Environmental Social Governance Report 2022
Our ESG Approach
The environment is our business. We provide a diverse range of innovative solutions to help clients and communities meet their environmental needs and goals to address the world’s environmental challenges. We are committed to protecting the environment by applying holistic solutions that leverage the expertise across our organization – The One Montrose Way.
Our ESG disclosures are not static. They will evolve as our business grows and as we continue to better understand the expectations of our stakeholders. The past two years have been foundational for us as we established our ESG approach and organizational structure. Now, as we consider our future endeavors, we are moving beyond monitoring and benchmarking to begin defining goals to which we will hold ourselves accountable.
We regularly evaluate and monitor our ESG practices, which we believe are critical to generating value for all our stakeholders. In this report, we focus on the ESG factors we believe are most relevant to our business based on our 2020 ESG Diagnostic:
- Treated over 690 million gallons of water for PFAS and 1.6 billion gallons of water for all other contaminants, accounting for a total of 2.4 billion gallons of water treated in 2021
- Expanded planning, watershed science, and environmental compliance consulting for water and natural resource projects and water laboratory services with the acquisition of Horizon Water and Environment, LLC and Environmental Chemistry, Inc.
- Detected 806,360 methane emission leaks through the application of 33,971 LDAR survey work days in 2021 as compared to 29,764 in 2020
- Provided GHG and net-zero consulting services to the oil & gas industry through establishment of the Environmental Advisory Services Team
- Enhanced environmental visualization, calibration and interaction software insight capabilities on air, water, and soil data for private and public sector clients with the acquisition of SensibleIoT, LLC
- Expanded disaster response services with the combination of Environmental Intelligence, LLC’s wildfire mitigation and geospatial innovations to provide a comprehensive environmental service solution for crisis preparedness and compliance
- Patented Montrose/ECT2 PFAS remediation system SuperLoading™ with its PFAS minimization and regenerant solution reuse technology in 2021
- Generated 2,040,605 MMBtu in renewable natural gas in fiscal year 2021 through the application of our Biogas technology
- Monitoring, mitigation, and remediation processes;
- Business continuity and disaster recovery plans;
- Capability to recover data to help maintain continuity;
- Anonymized and encrypted in-field data acquisition;
- Multi-factor authentication with Yubikey access for critical functions;
- Disaster recovery location; and
- Immutable storage, cloud, and tape backup with capability to recover data to help maintain continuity.
- We established an ESG Committee to support Montrose’s ongoing commitments to environmental stewardship, health and safety, social responsibility, and corporate governance.
- The Board’s Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee specifically oversees and makes recommendations on Montrose’s ESG progress, including policies, activities, and opportunities.
- Conducted the inaugural DF&I survey to inform the DF&I roadmap, measure current progress, and elicit employee feedback
- Hosted DF&I events and activities, including the first Diversity Day in July of 2021
- Expanded STEM recruitment efforts and engagement with colleges and professional organizations that promote individuals from underrepresented populations
- Reviewed job posting to ensure inclusive and fair recruitment language
- Reported Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions for U.S. operations
- Established baseline GHG emissions from which reduction targets and implementation plans will be developed by the end of fiscal year 2023
- Conducted 20,604 hours of on-the-job safety training in 2021
- Reduced recordable incidents by 33%+ for each of the last 3 years
- Established Safety Star and Safety Excellence Awards to recognize internal safety performance
- Received external acknowledgements for our strong safety records, including the National Safety Council’s 2022 CEOs Who “Get It”
- Supported clients in the remediation of contaminated sites and the removal of chemicals with negative public health risks
- We established an ESG Committee to support Montrose’s ongoing commitments to environmental stewardship, health and safety, social responsibility, and corporate governance.
- The Board’s Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee specifically oversees and makes recommendations on Montrose’s ESG progress, including policies, activities, and opportunities.
- Grew our employee base by approximately 35% as compared to fiscal year 2020
- Created a new Talent Acquisition team to serve as an internal partner to hiring leaders and facilitate recruitment efforts
- Launched the formal WeLEAD mentorship program with 60 mentor-mentee partnerships
- Introduced an annual incentive plan for all salaried eligible employees and provided opportunities for equity compensation
