 Welcome to this episode of Door Hardware Nerds. I'm your host, Mia Merrill. For April, we're gonna be focusing on sustainability. Now, I know this is the March 30th episode, but I'm really excited about this, so we're gonna spill over a little bit. Today, we're gonna talk about the Global Sustainability Report. And to do this, I'm joined by Amy Massanti. Amy, please introduce yourself and tell us about your role here. Hey, everyone, thanks, Mia. It's good to see you all today. I'm Amy Massanti. I'm the Director of Sustainability at Assa Ablai Door Security Solutions. I've been with Assa Ablai for over 15 years at this point. And in my role with sustainability, I work very closely with our product teams, our innovation teams, our manufacturing teams to help green our products and processes. And then I work very closely with our sales and specification teams to be face-to-face with our customers and teach them about how sustainability is important to doors and hardware in a progressive built environment. All right, great. So let's get into it. What is a sustainability report? Sustainability report is very much like the report cards that we used to get in school. Now, some of you probably got good grades and some of you probably got bad grades, but you got a grade. And so that's pretty much what a sustainability report is like, it's giving us a grade on our performance. So each year we measure our impacts from around the world all over Assa Ablai. And we share the results with our employees, our customers and our investors. And it's a good way to be transparent about how we address climate change. And this is how we're more responsible with our product development, our operations and our sourcing. And every five years, we also set new ambitious targets. And even more recently, we signed on to science-based targets to be aligned with the Paris Agreement. So we do our best also to make sure that we're aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals. And all of that information is within our Global Sustainability Report. Okay, so why would a door and hardware manufacturer publish one of these? That's a really great question. There's a lot that we do as a door and hardware manufacturer that makes us unique, that we have the same Assa Ablai, especially within our sustainability team, and that is with global reach comes global responsibility. And we are a manufacturer with over 50,000 employees and operations in around 70 countries. And we have a very large footprint because of this. So a very important theme for us in the industry is to be transparent. And that means to be very open about our performance and acknowledge areas for improvement or optimization, while at the same time, also talking about the areas in which we've done well. So what makes this important for our customers? A large portion of our customers have sustainability goals, just like we do as a manufacturer. And it's important that we can provide this information to them so that they can be confident that they're working alongside a like-minded partner. And then why would this be important for our employees? Many of our colleagues practice sustainability at their home with their families. They focus on recycling, composting and just overall consuming less or consuming differently. And so it's imperative that they know that their employer is also focused on similar efforts and improvements. And through the sustainability report, we want to show that it's really important to set goals and work hard to reach them. And this aligns with one of our core values and beliefs of empowerment. So what would somebody be surprised to find in the sustainability report? Well, besides our report out on waste, water and energy usage, you can also read about product innovation, supply chain management, injury rate at our manufacturing sites and something that's really near and dear to my heart is our efforts with diversity and inclusion. All right, so where can I get a copy for myself? You can find a copy of the sustainability report on the Assa Abloy website under the sustainability tab or you're welcome to reach out to me at any time and I'll send you a copy. All right, thank you Amy for coming on today. I will put a link below for where you can find your own copy of the sustainability report. If you have any questions or comments you can leave them below. Make sure you like this video and hit subscribe to stay updated on when our new videos come out. Thanks for watching.