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ENVIRONMENTAL EFFORTS OF RIVERWATER COMPANIES
2020 SUSTAINABILITY REPORT
SUSTAINABILITY IMPACT OF OUR INVESTMENTS:
SUSTAINABILITY IMPACT OF OUR INVESTMENTS
Riverwater uses a Three-Pillar Approach to integrate ESG into our separate account strategies. Due Diligence reveals companies' current ESG efforts; engagement allows us to consult with companies on improving their efforts; and Collaboration with thought leaders informs and supports our practice.
PILLAR ONE: DUE DILIGENCE
The first pillar of Riverwater’s Three-Pillar Approach to Sustainable Investing is Due Diligence, as we seek best-in-class ESG efforts. We are pleased to share that during 2020, the majority of our portfolio companies had efforts underway in many of the factors we consider important.
WASTE
The Corning Optical Communications' Hickory Cable Facility collects, segregates, and ships out more than 80 different types of materials - diverting more than 6.5 million pounds of waste from the local landfill.
ENERGY
ICF International helped ENERGY STAR save American families and businesses nearly 4 trillion kilowatt-hours of electricity and achieve more than 3 billion tons of greenhouse gas emissions reduction.
EMISSIONS
In 2019, the Excelon Generation owned- generation intensity rate was 100 lbs. of CO2 per MWh, about 90% lower than the national average and far below the glidepath intensity rate needed to progress toward limiting global temperature increase to 1°C by 2050.
WATER
In 2020, Ecolab's technology saved 206.8 billion gallons of water, equivalent to the yearly drinking water needs of more than 715.2 million people.
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