20220233 SSUUSTSTAAINAINABBILITILITY REY REPPORORTT New relocation program has many A wastewater project diverts environmental benefits 27,000 nearly 6 million pounds of waste Message from Management Many of our people go where the work is, moving to POUNDS In 2022, we completed a waste diversion study project locations across North America. Our relocation on a wastewater treatment plant beginning 1. Overview program provides these employees with corporate OF MATERIAL DONATED construction operations. This study identified the resources and support to make these moves as TO LOCAL COMMUNITIES major waste streams that would be generated About Kiewit seamless as possible. on the project and potential recycling vendors in Sustainability at Kiewit the area. With this information, the project team In 2023, we implemented a new program through created a plan for a waste diversion program. Our Projects one of our relocation vendors, Home Sweet Home. The Discard & Donate program minimizes the amount Home Sweet Home’s Save a Tree, Plant a Tree program In 2023, reporting showed that the project 2. Governance of belongings an employee and their family ships for estimates the number of trees saved due to the diverted 96% of all waste generated throughout Corporate Governance their move. reduction in packaging. Then, for each tree a client the year. This amounted to nearly 6 million Supply Chain saves, Home Sweet Home plants three more on the pounds of waste. The largest waste streams Here’s how the program works. When an employee is client’s behalf. were concrete/rock/sand, sandblasting media, 3. Environmental preparing to move, they can elect to use the Discard scrap metal, wood and lumber pallets. & Donate service. Our relocation team arranges for a In 2023, Home Sweet Home calculated 17 trees saved Environmental Stewardship professional organizer to help the employee prepare by Kiewit employees using Discard & Donate, and 51 Construction on this project and the waste Greenhouse Gases & to move. The organizer helps identify household items additional trees were planted through the USDA Forest diversion program continue in 2024. Through Energy Consumption the employee may or may not want or need in their Service’s Plant-A-Tree-Program. the first two months of the year, 98% of waste new home. The unwanted items are donated to a local was diverted. 4. Social charity or discarded. Any old or unwanted electronics Health & Safety are recycled as part of the process. Diversity, Equity & Inclusion In 2023, Home Sweet Home calculated that Kiewit Talent & Workforce employees’ use of Discard & Donate resulted in: NEARLY Development ■ 27,000 pounds of material donated to local 6 MILLION Community Engagement communities POUNDS Appendix ■ 818 gallons of fuel consumption saved OF WASTE DIVERTED ■ Reduction of 2,000 pounds of packing materials ■ 8.09 metric tons of reduced CO emissions AND A 96% WASTE 2 DIVERSION RATE IN 2023 3838
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