Changing the World - Booz Allen Hamilton

going
green
taking action to support
environmental stewardship and sustainability
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Booz Allen Hamilton’s sustainability effort is a
multifaceted campaign to protect the environment
that begins with internal operations and
extends well beyond the firm’s walls.
Booz Allen is committed to limiting the environmental
footprint of its internal operations. The
Sustainability Steering Committee, made up of
officers, and the Sustainability Committee, composed
of senior employees, ensure that sustainability
concepts are fully incorporated into facilities
infrastructure, procurement, travel, human
resources, and information systems.
In 2009, as a testament to the work of the Sustainability
Team, the McLean, Virginia, campus
As Booz Allen grows, it seeks environmentally
friendly offices. In Rockville, Maryland, the firm
leases 48,137 square feet in the Tower Building,
which is LEED Silver certified
received the Fairfax County Business Recycling
Award for the second year in a row, while the
Herndon, Virginia, office garnered the prize for the
first time.
In addition, most Booz Allen offices have established
employee-led Green Clubs that develop
sustainability programs unique to their locations,
offer up new ideas for the Sustainability Committee
to consider, and coordinate pro bono environmental
activities in their regions.
Supporting clients’ drive to sustainability
The firm’s sustainability campaign also involves
work with clients. Booz Allen is heavily
invested in delivering groundbreaking solutions
for clients that address global environmental
challenges while promoting responsible consumption
of resources. For example, Booz Allen and
the US Green Building Council published the
“Green Jobs Study,” which analyzed how green
buildings support the economy and found that
developments hewing to sustainable design and
construction practices will support 7.9 million
US jobs and add $554 billion to the American
economy over the next four years.
140,000
pounds of electronic equipment
(computers, monitors, printers,
copiers) was decommissioned
and recycled by Booz Allen in 2009