Our Commitment to Sustainability
At BrightView, we are committed to being responsible stewards of our planet, our communities, and our people. By fostering a positive impact on the environment and the communities in which we operate, we aim to meet the expectations of our stakeholders — employees, customers, communities, and shareholders.
Sustainability is integral to our One BrightView culture. Our CEO has emphasized the importance of taking better care of our employees, who will, in turn, provide better service to our customers in an effort to make us the service provider of choice. We appreciate the important role we play in helping our customers meet their own sustainability goals, a cornerstone of the One BrightView approach aimed at driving long-term profitable growth and meaningful shareholder value.
Our Sustainability Committee includes active participation from leaders within finance, accounting, marketing, real estate, fleet, procurement, legal, human resources, environmental, health & safety, and operations, among other management functions. Oversight of our sustainability program is further supported by the Board of Directors with Board updates covering critical sustainability topics such as safety, employee engagement, fleet and fuel management, operational efficiency, environmental risks, and opportunities (e.g., snow, hurricanes, drought) and cybersecurity. These updates are designed to ensure direct oversight of our progress toward sustainability goals, as detailed in our website and forthcoming 2025 Corporate Responsibility Report.
As a leading provider of commercial landscaping services nationwide, we help tackle pressing sustainability challenges, including climate resilience, water conservation, and biodiversity loss. Landscape design and maintenance are increasingly vital in helping communities to adapt to and mitigate climate change. We leverage our history of environmental stewardship to support our customers in maintaining resilient landscapes more sustainably than in the past.
Operational sustainability is embedded in our corporate activities, and we offer project-level sustainability services such as all-electric equipment and nature-based solutions like native plants, green roofs, and tree care. These initiatives are designed to be aligned with our customers’ efforts to create and maintain climate-resilient landscapes with reduced water use and carbon emissions.
Water conservation is central to our strategy, helping customers cut costs and promote stewardship. We use techniques like xeriscaping, which can reduce irrigation needs by up to 50%, alongside smart irrigation systems, native plants, and soil health management.
Climate change and carbon management are also priorities. Each year, we assess and monitor the risks and opportunities related to the impact of climate change on our business. In 2024, we began incorporating more recent and relevant historical climate data into our forecasting to better assess snowfall and extreme weather events, such as hurricanes and droughts, instead of relying solely on 30-year historical averages. This approach aligns with the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), which we are in the process of implementing. In 2024, we disclosed our initial climate-related information to CDP.
Additionally, we conducted a decarbonization review of our operations, re-baselining our fiscal year 2022 greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory and establishing a fiscal year 2023 inventory for Scopes 1, 2, and 3, as detailed in our forthcoming 2025 Corporate Responsibility Report. Efforts to reduce GHG emissions include adopting electric landscaping equipment, optimizing routes, diverting waste from landfills, and transitioning to electric and hybrid vehicles, where feasible.
We also advance sustainability through our One BrightView journey, which emphasizes employee engagement and well-being. Safety remains a top priority and our safety record remains significantly better than the industry average. To reinforce this, BrightView conducts periodic coaching and feedback sessions to enhance understanding of safety policies, while encouraging all team members to pause and address any activity that raises safety concerns. In 2024, we announced a strategic partnership with Red Wing Shoes to provide more than 17,000 team members with high-quality footwear designed to mitigate environmental hazards on job sites. Highlighting the critical importance of safety, the presentation of a safety topic and a review of safety performance are included in every quarterly Board of Directors meeting, ensuring it remains at the forefront of our operations.