CSAA IG 2024 Impact Report_0725_Rev4 - Flipbook - Page 9
Planet
Our Impact
2024
From our CEO
People
Practice
Fleet and facilities
We look at every aspect of our
operations to identify areas of
efficiency, including optimizing how
we use our resources across fleet
(Scope 1) and real estate (Scope 2).
Shifting to working from home during
the pandemic significantly reduced
our real estate footprint.
In the years following the COVID
outbreak, CSAA consolidated the
Oakland (Calif.) law office into
the Walnut Creek (Calif.) facility and
further reduced the footprint in
Oklahoma City, Menlo Park (Calif.)
and Mount Laurel (N.J.).
Energy use continues to be one
of our top sources of currently
measured emissions — and also
our area of greatest progress. We
commissioned an energy assessment
and sustainability audit at our largest
owned facility (Walnut Creek) to
ensure we were operating the building
at its optimal efficiency. These efforts
are helping us strive toward our
decarbonization targets, and we will
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continue to focus on these areas as
we refine how and where we work.
With approximately 92% of our
employees working from home,
we have seen our office electricity
emissions drop 70% between
2016 and 2024. Work-from-home
electricity emissions now make up
51% of total electricity emissions. This
result was driven by a wide variety of
actions, from reducing our real estate
footprint and using smart technology
to powering down electricity when
not in use. We also use preventive
maintenance to identify equipment
efficiencies, thereby reducing energy
usage and carbon emissions.
To offset energy use associated with
our buildings, we purchase renewable
energy certificates (RECs), which
play an important role in our shift to
green electricity that began in 2021.
By purchasing RECs, we help reduce
our carbon footprint and drive an
increased demand for development
of green energy projects across the
utility-provider landscape.
After significant progress transitioning
to hybrid vehicles (>90% of fleet),
CSAA began testing all-electric
vehicles for anticipated expanded
use in the vehicle fleet. In 2024, we
continued testing adoption of allelectric and plug-in hybrid vehicles.
Despite encountering initial
challenges, we continue to explore
implementation of EVs–which hold
promise for fleet decarbonization–
and will begin to transition from
hybrids to plug-in hybrids as the
infrastructure continues to mature.
