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Promethean Social Responsibility Program Includes Four Pillars

Promethean recently unveiled a corporate social responsibility program to further demonstrate its brand mission and values by providing quality education to students, giving back to local communities, creating an equitable work environment and making a positive environmental impact. The program includes four social impact pillars focused on environmental responsibility, diversity and inclusion, quality education and community action.

Environmental Impacts

  • Achieved carbon neutrality in 2019 through offset purchases and committed to reducing its carbon footprint going forward
  • Participated in an offset project in Tamil Nadu, India aiming to reduce local GHG emissions by replacing fossil fuel energy with renewable wind energy
  • Improved its outbound transportation model to reduce emissions by 30 percent
  • Reduced packaging to increase transportation efficiency by 20 percent
  • Implemented WEEE recycling programs in the United Kingdom, France, Germany and United States

Diversity and Inclusion

  • Created four regional employee inclusion groups to represent the voices of employees
  • Adjusted recruitment strategies to attract and hire the most diverse talent
  • Conducted company-wide audits and functional reviews to ensure equal pay for all employees
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About Lisa Brown

Lisa Brown has decades of experience in corporate communications and marketing management with organizations including Coldwell Banker Residential, Grubb & Ellis, Marcus & Millichap, NAIOP, SIOR and ALM. In those positions, she worked in conjunction with chief executive officers and chief marketing officers to create corporate messaging, cohesive branding standards, strategic marketing plans and thought pieces. Brown is a frequent speaker at industry events and an editing adjunct professor for an online course. She has a master’s degree in mass communications from San Jose State University.

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