Cummins Demonstrates How its Business and Sustainability Strategies Are Aligned, Effective in 2023-24 Sustainability Progress Report
“This report clearly illustrates how our business and environmental strategies are intentionally and intricately aligned – how we are innovating for our customers to power their success, positively impacting our communities and protecting the planet for future generations,” said
Significant progress was made against the company’s environmental, social, and governance goals and aspirational targets in 2023 and early 2024. In addition,
“Our customer-driven, multi-solution approach with Destination Zero is reflective of our commitment to sustainability and helping our customers navigate the energy transition while growing our business,” Rumsey continued. “It is rooted in the understanding that a variety of technologies are required to achieve industry-wide decarbonization across the diverse applications we power. By advancing our core businesses as well as developing new, zero-emissions solutions through Accelera™ by
To that end, the company furthered its efforts to decrease greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from it facilities and operations, achieving a 31% reduction of its Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions in 2023. Key projects that contributed to the progress include: completing 24 onsite solar projects (66 in total) that increase use of renewable energy and reduce over 14,486 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) annually; and implementing 89 facility energy efficiency projects that will save over 5,433 metrics tons of CO₂ each year.
In the communities in which company employees live and work,
And Cummins’ strategic community initiatives have positively impacted the people in its global communities, including:
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1.2 million people through
Cummins Water Works since the program launched in 2021 -
4,000 graduates from
Cummins TEC: Technical Education for Communities since the program launched in 2012 -
625,122 women and girls (in 2023 alone) through its
Cummins Powers Women program -
864 financial or technical services provided to Black-owned enterprises through
Cummins Advocating for Racial Equity (CARE) since the program launched in 2020
That impact is amplified by employee-led community engagement. The company intentionally identifies opportunities it can uniquely address through the connections and skills of its global employees. In 2023, 79% of eligible employees (61,000 total) participated in the company’s
“We recognize that the health of our communities affects the health of our people and business,” Rumsey added. “A constant amidst this dynamic time in our industry is Cummins’ commitment to advancing our impactful community engagement model and creating an inclusive work environment in which people and innovation thrive. Embedding diversity, equity and inclusion into the fabric of our company continues to be central to this focus.”
As Cummins’ diversity has increased, so too have its innovation, community impact and business results. It is how the company truly wins with the power of difference. Notably, in 2023, four out of five of Cummins’ business segments were led by women and nearly 40% of the company’s workforce in the
The emphasis on DE&I starts at the very top of the company.
“Our company is at its best when we serve within a world and workplace where everyone is safe, included, involved and connected to our purpose and one another,” Rumsey concluded. “Cummins has a long history of leveraging the capability of our leaders and the diverse perspectives of our teams to deliver superior solutions to our customers and communities around the world.”
The report is available on Cummins’ Sustainability Progress Report site. Past reports can be found there, along with the company’s 2024 Human Capital Management Report, and assurance statements on key environmental, social and governance data in the company’s 2023-24 report.
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