Our People and Communities

We inspire and connect the Acuity Brands community and the communities in which we live and work. Individually we are talented, but together we are unstoppable.

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Our People

We create the environment where the best people come to do their best work. We all succeed together.

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PRIDE aims to create a safe space where the LGBTQIA community and allies feel supported, and are able to discuss their needs, challenges, and obstacles, and proudly celebrate professional and personal moments.

Minorities Amplifying Growth, Inclusion, and Community (MAGIC)

MAGIC is designed to foster a supportive, nurturing environment to help minority associates realize their full potential at Acuity Brands and drive return on investment for the company. MAGIC embraces, celebrates, and recognizes the power of diversity and is open to all associates.

People Respecting Identity, Diversity, and Equity (PRIDE)

Our Employee Resource Groups

We strive to ensure our associates have a safe and collaborative work environment through the inclusion of world class health and safety management practices in our business. Our Environmental, Health & Safety Management System is based on the goals and guidelines of the International Standards of Operation for Environmental Management Systems (ISO 14001), International Standards for Occupational Health & Safety Management Systems (ISO 45001), and our guiding principles identified in detail in our EarthLIGHT report.

We have a culture of caring that extends beyond our facilities into the neighborhoods in which we live and work.

Our Communities

Philanthropic Efforts

American Red Cross® Blood Drives Dress for Success® Feeding America Hands Across Rockdale Hospital Universitario, Monterrey, MX – Financial and Volunteer Contributions Junior Achievement Kaiser Permanente® Corporate Run, Walk, & Roll Moisson Rive-Sud, Canada The Needy Family Fund – Feeding Families in need in Rockdale County PAWS - Animal Shelter Drive Secours Populaire, France Toys for Tots®

Making Our Communities Better. Our in-person community engagement was limited in FY21 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But our teams found virtual and socially-distanced ways to give back to their communities. Examples include:

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With our headquarters based in Atlanta-Metro, we were proud to endorse the Georgia Hate Crimes Legislation passed in 2020. In addition, we contributed $50,000 to racial justice organizations such as The Bail Project, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and the National Society of Black Engineers.

Community Engagement

We’re working to emerge from the greatest public health crisis in a century with superior strength, expanded capabilities, and even greater resiliency.

Our Response to COVID-19

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We have made decisions with the health and well-being of our associates and their families as our top priority, while working diligently to operate effectively for our sales channel partners and customers. Read more about our team’s commitments and actions taken in the face of a global pandemic.

Acuity Brands’ Total Recordable Incident Rate is 1.24 in FY21, against an industry rate of 2.4 in that same period.

We believe this new way of working is transformative. Acuity offers flexibilty for our associates; facilitates greater access to the best talent; allows us to keep pace with customer needs; and supports our EarthLIGHT sustainability and social initiatives

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Estimated reduction in carbon emissions associated with key inputs: steel, aluminum, cardboard, and diesel fuel. This represents a 9.55% reduction in FY20 from FY19.

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The number of N95 and surgical masks we distributed to fire departments and hospitals during the acute shortage by leveraging our supply chain

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1.04 Acuity Brands’ Total Recordable Incident Rate is 1.04, down from 1.34 in FY19, and against an industry rate of 3.20

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1.04 Acuity Brands’ Total Recordable Incident Rate is 1.04, down from 1.34 in FY19, and against an industry rate of 3.20

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The Women's Network empowers, embraces, and encourages women in all functions to enhance a diversity of ideas and approaches that drive business growth and improved financial results. The Women’s Network organizes networking events, mentoring groups, lunch-and-learns, and an engaging guest speaker series. The group is open to all associates.

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AESS measures 80% leading and 20% lagging indicators

Acuity Brands outperforms our industry and seeks to continuously reduce workplace injuries

Our lost time rate is also well below the industry average, in part due to our focus on exposures

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Plus, together with our agency network, we’re doing good in local communities through our EarthLIGHT in Action program.

Agents click here to get more involved.

Plus, together with our agency network, we’re doing good in local communities through our EarthLIGHT in Action program.

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Acuity's 2021 LTIR (all locations worldwide)

Associates volunteered 258 hours during Acuity’s Junior Achievement Education month.Dress for Success® The Acuity Architectural Specialty team participated in the 24hr Tremblant, a 24-hour ski and walking relay to raise funds for children's charities in Québec, Canada. Associates in our Mexico production facilities collected 4,333 toys to donate to the Toy Drive “Iluminando Sonrisas 2020” (Lighting Children´s Smiles 2020) for children living in Nuevo Leon and Tamaulipas. The Marketing team hosted its second annual “A December to Remember.” The team partnered with a non-profit agency to help a local family. The Marketing team created a virtual Amazon wish list, and together they provided over 100 presents. The Conyers, GA, facility donated furniture and office supplies to help local organizations and avoid landfill waste. Donations went to numerous non-profits, small businesses, and medical facilities. Associates donated money to the Alzheimer’s Association, Moisson Rive-Sod, Secours Populaire, Feeding America, and Maria Siempre Virgen. We donated 450 pieces of mobile healthcare lighting equipment to St. Vincent DePaul and MedShare.

Learn more about our commitment to diversity and employee resource groups.