Focus & Four Sustainability Pillars
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1. Energy and emissions- Our goal is to reduce all forms of energy we use and emissions generated, globally applying best energy management practices and holding employees accountable for conservation.
| | - Lighting Efficiencies
- Tennant's Holland MI offices will save more than 1.1 million KWH per year, or 886 metric tons of CO2 equivalents by using more efficient lighting.
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2. Waste- We seek to reduce our total solid waste, defined as materials we bring into our facilities that do not become part of a sellable product, and to increase the percentage of solid waste we recycle.
| | - Taking Stock of Greenhouse Gases
- Measuring our energy consumption will show us which aspects of our operations consume the most energy. this will help us target efforts to reduce energy waste. From our energy use we have calculated our greenhouse gas emission or "carbon footprint" to be 21,410 metric tons of CO2 equivalents. Our key customers are increasingly asking us for information.
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3. Products- The company focuses on developing products and solutions that help create clean, safe and healthy places in environmentally preferred ways.
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4. People- We are dedicated to improving the lives of the people we touch and the communities in which we do business.
| | - 2009 Employee Volunteering & Giving
- Tennant engages employees in sustainability and community volunteering efforts under the theme "One Can Make a Difference." As a result, employees across our Minneapolis, Minnesota, Holland, Michigan, and Antwerp, Belgium offices spent hundreds of hours volunteering and donated hundreds of hours and thousands of dollars to their communities and our environment.
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