Performance Highlights

Clean Air
Clean Air

Reduced GHG Emissions

37%

toward 2025 Goal of 40%

Diversity
Diversity
58%

Of Transfers & Promotions

Filled by Diverse Individuals

Safety
Safety

66%

Reduction in Workplace Injuries

Since 2015

Equality
Equality

60%

Of American Water's Board of Directors Voluntarily Self-Identified as Female or Racially Diverse

Our Rating
Our Rating

American Water Ranked

#19 in 2022

On Barron's 100 Most Sustainable Companies

Pipe Renewal
Pipe Renewal

Average Pipe Renewal Rate 135YR Cycle:

27% Better

Than Industry Average

Investments
Investments

$13-14B

In Capital Investments

2022-2026 Plan

Goals
Goals

Goal:

20x Better

Than Industry Average Water Quality

New Goals for Scope 1 & 2 GHG Emissions, including Net Zero by 2050

Medium- and long-term goals are science-based and aligned with the Paris Agreement

Updated ESG Data Summary

First time disclosure of Scope 3 GHG Emissions for American Water

New Voluntary ID&E Disclosures

Sharing two new people-related goals, summary results of Pay Equity Study and Internal Labor Market Analysis, and new EEO-1 data for 2021

Water Access & Affordability

American Water has low income 
programs in 12 states

3.5 Billion gallons of
water saved annually

through efficiency measures to
preserve the world's most
precious resource

100%

Annual Code of Ethics training provided for 100% of employees

"We never forget that at the end of every water pipe there's a family depending on us to provide life's most critical need. That every treatment plant serves as a barrier against potential disease. And that every community should be stronger because we are there."

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