About EarthLIGHT
Develop and sell products and services that help save energy and reduce GHG emissions.
Environmental Impact
Attract and develop the best people to do their best work and prioritize their well-being. Make a positive impact in the communities where we live and work.
Our People,
Our Communities
Operate with integrity and transparency to continue earning the trust of our stakeholders.
Strong Governance
Continuing to Make an Impact
Across our portfolio, we continue to innovate, bringing smarter, sustainable solutions to market designed to help solve problems for our customers. We have demonstrated that we have dexterity in how we operate, enabling us to continue to execute in dynamic market conditions, and we have demonstrated that we can deliver value and drive margins in our business. Our environmental sustainability efforts are embedded in what we do — from product design to supply chain — and we’ve made measurable progress in reducing our environmental footprint and eliminating energy and other costs for our Company and our customers.
EarthLIGHT is one way we share who we are, our annual progress in actioning aspects of our strategy, and the value we deliver to stakeholders. It reflects our focus on innovation, operational excellence, sustainability and our commitment to people.
Scope 1 and 2 Emissions*
Scope 3 Emissions Intensity*
Our EarthLIGHT Targets
By setting impactful EarthLIGHT targets, we raise our own expectations for what we are capable of doing going forward, while showcasing the steps we’ve taken to get where we are today. We have made progress on our journey and are excited to share our progress on our fiscal 2025 targets.
Helping customers reduce their GHG footprint is one way that we believe we make a measurable impact on minimizing climate change.
While our corporate GHG footprint assesses the environmental impact of our products and processes, we also estimate the environmental benefits of removing older, less-efficient technology from a building, which we refer to as a GHG ‘handprint.’ Details of how we calculate GHG avoidance can be found in our white paper entitled, “EarthLIGHT Handprint Report Methodology".
EarthLIGHT Handprint Report Methodology
We aim to empower our customers to reduce their GHG footprint by 100 million metric tons by fiscal 2030. This goal is based on our projected sales of LED luminaires, lighting controls and building and refrigeration controls replacing older technologies in existing buildings and spaces, as well as driving innovation and performance across our Company. Our estimated progress to date is shown below.
Goal of 100M Metric Tons of GHG Avoidance
The estimated cumulative impact of Acuity’s contribution to reducing GHG emissions by 2030 is shown in this table. Future year contributions diminish due to the Grid Emission Factor, increasing efficiency of buildings undergoing renovation, and the expected leveling-off of LED efficiency.
2026
2027
2028
2020
2021
2022
2030
2029
2028
2027
2026
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
ACTUAL
PROJECTED
Metric
Tons
2MMT
4MMT
6MMT
8MMT
10MMT
12MMT
14MMT
The sum of years 2020–2030 is projected to be 117 million metric tons of GHG avoidance
MMT
>100
95
89
85
80
76
69
63
55
41
33
Associate Engagement
We are committed to making Acuity the place where the best people come to do their best work. Listening to our associates is key to our culture and progressing our business success. In fiscal 2025, we maintained sustainable engagement at 86% in our Company-wide Associate Engagement Survey and a 96% response rate for the second year in a row. Our results are inclusive of our QSC associates. The high participation rate is an indicator that our associates are confident that their feedback will lead to meaningful action.
* We use and consult with Willis Towers Watson for our Associate Engagement Survey. We compare ourselves to the norms provided for Manufacturing, Technology and High-Performing Companies using this extensively utilized survey instrument and associated data.
GOAL
Achieve an Ethical Culture Score* (Trust Index) at or above the norm for High-Performing Companies by fiscal 2025 (in 2024, the average among the High-Performing Norm Group was 84)
Estimated Progress in Fiscal 2024
We achieved a score of 84 – highlighting progress from the scores we achieved in fiscal 2023 (83) and fiscal 2022 (83).
ETHICAL CULTURE SCORE (TRUST INDEX)
FY2024
84
Average for
High-Performing
Normative Group
84
Our Score
Estimated Progress in Fiscal 2024
We achieved a score of 86 – highlighting progress from the scores we achieved in fiscal 2023 (85) and fiscal 2021 (84).
GOAL
Achieve a Sustainable Engagement Score* at or above the norm for High-Performing Companies by fiscal 2025 (in 2024, the average among the High-Performing Norm Group was 87)
FY2024
86
Our Score
87
Average for
High-Performing
Normative Group
Sustainable Engagement Score
Estimated Progress in Fiscal 2024
We achieved a score of 86 – highlighting progress from the scores we achieved in fiscal 2023 (85) and fiscal 2022 (85).
GOAL
Maintain a Belonging and Inclusion Score* (Inclusion Index) at or above the norm for High-Performing Companies (in 2024, the average among the High-Performing Norm Group was 85)
FY2024
86
Our Score
85
Average for
High-Performing
Normative Group
Belonging and InClusion Score
Estimated Progress in Fiscal 2025
We achieved a score of 51.7 out of 100 using a methodology that is new for fiscal 2025 this year. Using our partnership with Avetta, we measure our supply chain partners on a variety of sustainability topics.
GOAL
New Metric in place: Reach an Average Supplier Score of XX on our Responsible Sourcing Metric by fiscal 2028
Fiscal 2023
2.57
Our Score
2
FY23 Goal
Responsible Sourcing Metric
2.79
Our Score
2.5
FY24 Goal
Fiscal 2024
View Our Responsible Sourcing Metric
View Our Associate Engagement
View Our Scope 1, 2, and 3 Targets
View Our
Handprint Progress
18
27
Operate with integrity and transparency to continue earning the trust of our stakeholders.
Strong Governance
Develop and sell products and services that help save energy and reduce GHG emissions.
Environmental Impact
Attract and develop the best people to do their best work and prioritize their well-being. Make a positive impact in the communities where we live and work.
Our People,
Our Communities
Scope 3 Emissions Intensity
Scope 1 and 2 Emissions
ACTUAL
PROJECTED
2030
2029
2028
2027
2026
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
Estimated Progress in Fiscal 2025
We achieved a score of 85 – demonstrating progress from the scores we achieved in fiscal 2024 (86) and fiscal 2023 (85). Our survey results are now included in the Willis Towers Watson high-performance normative benchmark.
GOAL
Maintain an Inclusion and Belonging Score* (Inclusion Index) at or above the norm for High-Performing Companies (in 2025, the average among the High-Performing Norm Group was 85)
85
Our Score in FY2025
InClusion AND Belonging Score (Inclusion INDEX)
Estimated Progress in Fiscal 2025
We achieved a score of 86 – demonstrating progress from the scores we achieved in fiscal 2024 (86) and fiscal 2023 (85). Our survey results are now included in the Willis Towers Watson high-performance normative benchmark.
GOAL
Achieve a Sustainable Engagement Score* at or above the norm for High-Performing Companies by fiscal 2025 (in 2025, the average among the High-Performing Norm Group was 87)
86
Our Score in FY2025
Sustainable Engagement Score
Estimated Progress in Fiscal 2025
We achieved a score of 85 – demonstrating progress from the scores we achieved in fiscal 2024 (84) and fiscal 2022 (83). Our survey results are now included in the Willis Towers Watson high-performance normative benchmark.
GOAL
Achieve an Ethical Culture Score* (Trust Index) at or above the norm for High-Performing Companies by fiscal 2025 (in 2025, the average among the High-Performing Norm Group was 84).
85
Our Score in FY2025
ETHICAL CULTURE SCORE (TRUST INDEX)
+1 from fiscal 2024, +1 from 2025 Average for High-Performing Normative Group
equal with fiscal 2024, -1 from 2025 Average for High‑Performing Normative Group
-1 from fiscal 2024, equal with 2025 Average for High‑Performing Normative Group
Goal
Reduce Scope 1 and 2 Emissions by 42.8% between fiscal 2019–2029 (This target has been verified by the SBTi and is in line with a 1.5°C trajectory.)
Estimated Progress in Fiscal 2025
We have reduced our Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions by 29% overall from fiscal 2019 to fiscal 2025. Our emissions decreased by 5.9% in fiscal 2025, compared to fiscal 2024.
Goal
Reduce Scope 3 Emissions Intensity covering use of sold products** by 66.3% per USD value added between fiscal 2015-2030 (This target has been verified by the SBTi and is in line with a 1.5°C trajectory.)
Estimated Progress in Fiscal 2025
We reduced our Scope 3 Emissions Intensity covering use of sold products** by 72.3% per USD value added from fiscal 2015 to fiscal 2025, and by 4.9% per USD value added in fiscal 2025 compared to fiscal 2024.
These charts include QSC emissions, and baselines have been restated to reflect Acuity’s acquisition of QSC. For more information about our approach to integrating QSC emissions data, see the 2025 Acuity Environmental Impact Report.
Our Emissions Intensity from the Use of Sold Products is calculated as emissions of sold products divided by net sales (kg CO2e / $ net sales).
Operate with integrity and transparency to continue earning the trust of our stakeholders.
Strong Governance
Develop and sell products and services that help save energy and reduce GHG emissions.
Environmental Impact
Attract and develop the best people to do their best work and prioritize their well-being. Make a positive impact in the communities where we live and work.
Our People,
Our Communities
Our Score in FY2025
52
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**
We are committed to making Acuity the place where the best people come to do their best work. Listening to our associates is key to our culture and progressing our business success. In fiscal 2025, we maintained sustainable engagement at 86% in our Company-wide Associate Engagement Survey and a 96% response rate for the second year in a row. Our results are inclusive of our QSC associates. The high participation rate is an indicator that our associates are confident that their feedback will lead to meaningful action.
The charts below highlight three specific areas from our annual Associate Engagement Survey. In fiscal 2025, we achieved a high participation rate of 96%, with no year-over-year declines in any category. Our survey results are now included in the Willis Towers Watson high-performance normative benchmark, which represents the top 5% of companies included in the survey. To qualify for this benchmark, companies must demonstrate exceptional financial performance and human resource practices, as measured by engagement surveys, compared to the industry average. We aim for continual year-over-year improvements in specific categories.