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Environmental
Lowering Our Carbon Footprint
Leatherstocking Gas does many things to meet sustainable and low carbon emissions standards.
Strategies to lower carbon emissions include increasing efficiencies through weatherization of customer homes and businesses and encouraging the use of hybrid heating systems. Hydrogen blending is another possibility we may explore in the future.
Social
Company Initiatives & Performance
Leatherstocking strives to provide its customers with the best response times and customer service. When survey respondents were asked how satisfied they were with the service they received from Leatherstocking Gas, 95.6% of survey takers gave a satisfaction rating of 7 or higher, yielding an overall satisfaction score of 9.4 on the 1 to 10 scale.
Employee Engagement
Our most recent employee survey had a 66% response rate. One of the highest-ranking answers was, "The work I do is meaningful."
Our employees receive mandatory sexual harassment and diversity training annually, year-round cybersecurity training, OSHA training, various workplace safety trainings, and various operator qualified training for field personnel.
We donate thousands of dollars to various local charities in our service territory. We are proud of our commitments and of our employees who make a difference in our communities where we both work and live.
Governance
Company Policies
Leatherstocking has many policies that support ESG initiatives. These include cybersecurity objectives (see image[R]), ethics, human rights, and supply chain standards, amongst many others.
We participate annually in a Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark, or GRESB assessment that scores our company compared to other similar businesses. According to the GRESB.com website, assessments capture information on ESG performance and sustainability best practices for real estate and infrastructure companies, funds, and assets worldwide and are guided by what are considered to be material issues in the sustainability performance of those assets.
The assessments are aligned with international reporting frameworks, such as GRI, PRI, SASB, DJSI, TCFD recommendations, the Paris Climate Agreement, UN SDGs, region and country specific disclosure guidelines. Our GRESB score for 2023 was 88/100.
