Allstate doesn’t consume large amounts of raw materials, manufacture physical products or maintain large fleets of vehicles. But our business touches millions of lives and thousands of communities. So we find creative ways to identify, measure and reduce our impact on the environment wherever and whenever possible.
Our Environmental Policy
We’re guided by a comprehensive policy that applies to our value chain from suppliers to customers, employees, agency owners, business partners, investors and the public.
In support of that policy we:
- seek to reduce energy use and limit greenhouse gas emissions;
- focus on conserving water to help preserve an increasingly scarce resource;
- use resources responsibly, from purchase and use through recycling and, as a last resort, disposal;
- minimize the consumption of fossil fuels and reduce harmful emissions, airborne pollutants, traffic and parking lot congestion.
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Environmental Leadership Team
Our efforts are overseen by an Environmental Leadership Team comprised of officers and senior staff from all areas of the company. The team focuses on environmental efforts from an enterprise-wide perspective — launching, leading and integrating sustainability efforts throughout core functions of the business.
2010 Progress and Accomplishments
In 2010 we reported major progress in a number of areas, including:
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Being named by
Newsweek
magazine as one of the "Top 100 Greenest Companies in America" for the second straight year.
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Decreased our enterprise-wide carbon footprint (direct and indirect emissions) by 3% over prior year and 15% relative to 2007 baseline as disclosed in the 2011
Carbon Disclosure Project
report.
- Expanded Allstate's recycling program and rolling out a Secure Paper Disposal Program across the company.
- Reduced companywide use of multipurpose office paper by 41% in Home Office and more than 50% in Field offices — resulting in cost savings of nearly $750,000.
- Reduced customer-focused paper by almost 12% through alternatives such as electronic policy, billing and payment options — saving approximately 14 million pieces of paper.