ABOUT US
Go Green
Driving Environmental
Initiatives Worldwide
In 2007, SRA formalized its commitment to environmental stewardship and officially launched the Go Green initiative. Since then, we have applied sustainability practices to many of our business operations and have identified, assessed and implemented initiatives to help us operate more efficiently and with a lighter environmental footprint.
Snapshot of SRA’s Environmental Indicators
Here’s how SRA has gone greener:
- undertaken several energy efficiency improvements and qualifyied for the ENERGY STAR – the national mark of excellence in building energy performance – for our three largest buildings
- reduced paper use by 21 percent overall and by 35 percent per person since 2007
- increased teleworking to 10 percent in 2010 and encouraged flex and compressed schedules
- changed our procurement practices to require at least 30 percent post-consumer recycled content, chlorine free paper for all copiers and increased purchase of environmentally preferable products to 26 percent of all office-supply purchases
- implemented an enterprise-wide paper shredding and recycling program resulting in more than 440,000 pounds of eco-friendly paper disposal between April – December 2010
- measured greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions since fiscal year 2007 and significantly reduced total energy intensity and normalized GHG emissions at some of our largest locations
To be even more responsive and competitive in a changing business landscape, and with our federal clients ramping up their sustainability efforts under Executive Order 13514, SRA recently took additional steps to enhance SRA Go Green, including:
- adopting a corporate-wide environmental management policy to formally document SRA’s commitment to sustainability
- appointing a Corporate Sustainability Director to promote and encourage environmental management and sustainability choices and practices throughout all facets of the organization
- initiating a training program for Go Green and corporate sustainability
- developing a formal sustainability plan and reporting process which we hope to roll-out in 2012
Partnerships
In close partnership with SRA CARES, Go Green seeks to partner with national and local nonprofit organizations to advance sustainability beyond our corporate footprint by contributing to national programs and campaigns and by conducting community service projects to improve the communities in which we work and live. Our senior environmental, clean energy and public health staff also serve on national and local boards, task forces and advisory groups. For example: