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Environmental Sustainability
Copper State is committed to operating with honorable and socially responsible practices throughout our operations and facilities. We believe that corporate social responsibility and sustainability is an ongoing investment that serves to minimize our environmental impact, augment risk management, and to enhance our operations and competitiveness in the industry. We recognize environmental sustainability as a responsibility we have as an organization to our employees, to our community, to future generations, and to our financial stability.
Our Environmental Sustainability Initiative Program (ESIP) aims to analyze and improve Copper State's operational practices and social responsibilities to minimize our impact on the environment and to strengthen the company's current and future success.
Our ESIP is structured along the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED certification criteria. This enables us to capture LEED credits that may be applied to our own existing sites or new facilities, to measure and reduce our direct and indirect CO2 emissions, to measure and reduce the value chain impact of our indirect upstream and downstream activities, and to assist our customers and suppliers that may also be seeking LEED oriented partners. The program is thus aimed at addressing opportunities in the following areas of our operation:
- Location & Transportation
- Sustainable Sites
- Water Efficiency
- Energy & Atmosphere
- Materials & Resources
- Indoor Environmental Quality
- Innovation in Operations
As part of our ESIP, Copper State will set measurable science-based climate target goals that aim to reduce our carbon footprint, improve cost and energy savings, and enable an environmentally and socially responsible environment that improves quality of life. Our goal is to have science-based targets by 2025.
Our ESIP is an ongoing, dynamic, and ever-changing program that will adapt to new ideas, new solutions, and customer/supplier requirements. It will be continuously monitored and improved over time throughout our operations.
As our ESIP progresses, Copper State continues to search for ways to improve our operational efficiency and environmental sustainability throughout our entire organization.