2023
Environmental, Social &Governance Overview

ESG Principles Essential to Our Mission to Benefit Humankind
At Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), we are problem solvers, providing independent, premier research anddevelopment (R&D) services to government and industry clients. We push the boundaries of science and technology
to develop innovative solutions and improve human health and safety. Our multidisciplinary nature allows us torapidly assemble diverse teams to tackle problems from many directions. Operating as a nonprofit since our 1947
inception, our mission is to work ethically in the public’s best interest.
ENVIRONMENT
We are committed to being an environmentally responsible corporate citizen, conserving natural resources and applying
our scientific and technical expertise to take on significant environmental issues, such as climate change.
SOCIALWe are committed to supporting a diverse staff that will help build a better tomorrow today. We value each team member andcelebrate a wide array of perspectives and experiences through our diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. We strive toeliminate bias in all that we do, with the knowledge that we do our best work in an environment where everyone feels valued
and can contribute positively to any and all problem-solving efforts.
GOVERNANCE
SwRI and our leadership, including our Board of Directors, are committed to operating at the highest level of integrity in the
pursuit of our mission. We are known globally as an organization that consistently operates with the highest ethical standards.
Around the world, our honesty and integrity are unquestioned. Over two decades ago, we voluntarily adopted a Corporate
Compliance Program, reflecting our commitment to operate ethically and in compliance with all applicable laws. To help
maintain our outstanding reputation as the international marketplace grows ever more complex, our Standards of Conduct,
which we have also had in place for over 20 years, continues to apply to every employee and Board Director at Southwest
Research Institute. We are dedicated to excellence in all that we do, both as an organization and as individual contributors.

Our commitment to these principles is reflected in our core values.

These four core values are the foundation for the beliefs,
principles, and culture of the Institute and help guide theactions and behavior of all staff members:
INTEGRITY Fulfilling our mission and serving ourclients with excellence, honesty, and accountability.
INNOVATION Solving problems and creating value
with novel ideas and multidisciplinary collaborations.
PEOPLE Fostering an employee-centric culture ina safe, inclusive, healthy, and supportive workplace.
STEWARDSHIP Caring for our communities andprotecting the environment now and for the future.

These core values complement and extend the Institute’s mission statement of“Benefiting government, industry, and the public through innovative science and technology.”

Environment
Stewardship, including protecting the environment now and for the future, is one of our Core Values. SwRI’s commitment toprotecting and improving the environment extends beyond our campus boundaries, as we perform applied R&D to develop real
solutions for some of humankind’s most difficult environmental challenges. We provide technical solutions for several industries
and organizations that help minimize the environmental impact of their work. We are working on new analytical tools that will
help us and our clients evaluate new carbon-reduction technologies, assess impacts of climate change, and measure and track
groundwater recharge more accurately, among other things. On behalf of our clients as well as with our internally funded R&D
initiatives, we are advancing alternative energy and carbon-reduction and capture technologies. Our efforts are not just for ourclients, as we are investing in projects on our own campuses that will reduce our environmental impact.
CAMPUS INITIATIVESSwRI is an environmentally responsible corporate citizen. At all our locations, we seek to go beyond mere compliance withapplicable standards and codes. We work toward optimizing our practices and facilities to minimize our environmental impact
while also developing solutions for our clients in government and industry.
We consistently work to ensure campus operations and activities are a model of excellence in environmental and safety
practices. We strive to minimize hazards to staff and visitors; comply with all applicable environmental, health, and safety laws
and regulations; and promote sustainability through efficient and appropriate use of all Institute resources.

A $2 million air pollution
control device for diesel
engine labs reduced
overall particulate
emissions by more than
50 percent.

We installed
ChargePoint
electric vehicle
recharging
stations at
various locations
throughout our
San Antonio
campus.

We added custom-designed
state-of-the-art pollution
abatement systems to our
San Antonio fire test facility,
reducing the amount of
hazardous air pollutants
emitted by nearly 90 percent.

In a project partially fundedby federal and state agencies,
we recently constructed abioretention facility to treat
storm water on campus prior
to discharge into local creeks.

Project-Z is developing aflexible and detailed
analytical tool to compare
a wide set of zero-emission
technologies, including
solar energy generation,battery storage, longduration energy storage
and fossil-fuel generation
with carbon capture.

CLIENT R&D ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTSSwRI’s commitment to the environment is fundamental, notjust to its business operations, but to our clients’ R&D initiatives
as well. Our highly qualified teams of researchers include
scientists and engineers in widely diverse fields, such as healthphysics, geology, geochemistry, hydrology, seismology,
geophysics, biology, and related technical fields.
We routinely undertake client projects related to environmental
issues. From oil and gas to nuclear and renewable resources
and more, SwRI is a leading provider of solutions to improvethe efficiency, performance, environmental impact, and safetyof energy across fuel cycles and supply chains.

Staff also specialize in
identifying andquantifying regional
climate impacts, especiallyin arctic and alpine cold
regions. Using remotesensing, we havecollaborated withresearchers worldwide
to quantify changes to
Antarctic sea ice andpermafrost regions in the
Arctic tundra andEuropean mountains.

SwRI also provides environmental compliance services, nuclear
fuel cycle evaluations, and chemical testing and analysis. As part ofour rich legacy, we deliver services and solutions that protect
and improve environmental conditions around the globe.
We are experts in environmental analysis and testing, supplying
clients with comprehensive environmental services andresearch based on our decades of experience. We develop
alternative production techniques that eliminate or minimize
pollution of air, water, and soil, and clean up past environmental
contamination. We perform custom chemical processing tohelp produce clean energy. We also apply laboratory and field
capabilities to characterize local environments and assess risks
and remediation concerns.

We provide treatability
studies, risk and hazard
assessments, pollution
prevention opportunity
assessments, environmental assessments andaudits, industrial hygiene
surveys, pollution control
design and verification,
remediation technology
development andthird-party evaluation,
permeation testing, andchemical warfare agent
signature analyses.

We are also working on an
innovative patented mobile
carbon capture technology
for use on heavy-duty trucks.
SwRI engineers have createda membrane that filters
exhaust gases so that only
CO2 permeates themembrane. The CO2 iscaptured in a tank and thensequestered undergroundusing available carbon
sequestration initiatives.

We provide rigorous, unbiased, and conflict-of-interest-free analyses to facilitate
societally and environmentally responsible decision making.

10%

increased
efficiency

We conduct research into new energy sources,
including using hydrogen as an alternative
power source that will contribute to global
decarbonization initiatives. In a client projectsponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy
at our San Antonio campus, we constructed a
Supercritical Transformational Electric Power(STEP) Demo pilot plant, a 10-megawattsupercritical carbon dioxide (sCO2) test facility.
Unlike conventional power plants using
water as a thermal medium, STEP uses hightemperature sCO2, which increases efficiency by
as much as 10% due to its favorable thermodynamic properties. Thanks to this efficiency,
STEP turbomachinery can also be approximately
one-tenth the size of conventional power plantcomponents, shrinking both the environmental
footprint and construction costs.

SwRI develops, designs, and applies innovative monitoring technology to protect environments and workplaces. Our engineers and scientists
evaluate alternative technologies to destroy hazardous wastes, control atmospheric and aqueous emissions, conduct environmental
assessments, prepare remediation strategies, conduct bench-scale and pilot plant treatability studies, assess biodegradability of wastes, andperform hazard and risk assessments.

SwRI scientists are integrating remotesensing technology from multiple
satellite platforms to assess groundwater
recharge more accurately. Leveraging
data from the SwRI-built Cyclone Global
Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS),
shown below, helps scientists better
understand near-surface soil moistureand identify sudden changes likeflooding. With wetter areas in blue anddrier areas in yellow shown at right,
NASA’s Soil Moisture Active Passive(SMAP) platform provides data that,combined with the CYGNSS data, helps
scientists develop better groundwater
recharge models, which are critical forwater resource managers, especially inarid regions.

Since
2010
more than

40,000batteries
testedSwRI’s Energy Storage Technology Center evaluates anddevelops battery and energy storage systems for electric,plug-in, and hybrid vehicles and evaluates battery limits
under extreme conditions.

17,000
gallons ofliquidhydrogenstorage

One promising research area
to reduce reliance on fossil
fuels is using hydrogen as analternative power source intransportation applications.
SwRI’s liquid hydrogen storagetank can continuously supply
gaseous hydrogen to researchfacilities across our San
Antonio campus to support
government and industry
research initiatives.

SwRI continues its long history of support to the San Antonio community by hosting a
50-acre solar farm for a local power utility. The facility includes four battery storage
containers, each about the size of a railroad car, and 17,000 panels producing 5 MW of powerand storing 10 MW of energy power to be released back into the grid during peak demand.

Global Decarbonized
Mobility Summit
SwRI hosts an array of events in support ofenvironmental research. The Global Decarbonized
Mobility Summit (GDMS) at our San Antonio
campus brings transportation industry professionals
together to discuss technology challenges facing
engineers and scientists researching sustainabledecarbonized mobility solutions for on- andoff-road applications, further highlighting theefforts SwRI is leading for research, development,
and demonstration of solutions in this space.

Social
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION AT SwRISouthwest Research Institute has a world-classstaff working to solve some of humankind’s mostdifficult technical challenges. Every team member
provides experience, education, and insight toadvance our mission and enhance our position as
one of the oldest independent R&D organizationsin the world. We do our best work by ensuring
everyone can contribute to operations andproblem-solving efforts. Successful DEI initiatives
enhance our work, enlisting varied perspectives
and experiences to focus on the important tasksof solving challenges critical to the future of
all humankind.
At SwRI, we are committed to fostering, cultivating,and preserving a diverse and inclusive culture. The
collective sum of our individual differences, life
experiences, knowledge, perspectives, selfexpression, unique capabilities, and talent thatour people invest in their work represents asignificant part of our culture, our reputation, andthe achievements of the Institute. SwRI’s work
culture is founded on impartiality. We are committed
to providing unique and innovative services to ourclients. We are equally committed to creating a
respectful and inclusive environment for our staff.

DIVERSITY EQUITY INCLUSION

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283
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884
224
98
PhDs

languages
spoken350
degree fields
Staff represent

23

different countries

Masters

Bachelors

Associates

In
2022

students
hired

36

from

universities

WHAT IS DEI AT SwRI?
DIVERSITY is embraced at SwRI; we welcome differences in age,disability, ethnicity, family and marital status, gender identity andexpression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability,
race, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteranstatus, and other characteristics that make everyone unique. Ourability to continue to accomplish outstanding research for clientsfrom diverse segments of government and industry for morethan 75 years is, in large part, due to our ability to embrace andcelebrate these differences.
EQUITY recognizes that each person brings different skills to ourteam. At SwRI, we offer resources and opportunities to help
encourage contributions from everyone as we work toward
common goals. We continually strive to identify and eliminate
barriers to equitable access to the Institute’s resources.
Our INCLUSIVE culture enables us to realize the full benefits ofdiversity and equity since the Institute’s inception. Inclusion at
SwRI is about ensuring that our staff feels valued and has a sense of
belonging. We want people to bring their whole and authentic self
to work every day. As an organization, we recognize we are much
more than scientists, engineers, and support staff. We each haveunique characteristics that make us who we are, impacting the way
we approach our work.

EMPLOYEE RESOURCEGROUPS (ERGs)
We encourage the formation of
Employee Resource Groups
based on shared interests,
characteristics, backgrounds, orlife experiences. In addition toproviding career development
and contributing to personal
development in the workplace,
ERGs are also a valuable resource,
performing community outreach,
opening new networks forrecruiting, and supporting
business objectives. In keepingwith our overall DEI program,
ERGs serve as a visible sign of ourcommitment to a diverse andinclusive workplace. Each ERG
reflects its own unique culture
while also supporting themission and core values of theInstitute. Membership includes
employees with similar interests
as well as allies available to help.

“In my opinion, our institutes
will be better off if we can add
different races to our staff ...
We have instruments for
progress in scientific researchand, if we can solve our otherproblems such as justice,
maintaining world peace, andother essential moral elements,
we have before us a promising
future indeed ... it is up to
the men and women of the
future to turn these
possibilities into realities.”— SwRI Founder Tom Slick, 1953

ERGs contribute to the mission of theInstitute in several ways.
Represent the Organization –Support community activities andevents to build good will, in keepingwith our core values.
Increase Cultural Competence –Hold informal talks, panel discussions,
Q&A sessions, focus groups, lunch andlearn events, and other celebrations toincrease cultural awareness.
Accelerate Connections – Serve asa resource for new hires by connecting
them with social opportunities, offering
local recommendations, and act as
informal resources with unique insights
into the needs of new employees witha shared background.
Support Each Other – Support andmentor other groups, collaborate andconduct crossover events, and share
best practices.

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ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS
Inclusion activities are events open to all employees and often their family and friends that focus on a specific cultural,
historic, or other type of celebration. Each month the DEI program at SwRI honors a group or event. Celebrations arerecognized through walks, marches, lectures, celebrations, and other events on campus and in the community.

HISPANICHERITAGE MONTHAUTISM
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Injustice
anywhereis a threat
to justiceeverywhere
DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.

ADVISORY GROUPS AND EMPLOYEE RESOURCE GROUPS
Advisory groups are another method we use to enhance communication for an ever-evolving workforce. SwRI’s executive
team and leaders are able to obtain critical feedback from employees to continue to foster our inclusive culture andpromote a respectful workplace. Current key groups include:• Advisory Committee for Quality Improvement• Advisory Committee for Safety andEnvironmental Improvement• Culture Wellness Team• Division Management Advisory Committees• Drug-Free Workplace Program (DFWP)
Advisory Committee• Engagement Survey Advisory Group• Information Technology Advisory Committee• Institute Management Advisory Committee• IT-Governance, Risk and Compliance Committee• Library Committee• Research Recreation Association• Retirement Plan Investment Committee• Salary Administration Committee• Services Committee• Veterans Friends & Family• Women in Science & EngineeringCOMMUNITY OUTREACH
Part of SwRI’s community outreach effort
also includes helping underrepresented
groups in the fields of Science, Technology,
Engineering, and Math (STEM) throughsupporting local school districts (middle
and high school), women and student
professional organizations, student robotics
teams, science fairs, university and veteranscareer fairs, internships, college placement
associations, and other community initiatives.
SwRI employees give career day talks, serveas science fair judges, develop STEM projectbased curriculum, and coach and mentor
students. Community Outreach is aneffective way for SwRI to express our corevalues through these collaborations andvolunteer events.

• S A Worx: This program matches employers
with interns.
• Young Engineers and Scientists (YES)
Program: Hosted on the SwRI campus, thisis a 13-day intensive summer program
where students entering their junior orsenior years of high school listen to lectures,take tours, and work on real projects.
• Independent Study Mentorship (ISM)
Program: A continued effort to guide YES
participants after their summer session
with staff serving as mentors.
SwRI is committed to providing employees
the opportunity to be involved in thecommunity in a way that motivates students
and informs the community about thework performed at the Institute.

SwRI collaborated with a local organization,
Community of Churches for Social Action(CCSA), to provide scholarships andinternships to students who live in historically underserved communities. In part,
CCSA’s mission is to provide services such as
economic development, housing, education,and supportive services to individuals livingin these communities. SwRI recently
provided four scholarships to students
with a STEM major. Those students who
qualify will have an opportunity to join SwRI
for a 12-week paid internship.

SwRI staff volunteer in a variety of otheroutreach activities including Meals on
Wheels, University Hospital Blood Bank,San Antonio Food Bank, Special Olympics,
and San Antonio Independent School District(SAISD) STEM Program. Staff members cantrack their community/volunteer activities,
including the name of the organization
supported, a brief description of the activity,
number of volunteer hours, and the start andend dates. In calendar year 2022, Institutestaff members volunteered thousands ofhours of their time to support thesecommunity and charitable organizations.

SwRI is also directly involved in several
initiatives to help stimulate students in
exploring STEM careers. SwRI initiatives
assist in workforce development as ourcommunities understand future needs,
especially in STEM occupations. A few of
those programs are:

In addition, Institute staff members generously supported SwRI’s 2022 United Way
campaign, raising $1,272,923 to serve
communities in Texas, Colorado, and otherstaff locations. This year marked the thirdtime the staff raised more than $1 million to
support people and communities in need.

SwRI has collaborated to encourage STEM
with these organizations:• Alamo STEM Ecosystem• Alliance for Technology Education in
Applied Math and Science (ATEAMS)• Big Brothers, Big Sisters of South Texas• CAST Schools• First Robotics• Girls Inc. of San Antonio• San Antonio Boosting Engineering,
Science, and Technology (SA BEST)• Society of Women Engineers

RECRUITMENT DIVERSITYThe Institute supports diverse, creative,
well-equipped scientific and engineering
teams that use a multidisciplinary
approach to solve complex problems
in science and applied technology. We
recognize that our people comprise
our greatest strengths and competitive
advantages. Therefore, our continued
success requires an understanding of
how best to synergize the uniquecapabilities of all our team members.
How we integrate diversity andinclusion into our work processes,
including recruitment, is key to that
continued success.
To continually recruit a diverse
workforce, SwRI is committed to:• Recognizing, appreciating, andvaluing diversity.
• Upholding the principles of inclusion,
opportunity, fairness, and growth
for all employees.
• Demonstrating trust, respect, andconcern for the welfare of all
employees within the Institute.
• Providing state-of-the-art facilities
and a positive work environment.
• Ensuring equal employment
opportunities in all aspects ofhuman resource activities.
• Ensuring that Institute policies,
practices, and programs provide
all employees with equal and fairtreatment under federal, state,
and local laws.
• Complying with all applicablestatutes and executive orders
related to equal employment
opportunity and affirmative
action requirements.

Governance
Southwest Research Institute and our leadership, including the Board of Directors, are committed to operating at the highest level ofintegrity in the pursuit of our mission to benefit government, industry, and the public through innovative science and technology.
BOARD OF DIRECTORSThe Institute is governed by a Board of Directors. Our Board
brings a multitude of experience and business expertise to thetask of providing high-level oversight of the Institute’s activities
and performance.
ADVISORY TRUSTEESThe Board of Directors designates approximately 100 advisory
trustees, each of whom serves the Institute in an advisory capacity.
EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT
Corporate officers at SwRI are responsible for providing leadershipand strategic direction for the Institute based on their best
judgment and extensive professional experience. Additionally,
they share responsibility for the oversight and daily operationsof the Institute.
STANDARDS OF CONDUCTBoth the external and internal scope of SwRI’s Standards ofConduct emphasize following ethical principles in SwRI’s relationships with clients and employees.These standards are designed

not only to reduce the risk of public scandal, which could destroy
client trust, but also to protect our own employees from harm—
experiencing harassment in the workplace, for example, or
unwittingly committing fraud because an employee wasn’t awareof potential conflicts of interest that must be disclosed.
Our standards of conduct reflect our core values, and one inparticular: integrity. The integrity of an organization is personified
by the behavior of its staff. Improper conduct by any staff
member may influence the perception of the organization
externally and internally and is harmful to a healthy work culture.
The Institute’s unequivocal expectation is that all employees will
adhere to the Standards of Conduct, which helps build on ourorganizational culture of integrity and, overall, creates a safer,more productive workplace.
Our Standards of Conduct are also intended to cultivate an
inclusive workplace where staff can bring their whole, authentic
selves to work, to work functions, and to SwRI-sponsored events.
Inclusion brings to life the spirit of belonging and the idea thatevery employee, client, and stakeholder adds meaningful value
to the organization. Our Standards of Conduct also emphasize
additional avenues for employees to notify SwRI or the appropriate
authority of potential unlawful or unethical conduct. Theseavenues include their supervisor or manager, SwRI’s Compliance
Officer, SwRI’s third-party helpline, the General Counsel’s Office,or Human Resources.
COMPLIANCE PROGRAMSouthwest Research Institute’s Standards of Conduct policy isoverseen by a Compliance Officer whose duty is to receive andinvestigate any report of unlawful activity, violation, or potential
violation of the law or SwRI policies.
The Institute is committed to its effort to comply with all federal,state, and local laws that apply to its operation. The staff and
Board of Directors share the responsibility to ensure SwRI
business is conducted ethically and in compliance with such laws,
and are obligated to report unlawful activity, violations, or
potential violations, of any federal, state, or local law, or violations,or potential violations, of the policies implemented in SwRI’s
Compliance Program.
The SwRI Helpline is answered by a third-party administrator toprovide employees with a safe and anonymous reporting service.
Every report is reviewed and investigated as required,following organizational best practices, while giving
employees anonymity and security to make a report.
There is never any penalty or retribution for good faithreporting. The Institute also has robust measuresdealing with scientific integrity and a comprehensive

Every employee, client, and stakeholder adds meaningful value to this organization.

gifts and gratuities policy, and SwRI explicitly expresses zerotolerance on human trafficking.
RISK MANAGEMENT
SwRI’s Risk Management Office helps to ensure the resiliency andcontinuity of the Institute’s pursuit of its mission. It strives toprotect SwRI’s people, facilities, assets, and resources against
adverse loss impact from known, emerging, and unforeseen risk.
In partnership with leadership across the Institute, the Risk
Management Office helps identify, analyze, and face both risk andopportunity related to operations. Strategic and well-informed
decision making lessens the potential for, and magnitude of,accidents or losses that could occur in our workspaces and on
campus. Such disruptions can be harmful financially, and can also
potentially harm valuable research, development, and testing.
On any given day, Risk Management is in collaboration with the
General Counsel’s Office, Contracts, Purchasing, Human Resources,
Facilities, Environmental Safety Systems, Security, Technical
Division staff, and other SwRI personnel in an effort to eliminate
and minimize the potential downside of risk and to maximize
opportunities toward mission fulfillment.
DATA GOVERNANCE AND THE CISO ROLE
SwRI’s Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) is responsible forbroad information security processes, capabilities, and practices inadministrative cost centers and operational research divisions
across the Institute.
With the recent shift to hybrid work, a number of new digitaland cybersecurity challenges have arisen. With these changes to
how we work online, the role of data governance and the CISO
have never been more critical. Fortunately, the Institute is well
positioned to successfully deal with both the opportunities—
and challenges—associated with the new digital workplace. The
Institute has deployed a robust, ongoing cybersecurity training
program dealing with issues such as phishing attacks, potential
hacking vectors, and even raising awareness among staff about
the potential for insider threats.
The Institute also has a robust data governance policy to protect
Institute and client data against internal and external threats, aswell as to help ensure the Institute complies with applicable laws,

regulations and standards, and its contractual obligations.
At SwRI, our data governance policy is an accountability anddecision-making framework put in place to ensure the creation,
storage, use, disclosure, retention, archiving, and destructionof data are handled in accordance with legal and contractual
requirements and to maximize operational efficiency.
The Institute collects data in many forms to support its staff, toservice transactions with or on behalf of clients and vendors, andto support its business. As an organization, the Institute receives,
handles, and generates data that is sensitive and proprietary to theInstitute as well as to our government and commercial clients.
Each staff member has a responsibility to properly safeguard thisdata and prevent it from disclosure to people who do not have aneed to know such data. This includes the use, marking, storage,transmission, retention, and disposal of this data.
Additionally, cost center policy and procedures dealing with data
governance and record retention and disposal are subject to audit
by SwRI Quality Assurance.
AUDITING AND OVERSIGHT
Southwest Research Institute has an independent appraisal andsupport department. Employees can contact Internal Audit forhelp with reviews of various financial, operational, compliance,
and internal control activities. The Internal Audit office assists staff
with internal and external financial matters including analyses,
evaluations, and recommendations.
The Institute’s Chief Audit Executive coordinates all audit activity at
the Institute, both internal and external; develops the annual audit
plan based on a comprehensive risk assessment of the Institute’s
diverse activities and prioritizes those to be audited; evaluates andtests policies, procedures, and internal controls related to financial
systems and operations; reviews audit results, prepares audit
reports, and follows up on corrective action plans for various
Institute functions; assists external auditors with audit procedures
for annual financial and compliance audits, including the Defense
Contract Audit Agency, outside financial auditors, and otherentities; and presents audit results and recommendations to the
Audit Committee and Institute management. The Chief Audit
Executive also assists the SwRI Compliance Office with complianceprogram reviews and any reported compliance issues.

GENDERGENDER

79%

BOARD OFDIRECTORS ­— 14

MALE

21%
FEMALE

RACE/ETHNICITY

86%
WHITE

14%
MINORITYEXECUTIVE
MANAGEMENTTEAM ­— 4

50%

50%

MALE

FEMALE

RACE/ETHNICITY

75%
WHITE

25%
MINORITYHEALTH AND SAFETY
Southwest Research Institute is dedicated to our employees’ health and safety.
A healthy staff is one that can focus on solving our clients’ toughest challenges.
Additionally, we are committed tocreating a positive safety culture. Safety
is the responsibility of every SwRI staff
member. All employees are trusted totake appropriate precautions to prevent
injury to themselves or others and toensure that conditions conducive toaccidents and fire are eliminated orminimized. SwRI staff members know
they should eliminate or reduce averse
environmental impact and comply withfederal, state, and local regulations and
SwRI policies.
The Institute has taken a number ofsignificant measures to benefit its staff:•W e have an onsite medical clinic, which
not only addresses occupational illness
and injury, but is also staffed with a
medical doctor who can help withpersonal illnesses. The clinic does morethan just medical qualification for work
(hearing test, respiratory tests, drug
tests, etc.) and work injuries. The clinic
offers vaccinations, personal injections/medication, and helps staff treat minor
personal illness.

• T he Institute has an active employee
wellness program that provides
numerous wellness education
resources, annual check-ups, andother incentives for staff to takeownership of their health and allows
them to live their best lives.

• S wRI also has an extensive benefits
program for staff that goes wellbeyond simply offering healthinsurance. The Institute has awide-ranging Employee Assistance
Program through Alliance Work
Partners, offering resources andservices for staff including Law
Access—legal and financial services;
Help Net—skill-building tools, online
assessments and referrals; Work
Life—resources and referrals foreveryday needs; Well Coach—personalized planning to improve health andwell-being; Safe Ride—reimbursement
for emergency cab fare for eligible
staff and dependents instead ofdriving while impaired; Short-termcounseling—1-8 sessions per personal/
mental health issue per person peryear including assessment, referral,and crisis services.

• T he Employee Development Office(EDO) makes available educational,
training, and research resources forstaff, including online tools tocomplement and expand theInstitute’s classroom training
curriculum through the Institute’s
Learning Management System.
EDO has also partnered with SkillSoft®
and LinkedIn Learning® to offer
thousands of courses, books, test
preps, and other learning content.

• T he Institute has a LEED-certified

Fitness Center that provides
world-class facilities for both active
staff and Institute retirees andoffers fitness classes andintramural sports activities.

• T hrough the Employee Development

Office, SwRI encourages and supports
the continuing growth and development of employees. The Instituteoffers reimbursement to employees
for tuition and required fees related topre-approved courses taken ataccredited educational institutions;awards Continuing Education Credits
to those who successfully complete
eligible training programs conductedby SwRI; conducts various seminars
and programs featuring guest speakers;
and in cooperation with government
agencies, universities, or professionalsocieties, co-sponsors symposia on
subjects of technical interest.

INCIDENT RATEFY2020

FY2021

FY2022

Total Recordable
Incident Rate (TRIR)

0.82

0.79

0.81

Fatality Rate

0.00

0.00

0.00

Note: All rates inclusive of temporary agency workers under direct SwRI
supervision. TRIR calculated by the (Number of OSHA recordable incidents)
x 200,000 / (Total number of hours worked)

Southwest Research Institute is a premierscientific applied research and development
organization whose mission is built on afoundation of ESG principles. We are
independent, trustworthy, and unbiased.
Our Institute engages a diverse staff topursue innovation and excellence in allthat we do. With operations spanningdeep sea to deep space, we manage adiverse portfolio of research projects,
using advanced science and applied
technology to solve our clients’ mostdifficult challenges. At our core, we are aclient-focused, client-funded organization.
While we have developed and tested
many commercial products and client
solutions since our organization was
founded in 1947, we have endorsed none.
By maintaining our independence, we
are able to work for many—even
competing—clients simultaneously,with the trust that proprietary or sensitive
information will be kept confidential. We
are known internationally as an organization
whose influence and expert opinions are
not for sale. We zealously protect that
position. Ultimately, the public knows wecan be trusted to operate in the community’s
best interest and toward the betterment of
humankind. This is a mission—and a
reputation—we do not take lightly.
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