Pitney Bowes Highlights Environmental, Diversity & Inclusion, and Community Progress in 2019 Corporate Responsibility Report
September 24 2020 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Pitney Bowes Inc. (NYSE:PBI), a global technology company that
provides commerce solutions in the areas of ecommerce, shipping,
mailing and financial services, today announced the launch of its
2019 Corporate Responsibility Report (CSR), highlighting the
company’s progress and accomplishments to create meaningful impact
in local communities, reduce its impact on the environment, and
strengthen its commitment to a diverse and inclusive company
culture.
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“As we mark our 100-year anniversary, we are working hard to
fuel a new century of client-centered innovation and responsible
citizenship,” said Marc Lautenbach, CEO and President, Pitney
Bowes. “Pitney Bowes entered its second century amidst a global
pandemic that has challenged businesses, families, communities and
governments everywhere to think and act in new ways.”
This year’s Corporate Responsibility Report contains a special
section detailing what the Company has done and will continue doing
in response to the COVID-19 virus.
Milestones and progress outlined in the 2019 Corporate
Responsibility Report include:
Reducing our impact on the
environment
- Green Power Program. In 2019, Pitney Bowes was listed by
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as one of the “Green Power
Partnership Top 30” in Tech & Telecom, which places it among
the 30 largest U.S. green power users in that category.
- Reducing energy consumption. In 2019, Pitney Bowes
achieved its 2020 carbon emissions target a full year ahead of
schedule, and electricity consumption was down by approximately
34.7 million kilowatt hours from its 2007 baseline, saving $5.03
million and reducing our carbon footprint by 16,810 metric tons of
CO2.
- Fleet efficiency and sustainability initiatives.
Transportation and logistics are vital components of Pitney Bowes
Commerce Services business, with a fleet encompassing more than 400
power vehicles, vans, straight trucks and tractors. As an EPA
SmartWay Partner, the company has steadily improved the
environmental performance of both its vehicles and its
transportation network through a combination of hardware and
software solutions, enabling its vehicles to avoid 300,000 miles of
driving and save more than 30,000 gallons of fuel in 2019.
- Green remanufacturing. Pitney Bowes has a long legacy of
product remanufacturing and recycling. It has established centers
throughout the United States, Canada and Europe where clients
return products for subsequent remanufacture, reuse of parts, or
recycling. In 2019, equipment remanufactures diverted more than
498,000 pounds of waste from recycling to reuse. In total, Pitney
Bowes’ remanufacturing process has kept more than 3.6 million
pounds of products out of waste streams in the past eight
years.
- Pitney Bowes is recognized with the 2020 Climate Leadership
Award for Excellence in Greenhouse Gas Management from the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency and the Center for Climate
Solutions, in recognition of its consistent success in improving
energy efficiency and reducing our environmental footprint.
- Flexible work arrangements help lower our carbon
footprint. Well before the COVID-19 pandemic transformed
workplaces around the world, Pitney Bowes encouraged agile work as
a means of saving time and reducing energy consumption, resulting
in more than 14,000 fewer miles per employee not driven.
“Our environmental policies and practices constitute an
essential part of our deep and lasting commitment to responsible
corporate citizenship,” said Allison Bresloff, Director,
Environmental, Health and Safety. “We consider the actual and
potential impacts of climate-related risks and opportunities on our
businesses and strategy, thinking about addressing climate-related
risks and opportunities of importance to our clients, communities,
employees and investors.”
Our People
- Our legacy. Pitney Bowes’ long record of advocacy and
commitment to diversity and inclusion has been externally
recognized with numerous awards throughout our history, including
Bloomberg’s 2020 Gender Equality Index, Forbes Best Employers for
Diversity, Best Employers for Women and America’s Best Large
Employers lists.
- Women at Pitney Bowes. Throughout the year, the company
celebrates women and their accomplishments in serving clients,
creating value and innovating in our markets. We’ve seen the power
of women at work in our business. Women leaders have had
responsibility for over 25% of our annual revenue since the 1990s,
and by 2019 that figure was more than 50%.
- Today, people of color comprise 50% of the company’s U.S.
workforce, 18% of its senior management, and 28% of overall
management. People of color have been members of the Pitney Bowes
Board of Directors since the early 1990s, with the most recent
addition being Sheila Stamps.
Pitney Bowes is committed to continuing its advocacy of
diversity and inclusion which started in the 1940s. “In order to
deliver long-term sustainable value to all our stakeholders, our
workforce at all levels must reflect the realities of our global
markets, clients, and communities,” said Sheryl Battles, Vice
President Global Diversity, Inclusion and Engagement at Pitney
Bowes. “We are proud of our long history and progress in providing
equitable employment and being intentionally inclusive. There is
more work to be done, however, and we’re actively listening to our
employees to plan the way forward. Our ability to embrace our
common humanity and celebrate our differences across geographies,
ethnicities, generations, gender identities and sexual orientations
and disabilities to name a few, helps us deliver more relevant
innovation, makes us more responsive to our clients, and enables us
to excel as a high performing team. In other words, diversity and
inclusion is good for our company and good for our world.”
Creating meaningful impact in our
communities
- A focus on literacy and education. Through its
philanthropic efforts, Pitney Bowes and the Pitney Bowes Foundation
support innovative and effective educational and enrichment
programs benefiting underserved school districts that are often
dealing with social and economic inequality. Through our global
employee involvement partner, the United Way, and Pitney Bowes
Foundation grantees, the company is able to make a difference at
the local, national and global levels.
- Employee volunteerism at Pitney Bowes. Community service
is a longstanding and important part of the company’s culture. In
2019, Pitney Bowes’ global team volunteer program, Dedication to
Education, spanned 83 projects in 48 locations, drawing more than
1000 volunteers in Australia, Brazil, India, Ireland, Israel, the
United Kingdom and the United States. Employees have volunteered to
support early literacy, career development, STEM education,
mentoring programs, environmental causes, food and blood drives and
so much more.
- Doubling our impact around the world. Pitney Bowes’
annual Employee Giving campaign resulted in more than $1.9 million
in donations to the United Way, the Pitney Bowes Relief Fund, Red
Cross/Red Crescent Societies and many other charities around the
world, thanks to employee pledges and the Pitney Bowes Foundation
matching gifts program.
- Since its inception in 1992, The Pitney Bowes Relief
Fund has provided more than $3 million to support those
impacted by natural disasters and personal tragedies.
“Throughout our company’s 100-year history, Pitney Bowes and our
employees have demonstrated a steadfast commitment to giving back,”
said Kathleen Ryan Mufson, Director, Global Corporate Citizenship
& Philanthropy, and President, Pitney Bowes Foundation. “We
have learned first-hand from our Pitney Bowes volunteers how giving
back has enriched them, strengthening their own career development
and expanding their worldviews. Now more than ever, we carry our
tradition of community leadership forward, supporting the work that
is being done to address the essential and urgent needs that have
been amplified during the pandemic.”
At Pitney Bowes, we believe that doing the right thing the right
way will continue to power our culture and propel us into our
second century.
Review the full Pitney Bowes Corporate Responsibility Report by
clicking here.
About Pitney Bowes Foundation
The Pitney Bowes Foundation is a private entity with a mission
to support literacy and education and the diverse community
interests of Pitney Bowes employees. We commit our resources to
supporting students and families from underserved communities,
closing the opportunity gap and preparing the workforce of
tomorrow. For information about these programs and other Pitney
Bowes Corporate Citizenship and Philanthropy initiatives, please
visit pb.com/community.
About Pitney Bowes’ 100 Years
On April 23, 1920, Arthur Pitney, the inventor, and Walter
Bowes, the promoter, founded The Pitney Bowes Postage Meter
Company. Over the next 100 years, the combination of creativity
with business acumen enabled Pitney Bowes to pioneer innovations
for over one million clients through several decades – beginning
with the postage meter to pushing the boundaries of global
ecommerce. The Pitney Bowes centennial commitment continues to put
the client first with sustainable innovation created by exceptional
people who have deep ties to our communities and driven by a
culture of doing the right thing the right way. For additional
information visit Pitney Bowes:
https://www.pitneybowes.com/us/newsroom/100.html.
About Pitney Bowes
Pitney Bowes (NYSE:PBI) is a global technology company providing
commerce solutions that power billions of transactions. Clients
around the world, including 90 percent of the Fortune 500, rely on
the accuracy and precision delivered by Pitney Bowes solutions,
analytics, and APIs in the areas of ecommerce fulfillment, shipping
and returns; cross-border ecommerce; office mailing and shipping;
presort services; and financing. For 100 years Pitney Bowes has
been innovating and delivering technologies that remove the
complexity of getting commerce transactions precisely right. For
additional information visit Pitney Bowes, the Craftsmen of
Commerce, at www.pitneybowes.com.
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