CA Technologies Announces a New Goal to Reduce GHG Emissions 40 Percent by 2030
July 11 2017 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
Company Publishes Latest Sustainability Report
Also Detailing Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
CA Technologies (NASDAQ:CA) announced its commitment to reduce
absolute greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 40% by 2030, from a 2015
baseline, in its 8th annual Sustainability Report. The report
highlights the company’s continued evolution of corporate social
impact, from environmental stewardship to broader societal change.
The report also demonstrates how Corporate Social Responsibility
(CSR) efforts are linked to CA’s business and positively benefits
customers, employees and communities around the world.
“We are exceptionally proud of the progress we’ve made over the
past several years towards our sustainability goals, and this
expanded commitment to reduce absolute GHG emissions is further
evidence of how important these global issues are to CA
Technologies,” said Erica Christensen, vice president, Corporate
Social Responsibility, CA Technologies. “Just like our customers,
CA must continue to embrace change and adapt to the environmental
and social challenges in the marketplace, and we are committed to
making the strategic investments that will advance sustainability
for our employees, our customers and the communities we serve.”
Report highlights include:
GHG Emission Reduction and Target. Since 2006, CA has
reduced its GHG footprint by approximately 37 percent, an amount
equivalent to powering 5,218 homes for one year, according to the
Environmental Protection Agency. After achieving its first GHG
reduction target in 2015, CA set a second absolute reduction target
of 40% by 2030, based off a 2015 baseline.
STEM Education. CA is committed to building the STEM
pipeline and increasing educational and professional participation
by underrepresented groups, particularly women and students of
color. This includes the Tech Girls Rock initiative CA created with
Boys & Girls Clubs of America, our partnerships with nonprofits
like 100Kin10, the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology,
Code for America, Code.org, Girls Who Code, NPower,
DonorsChoose.org and PENCIL, and CA’s support of the European
Commission’s Grand Coalition for Digital Jobs.
UN Sustainable Development Goals. We carefully consider
the relationship between our business and the UN’s Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs). Among the SDGs, Quality Education and
Gender Equality (SDG 4 and 5) are core to CA’s commitments around
diversity and STEM education. CA is also strongly committed to
Affordable and Clean Energy and Climate Action (SDG 7 and 13). We
have historically sought out Partnerships for the Goals (SDG
17)—with nonprofits, nongovernmental organizations, government
agencies and other companies—to amplify our impact within our
primary areas of concern.
Water & Waste Management. CA data centers utilize
closed-loop water systems for cooling, minimizing water use. In
addition, CA reclaims 100 percent of rainwater from surfaces at its
Hyderabad, India facility. The company also reclaims water from
parking rooftops at its Islandia, New York facility for landscaping
needs.
Green Buildings and Green Leases. CA incorporates
sustainability elements into new leases, including provisions
requiring the use of cleaning materials that are Green
Seal-certified, inclusion of building-recycling programs, use of
lighting sensors in common areas, and landscape irrigation systems
that utilize rain sensor devices to minimize water use. Beyond
traditional efficiency projects, CA combines telemetry with process
automation to create bots that monitor demand and usage patterns to
shut off and turn on servers.
Employee Generosity. For the fiscal year ending March 31,
2017, CA matched more than $1.6 million in employee donations to
more than 1,700 nonprofit organizations. The company's worldwide
employee volunteer initiative, CA Together in Action, takes place
during the week of Earth Day in April. CA employees take time out
of their workday to give back by participating in
environmentally-focused volunteer projects and supporting the
advancement of STEM learning.
Inclusion and Diversity. CA's THRIVE program helps create
an inclusive and flexible workplace by attracting, nurturing and
retaining a diverse workforce. In the United States, CA utilizes a
diversity candidate slate program to ensure all open requisitions
have at least one diverse candidate for consideration in the
interview process. The company always hires the best candidate for
the job, and the program has strengthened its ability to do
that.
CA Technologies believes that today’s world needs products that
are sustainable by design, with the inherent agility to take
advantage of the application economy. Agile development contributes
to sustainability by maximizing resource utilization and minimizing
unnecessary expenses. At the same time, a world driven by software
must put people at the center. That’s why CA Technologies CSR
efforts combine environmental benefits with societal programs that
transform lives.
This report, which covers the 2016 calendar year, was drafted in
accordance with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) G4 Standards
at the Core level and incorporates the Ten Principles of the UN
Global Compact. For the sixth consecutive year, the report includes
independent external assurance of greenhouse gas (GHG)
emissions.
About CA Technologies
CA Technologies (NASDAQ:CA) creates software that fuels
transformation for companies and enables them to seize the
opportunities of the application economy. Software is at the heart
of every business in every industry. From planning, to development,
to management and security, CA is working with companies worldwide
to change the way we live, transact, and communicate - across
mobile, private and public cloud, distributed and mainframe
environments. Learn more at www.ca.com.
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