the CER team informed the
creation of Davey Tree's environmental policy and our first public CER Executive
Summary Report for the 2012 reporting year. This first report demonstrated both
our commitment to responsibility and aspiration for continuous improvement,
focusing on environmental initiatives.
For the 2013 reporting year, we released our first report following the Global
Reporting Initiative (GRI), the most widely-accepted and used reporting framework
in the world. We conducted a high-level materiality assessment to better understand
our environmental, social and governance impacts. This process included compiling
a comprehensive list of potential issues and stakeholder concerns, gathered from
surveys and interviews with employees, clients, local communities, suppliers, industry
associations and regulators. We assessed and ranked priority topics according
to client satisfaction surveys and bidding questionnaires, peer GRI reports, client
requirements, regulatory requirements and trade association and industry research.
Through our stakeholder engagement activities we learned the significance of social
issues to stakeholders, which influenced us to think about corporate responsibility
more holistically. While our environmental impact remains a top priority, we now
actively consider other material topics including employee ownership, client health
and safety, employee health and safety, training and education, products and
services/innovation, product stewardship and chemical usage.
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CORPORATE
RESPONSIBILITY
REPORT 2014
