Eco-Efficient Operations: Water & Waste

As with energy usage and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, we see many opportunities to align our long-term financial interests with responsible water use and waste disposal, creating shared value for our shareholders and the environment. Travelers monitors waste disposal efforts and water usage across the company’s operations and has implemented certain practices to help ensure proper waste handling and water use. Specifically, we:

• Employ a third-party vendor to properly recycle and dispose of obsolete IT equipment.
• Shred and recycle paper at all locations.
• Installed auto shutoffs on most faucets.
• Are installing water bottle filling stations in the majority of new workspaces to reduce the use and disposal of single-use water bottles.
• Maintain bottle and can recycling programs at all owned locations.
• Compost food waste from kitchens in our Hartford campus.
• Introduced 100% biodegradable/compostable utensils and food containers in the Hartford campus.

We measure and track all waste at our owned facilities, including single stream recycling, municipal solid waste and construction/demolition waste. We also track all water and sewer use, including general water use for restrooms, kitchens and landscape-related irrigation.

With these tracking capabilities, we are able to trend waste/water consumption over time and quantify impacts of building improvements as they relate to creating more environmentally sustainable workplaces.