We will identify a method by which to track
community investment, employee volunteerism,
speaking engagements and contributions.
Prior to 2014, we tracked community investment at
only the corporate level. Last year, we launched our
first community engagement survey to expand our
community investment reporting to include facility-level
giving. We continued use of the survey in 2015 to
ensure our giving is effective and aligns with community
needs. This valuable feedback from the field assists
us in determining how best to leverage our giving
efforts. In 2016, we plan to formalize our community
involvement with a specific policy and plan.
We will establish an office waste management
and recycling policy for our facilities.
Through our materiality assessment, we identified
wood waste from our field operations as the majority of
our waste footprint. Our field operations strive for 100
percent recycling of wood waste—our largest source
of waste—where allowable by law. While we strive to
minimize our facility waste across our North American
footprint through reduction and recycling programs, we
focus company-wide waste efforts on recycling
wood waste. We plan to confirm this focus through
the updated materiality assessment.
We will develop a landscape environment
quotient model of homeowner education
and outreach.
John Davey created Davey Tree around the core concept
of environmental stewardship. More than 135 years
later, Davey Tree continues to incorporate environmental
awareness into our business model and improve our
methods for delivering environmentally friendly solutions.
Throughout 2015, we found existing environmental
impact quotient (EIQ) models that we believe can help
us better understand the risks associated with pesticide
products in urban landscapes. Such an EIQ would
provide another tool to help us and the clients we serve
consider the environmental impacts of product use—in a
quantifiable manner—when delivering plant health care.
In 2016, we will validate the model with our top 10
chemicals by volume and, if proven accurate, will complete
the analysis on the rest of our chemicals. The EIQ will
then be incorporated into all new product decisions.
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