June 15, 2013
SR Inc welcomes MetLife to the Sustainable Business & Enterprise Roundtable
MetLife, Inc. is a leading global provider of insurance, annuities and employee benefit programs, serving 90 million customers in over 60 countries with over 67,000 employees worldwide. Through its subsidiaries and affiliates, MetLife holds leading market positions in the United States, Japan, Latin America, Asia, Europe, the Middle East and Africa. MetLife is the largest life insurer in the United States, with its principal offices located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, and serves 90 of the largest Fortune 500 companies.
MetLife embraces its role as a responsible corporate citizen through an effective energy management policy, investments in renewable energy ventures and the integration of energy efficient practices into its operations. Among its priorities in managing its environmental impact is developing
programs that address climate change, lower energy consumption and improve the environmental performance of MetLife owned and operated facilities. MetLife continues to implement capital projects and facility upgrades with a focus on energy savings, water efficiency, and waste diversion. These projects include lighting retrofits, chiller & boiler replacements, demand metering, occupancy sensor installations and hands-free water devices. MetLife has also invested more than $2.5 billion in renewable energy projects, including solar, wind and geothermal technologies.
Out of MetLife’s 16 owned domestic facilities, 14 are US EPA Energy Star certified; seven are certified by the Leadership in Energy and Environmental
Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System, including MetLife India’s primary office facility, which became certified in 2011. In addition, MetLife’s Troy, N.Y data center reached carbon neutrality for its indirect electricity consumption in 2009. By the end of 2011, MetLife also achieved a 60% reduction in indirect carbon emissions at all its owned and managed U.S. facilities relative to its 2005 baseline, exceeding its goal of 20% reduction by 2010 (achieved in 2009).
