Sustainability is The Responsibility of Each One of Us

MWH Soft and Sustainable Development

Sustainable Development means many different things to many people. At MWH Soft, there is a strong focus on our climate change commitment but sustainable development activities also cover a range of other issues such as water scarcity, efficiency in the use of resources, biodiversity, and the social, cultural and environmental impacts of economic development. We as a company are committed to working with our clients to reduce our impact on the world and to improve the world’s quality of life.

Remember – you alone CAN make a difference. Each one of us as a resident of our planet has the capacity to choose the way in which he/she impacts the world in which we all live. Each one of us can make an individual contribution to Building a Better World.

MWH Soft Climate Change Commitment

Inspired in part by our company purpose and in part by our invitation to participate in the Clinton Global Initiative, MWH Soft developed a multi-year, multi-faceted Climate Change Commitment aimed at combating climate change and raising awareness of its causes and effects.

The MWH Soft Climate Change Commitment has three primary components:

1. Engage with clients to deliver community education, drive reductions in project energy and emissions and create opportunities to advocate for sustainable projects.
2. Reduce our directly controllable emissions through education, understanding, implementation and carbon-offset projects.
3. Educate children on the water cycle and climate change in partnership with clients to leave a legacy in the communities in which we live and work.

Climate change is no longer a political issue – it is a global issue. MWH Soft applauds the Parliamentary Policy Forum and the Cambridge Programme for Industry for producing this important Climate Change and Corporate Policy document. MWH Soft is pleased to support this effort, and is both fortunate and proud to be part of an industry that has an opportunity to make a positive difference in responding to climate change today, tomorrow and in the decades to come.

Personal Behavior Changes Can Be Big or Small and Relate to All Aspects of Life

Let's Make the Giant Leap Together!

• Use your purchasing power to influence suppliers
• Develop virtual meeting expertise
• Teach others about the impact they can have
• Influence office cleaning crew to use non-toxic products, turn off lights, and recycle
• Embrace innovation
• Hear new voices and learn
• Volunteer in your community
• Purchase alternative energy
• Use on-line services for news
• Implement water conservation programs in your home and community
• Install light sensors
  

Small Changes = Big Results

Make choices Find alternatives
Baby steps: • Consider consequences • Community involvement	Walk the talk: • Purchase power — buy green • Avoid toxic / hazardous materials	Giant leaps: • Listen to new ideas • Teach others • Engage clients

MWH Soft Global Carbon Reduction Strategy

1. Improve data collation methods and investigate baselining data (ie CO₂ per person / per hour / per $)
2. Restructure office leases as they expire to meter energy consumed by MWH Soft and provide a mechanism for receiving the cost benefit of energy conservation measures implemented
3. Appoint a representative in each office or geographic region to champion carbon reduction and assist in data collation
4. Develop training package for delivery to employees in each office to raise awareness
5. Develop posters and bulletins informing employees of simple steps they can take
6. Develop "meeting without travel" education for all employees
7. Review and amend the global travel policies (including working at home, company owned cars, public transport, and lease vehicles)
8. Develop office energy metering and energy audit system to be carried out in each office; implement findings where appropriate
9. Implement a Green Office Initiative in each office
10. Develop a program to generate an annual sustainability report globally
11. Develop carbon offsetting goals in a phased approach
12. Develop methodology to become a carbon neutral or negative business with a stress on program/schemes that directly benefit the regions where MWH Soft works

MWH Soft Has Made a Climate Change Commitment. Are You Committed?

	REDUCE
Consumables
Paper, plastic, styrofoam, plastic grocery bags, utensils, junk mails "Imagine that 100,000 people stopped using plastic grocery bags — we would save 14,000 barrels of oil each year."
Energy Consumption
Heating & cooling, lighting, appliances, efficiencies, manage IT "Imagine if every light bulb were replaced with compact fluorescents — we would save $30 over the life of each bulb."
Water
Personal use, irrigation, etc. Bottled water → Consumables "Imagine if 1.5M people drank water from the tap rather than a disposable plastic bottle — the savings would be 1.5M barrels of oil each year."
Travel
Consider options/implications Carpool when you can Use/embrace virtual meetings "Imagine if before each one of us booked a flight we asked — 'Do I need to be there in person?'"
	REUSE
Equipment & hard goods The simple stuff (plastic grocery bags, hangers from the dry cleaner, etc) Paper — All types — Be creative Water "Imagine if the 156M cell phones thrown away every year were recycled — 65,000 tons of waste would be eliminated from land fills."
	RECYCLE
Create/use a system — do it! Paper — all types Glass, plastic, ferrous metal Electrical equipment, batteries Clothing, household items Junk mail "Imagine that 20,000 sheets of paper were recycled instead of thrown away — we would still have 13 trees."