Released in February 2025, our 2024 Sustainability Report reaffirms our sustainability strategy to deliver customer-focused solutions that make clean water more accessible and sustainable, minimize our environmental footprint and foster an inclusive workplace that empowers our associates.
On the environmental footprint front, we’re taking steps according to a detailed roadmap for reducing our Scope 1 emissions—direct emissions from sources we own or control—and Scope 2 emissions—indirect emissions from purchased electricity.
"Two years ago, we set a target to source at least 25% of our electricity from renewable sources by 2030," said Morgan Keck, sr. manager - sustainability. "In 2024, 18% of our electricity was from renewable sources, and we continue to identify renewable electricity procurement opportunities across all our facilities."
There are two main avenues to achieve this target: installing our own equipment to generate renewable energy and purchasing renewable energy certificates (RECs). We're doing both.
"Several years ago, we installed a rooftop solar array at our Paso Robles, CA, location, which produced over 785,000 kWh of electricity in 2024,” Morgan said about the facility that’s home to the Wilkins brand and our Water Control & Safety business. "This eliminated the equivalent of 180 metric tons of CO2 emissions, about the same as emissions from two and a half tanker trucks full of gasoline."*
Another five facilities purchase RECs to cover 100% of their electricity use.
“Last year, over 5.2 million kWh of our electricity used was covered by RECs, resulting in 2,100 metric tons of CO2 and emissions eliminated,” Morgan said.
Because they certify that the electricity we’re purchasing was generated from a renewable source such as solar or wind, RECs play an important role in accounting for, tracking and measuring how we're reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
“Between the RECs and the solar array at Paso Robles, 6.0 million kWh of our electricity used last year was from renewable sources,” Morgan said, “and we continue to explore other opportunities to transition to on-site solar power and work with local utilities to assess how we can further move the needle.”
* https://www.epa.gov/energy/greenhouse-gas-equivalencies-calculator