Company: ABM
Filing Date: 2025-02-14
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000950170-25-020776
Chunk: 26

Company: ABM INDUSTRIES INC /DE/
Filing Date: 2025-02-14
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 26
---
, bribery and corruption and harassment and discrimination, among others, drives the application of our core values of respect, integrity, collaboration, innovation, trust, and excellence throughout our operations, and serves as a critical tool to help all ABM team members to recognize and report unethical conduct, while preserving and nurturing our culture of honesty and accountability.

The Company provides comprehensive annual training and certification programs on our Code of Business Conduct for our Board of Directors and all of our staff and management employees. All ABM employees are empowered to report any violations of the Code of Business Conduct or applicable law and are provided with various channels to do so.

We also maintain a Supplier Code of Conduct, which conveys ABM’s expectations that its suppliers uphold the policies of ABM concerning compliance with applicable laws, respect for human rights, environmental conservation and the safety of products and services.

Oversight and Reporting

Our Board oversees ABM’s corporate responsibility-related risks and priorities with the assistance of its committees. Our Board receives regular reports from meetings of its Stakeholder and Enterprise Risk Committee, which is responsible for the oversight of the Company’s programs, policies, and practices relating to social and environmental matters that may impact the Company’s business and key stakeholders. Our Board also receives regular reports from meetings of its Governance Committee, which is responsible for oversight of our Company’s corporate governance practices and overall corporate-responsibility related framework.

Since 2011, we have voluntarily published a Corporate Responsibility Report on an annual basis, which aligns with the Global Reporting Initiative framework and the disclosure framework of the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board. Additional information about our Corporate Responsibility approach can be found on our corporate website.

Planet Stewardship

Through our actions, policies, and partnerships, we strive to reduce our environmental footprint and that of our more than 20,000 clients around the world. Through our wide and growing range of environmentally mindful product and service offerings, we seek to help our clients optimize their operations, reduce their environmental footprint, and meet their environmental goals.

For example, ABM is a leading provider of electrical infrastructure and energy resiliency solutions, providing clients with end-to-end services to keep operations powered, increasing reliability, reducing downtime, as well as meeting carbon emissions and energy usage goals. Internally, we have created contingency and business continuity plans, as well as crisis management and disaster recovery procedures, to navigate any adverse weather conditions brought on by climate change that could affect service delivery.

In 2024, our ABM Electrification Center opened in Forsyth County, GA, centralizing