We believe that AI-driven energy optimization is the key to rapidly scaling to a low-carbon economy and, in doing so, avoiding the most damaging impacts of climate change and ensuring our ability to thrive on this planet.
We are proud to share our Sustainability Reports, showcasing the progress we are making every day to create a cleaner future. Aligning with established frameworks and standards, several industry-trusted third parties validated our data integrity and quality throughout to ensure accountability. Our stakeholders – including employees, partners, customers, and suppliers – all contributed to our Sustainability Reports by providing important feedback in the following areas:
Our sustainability vision extends across our global organization and encompasses a wide range of practices. A central pillar of our vision is proactive engagement with our customers, suppliers, partners, and employees to quantify, improve, and communicate progress toward our shared environmental priorities using best practices for standardized measurement and reporting.
Stem is a values-based company that is dedicated to fostering ethical and transparent business practices. Employees have a place where they are challenged, trusted, and able to make an impact together as One Team. Similarly, we also hold our partners and suppliers to a high standard to ensure compliance with our values.
Stem strives to conduct our business with the highest ethics, integrity, and compliance standards. Our dedication to sustainability extends beyond environmental stewardship to encompass ethical business practices and adherence to regulatory requirements. We respect the privacy of our customers, employees, and business partners and comply with data protection and privacy laws applicable to our business.
Our solutions and services are designed with endurance in mind, as they are often expected to remain a critical and resilient component of the world’s electrical grid infrastructure for many years to come. As a result, we view total asset lifecycle management and responsible stewardship important considerations for our customers and stakeholders.
We engage our original equipment manufacturing partners to identify opportunities to reduce the inputs needed to produce high quality, reliable products while integrating recycled materials where possible. We are also developing strategies with our supplier partners to repurpose and recycle certain components to contribute to a more sustainable supply chain.
Our industry-leading asset management software enhances the operational lifetime value of our customers’ storage and solar projects by using our extensive data on operational performance to predict hardware issues, dispatch maintenance, and repair systems to extend their useful life.
We use best practices to architect and select systems for use after their end-of-life. We train our employees, educate our customers, and engage our partners with system respect to decommissioning, end-of-life considerations, and second life options that include reusing and recycling hardware.
We promote recycling and preventing waste from our business operations through active compliance with applicable federal, state, and local regulations. We work with Battery Recyclers of America to certify that applicable material – including Lithium-Ion and Polymer batteries – are appropriately recycled in compliance with local, state, and federal regulations.
Stem’s Green Finance Framework aligns with our sustainability priorities as well as our funding and strategy.
