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of Defense--Air Force, Dept.
     2010 Sustainability Reporting
of Defense--Army, Dept. of         of
      Largest U.S. Federal Agencies
Defense--Navy, Dept. of
  Pacific Sustainability Index Scores: A benchmarking tool for online sustainability reporting

Energy, Dept. of Homeland
Security, Dept. of the
Interior, Dept. of
T r a n s p o r t a t i o n ,
Dept.Housing and Urban
Dev., General Services
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 J. Emil Morhardt, Elgeritte Adidjaja, Ryan Anderson, Virginia Anton, Juliet Marie Archer, Dante Lamarr Benson, Sara
 Morgan Caldwell, Emily Aiko Coleman, Francisco Covarrubias, Jr., Blake Crawford, Kristin Almaz Dessie, Salif Doubare,
 Asha Nicole Gipson, Alexander Glassmann, Starrisha Marche Godfrey-Canada, Karina Gomez, Pooja Reddy Kanipakam,
 Rebecca Enid Lofchie, Jesse Maximilliano Madrigal, Natalya Ratan, Ravindra Wayne Reddy, Andre Garland Shepley,
 Timothy Kareem Smedley, and Alyson Noelle Stark, and Sabrina Nicole Williams
Contents                                                            The Roberts Environmental Center has been the foremost
                                                                        analyst of corporate sustainability reporting for over a
    Topics                                             Page             decade. We analyze corporate online disclosure using our
    Company Rankings                                     3              Pacific Sustainability Index (PSI) and publish the results
                                                                        online.
    Lead Analyst’s Commentary                            4
    PSI Overview                                         5
                                                                       Industrial Sector**             2    2       2       2   2   2   2       2
    PSI Scoring in a Nutshell                           6
                                                                                                       0    0       0       0   0   0   0       0
    Environmental Intent Topics                         7
                                                                                                       0    0       0       0   0   0   1       1
    Environmental Reporting Topics                       8
                                                                                                       4    5       6       7   8   9   0       1
    Social Intent Topics                                 9             Aerospace and defense                        X                   X
    Social Reporting Topics                             10             Airlines                                             X           X
    Environmental Intent Element of the PSI Scores      11             Banks, Insurance                                         X
    Environmental Reporting Element of the PSI          12             Chemicals                       X            X               X
    Scores                                                             Largest Companies in China                                   X
                                                                                                                                            1
                                                                       Colleges/Universities                                            X       X
    Social Intent Element of the PSI Scores              13            Computer, Office Equipment,                          X
    Social Reporting Element of the PSI Scores           14            and Services
    Environmental Intent Scores Ranking                  15            Consumer Food, Food                  X               X
    Environmental Reporting Scores Ranking               16            Production, & Beverages
                                                                       Electronics and                 X            X           X
    Environmental Performance Scores Ranking             17
                                                                       Semiconductors
    Social Intent Scores Ranking                         18            Energy                               X
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                                                                                                                    X
                                                                                                                        *
                                                                                                                                    X
    Social Reporting Scores Ranking                      19            Entertainment                                        X
    Social Performance Scores Ranking                    20            Federal Agencies                                                         X
    Human Rights Reporting Element                       21            Food Services                                        X
                                                                       Forest and Paper Products            X               X       X
    Visual Cluster Analysis                              22
                                                                       General Merchandiser                                 X
    Company Rankings Based on the Number of              23            Homebuilders                                         X
    Goals Reported                                                     Industrial and Farm                          X               X
    Analyst’s Comments, alphabetically listed by         24            Equipment
    company name                                                       Mail, Freight, & Shipping                    X
    Appendix: PSI Questionnaire                          36            Medical Products &                           X
                                                                       Equipment
                                                                                                                      *
                                                                       Metals                                       X           X       X
                                                                                                                      *
    Questions should be addressed to:                                  Mining, Crude Oil                            X       X           X
                                                                       Motor Vehicle and Parts         X            X               X
                                                                       Municipalities                                                           X
    Dr. J. Emil Morhardt, Director                                     Oil and Gas Equipment                                X
    (emorhardt@cmc.edu)                                                Petroleum and Refining          X                    X           X
    Roberts Environmental Center                                       Pharmaceuticals                 X            X       X       X
                                                                       Scientific, Photo, & Control                         X
    Claremont McKenna College
                                                                       Equipment
    925 N. Mills Ave. Claremont, CA 91711-5916, USA                    Telecommunications,                                          X
    Direct line: (909) 621-8190                                        Network, & Peripherals
                                                                                                                *       *
                                                                       Utilities, Gas, and Electric         X       X               X

    Elgeritte Adidjaja, Research Fellow: (909) 621-8698
                                                                        * Multiple-sector category was separated in later years.
    (eadidjaja@cmc.edu)
                                                                        **As of January 2011.
                                                                        1
                                                                          Top 50 Liberal Art Colleges.
    Departmental secretaries: (909) 621-8298

      The goal of corporate report analysis conducted by the Roberts Environmental Center is to acquaint students with environmental
      and social issues facing the world’s industries, and the ways in which industry approaches and resolves these issues. The data
      presented in this report were collected by student research assistants and a research fellow at the Roberts Environmental
      Center. Copyright 2010 © by J. Emil Morhardt. All rights reserved.

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US Government Agencies
U.S. Largest Government Agencies Sustainability Reporting
                                   Agency Rankings
                                                                                                       Overall Grade
          Dept. of Energy                                41.30                                 A+      Dept. of Energy (USA)
                                                                                               A+      Dept. of Homeland Security (USA)
                                                                                               A       Dept. of Defense--Navy (USA)
       Dept. of Homeland
                                                        39.61                                  B+      Dept. of Transportation (USA)
            Security
                                                                                               B+      General Services Administration
                                                                                                       (USA)
   Dept. of Defense--Navy                                                                      B+      NASA (USA)
                                                        39.43
                                                                                               B       Dept. of Agriculture (USA)
                                                                                               B       Dept. of Defense--Army (USA)

   Dept. of T ransportation                                                                    B-      USEPA (USA)
                                                32.07
                                                                                               B-      Dept. of the Interior (USA)
                                                                                               B-      Dept. of Defense--Air Force (USA)
         General Services                                                                      C+      Dept.Housing and Urban Dev. (USA)
          Administration                       30.80

                     NASA                     30.31

      Dept. of Agriculture                   28.99

   Dept. of Defense--Army                    28.68

                   USEPA                25.66

       Dept. of the Interior           24.09

     Dept. of Defense--Air
             Force                     23.73

 Dept.Housing and Urban
          Dev.                       21.14

                               0     25                         50       75        100

 This report is an analysis of the voluntary environmental and social reporting of U.S.
 largest goverment agencies. Data were collected from the agencies' websites
 during the Spring of 2010.

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Lead Analyst’s Commentary                           topics. Environmental reporting, however,
By Karina Gomez, CMC ‘12                            was particularly low with over half of the
                                                    agencies receiving a C or lower. Only a
    The sector was led by the Department
                                                    fourth of the agencies addressed any
of Energy with a stronger focus in social
                                                    amount of quantitative data on emissions,
reporting and social performance scores,
                                                    waste, water usage, energy usage, and
which are mostly ethical and human rights
                                                    environmental incidents and violations.
topics.

    The Department of Homeland Security
comes second with its intentions of
conducting operations in an
environmentally sound manner and
dedication to social accountability.
Particularly notable were efforts to reduce
environmental impact at operation sites
using the most efficient means possible.
DHS led the group in environmental intent.
The department also tied with Department
of Defense—Navy with most number of
explicit numerical goals reported.

     Department of Defense – Navy ranked
third in the sector, but ranked first for
environmental reporting, presenting much
information on environmental initiatives
throughout its website.

     The Department of Transportation,
ranking first in social intent, and the Navy,
following second in environmental intent,
complete the four top performing agencies.

    Social intent and reporting scores
were relatively high for the federal
agencies sector with only a third of the
agencies receiving lower than a B. The
social categories with the lowest reporting
were human rights and health and safety

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The Pacific Sustainability Index (PSI) Overview

    the PSI Scoring System
    The Pacific Sustainability Index (PSI) uses two systematic questionnaires to analyze the quality of the
    sustainability reporting—a base questionnaire for reports across sectors and a sector-specific
    questionnaire for government agencies.

    The Roberts Environmental Center
    The Roberts Environmental Center is an environmental research institute at Claremont McKenna College
    (CMC). Its mission is to provide students of all the Claremont colleges with a comprehensive and realistic
    understanding of today’s environmental issues and the ways in which they are being and can be resolved--
    beyond the confines of traditional academic disciplines and curriculum--and to identify, publicize, and
    encourage policies and practices that achieve economic and social goals in the most environmentally
    benign and protective manner. The Center is partially funded by an endowment from George R. Roberts
    (Founding Partner of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. and CMC alumnus),
    other grants, and gifts, and is staffed by faculty and students from the
    Claremont Colleges.

    Methodology
    Student analysts download relevant English language web pages from
    the main government agencies’ website for analysis. Our scoring
    excludes data independently stored outside the main city website or
    available only in hard copy. We archive these web pages as PDF files
    for future reference. Our analysts use a keyword search function to
    search reporting of specific topics and, they fill out a PSI scoring sheet
    (http://www.roberts.cmc.edu/PSI/scoringsheet.asp), and track the coverage and depths of different
    sustainability issues mentioned in all online materials.

    Scores and Ranks
    When they are finished scoring, the analysts enter their scoring results into the PSI database. The PSI
    database calculates scores and publishes them on the Center’s website. This sector report provides an in-
    depth analysis on sustainability reporting of the largest government agencies of the United States.

    What do the scores mean?
    We normalize all the scores to the potential maximum score. Scores of subsets of the overall score are also
    normalized to their potential maxima. The letter grades (A+, A, A-, B+, etc.), however, are normalized to the
    highest scoring agency analyzed in the report. Government agencies with scores in the highest 4% get A+
    and any in the bottom 4% get F. We assign these by dividing the maximum PSI score obtained in the sector
    into 12 equal parts then rounding fractional score up or down. This means that A+ and F are under-
    represented compared the other grades. The same technique applies to the separate categories of
    environmental and social scores. Thus, we grade on the curve. We assume that the highest score obtained
    in the sector and any scores near it represent the state-of-the-art for that sector and deserve an A+.

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PSI Scoring in a Nutshell

    Our analysis of sustainability reporting has a set of basic topics applied to all organizations as well as a series of
    sector-specific topics. The topics are divided into environmental and social categories—the latter including human
    rights—and into three types of information: 1) intent, 2) reporting, and 3) performance.

    1. Intent
    The “Intent” topics are each worth two points; one point for a discussion of intentions, vision, or plans, and a one
    point for evidence of specific actions taken to implement them.

    2. Reporting
    The “Reporting” topics are each worth five points and are either quantitative (for which we expect numerical data)
    or qualitative (for which we don’t).

    For quantitative topics, one point is available for a discussion, one point for putting the information into perspective
    (i.e. awards, industry standards, competitor performance, etc., or if the raw data are normalized by dividing by
    revenue, number of employees, number of widgets produced, etc.), one point for the presence of an explicit
    numerical goal, one point for numerical data from a single year, and one point for similar data from a previous year.

    For qualitative topics, there are three criteria summed to five points: 1.67 points for discussion, 1.67 points for
    initiatives or actions, and 1.67 points for perspective.

    3. Performance
    For each “Reporting” topic, two performance points are available.

    For quantitative topics, one point is given for improvement from the previous reporting period, and one point for
    better performance that the sector average (based on the data used for this sector report normalized by revenue).

    For qualitative topics we give one point for any indication of improvement from previous reporting periods, and one
    point for perspective.

    The 11 “human rights” topics are scored differently, with five “reporting” points; 2.5 points for formally adopting a
    policy or standard, and 2.5 points for a description of monitoring measures. In addition, there are two “performance”
    points; one point for evidence of actions to reinforce policy and one point for a quantitative indication of compliance.

                                   Distribution of Scores by topics

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U.S. Government Agencies
                                                                                                                      Environmental Intent Topics
 Average percent of maximum possible points.                                                                                                          Two possible points for each topic:
                                                                                                                                                      Accountability
            90                                                                                        83.33
                                                                                                 79.17                                                4     *   Report contact person
                 77.08                                                                                     77.08
            80                                                                                                                                        19    *   Environmental management structure

            70
                                                                                    65.63                                                             GRI 2005 Social Indicator for Public Agencies
                                                                                                                                                      323   *   Administrative Efficiency
            60
                                                                                                                                                      Management
            50
                                                                                                                                                      16    *   Environmental education
            40                                                                                                                                        20    *   Environmental management system
                                   33.33
                                                                                                                                                      21    *   Environmental accounting
            30                                                                                                                                        23    *   Stakeholder consultation

            20                                                                                                                                        Policy
                                                                                                                                                      9 *       Environmental policy statement
            10
                                                                                                                                                      10 *      Climate change/global warming
             0                                                                                                                                        11 *      Habitat/ecosystem conservation
                  Accountability

                                    GRI 2005 Social Indicator for Public Agencies

                                                                                                  Policy

                                                                                                           Urban Environmental Accords
                                                                                    Management

                                                                                                                                         Vision

                                                                                                                                                      12 *      Biodiversity
                                                                                                                                                      13 *      Green purchasing
                                                                                                                                                      1E+ *     Participation in External Sustainability-Related
                                                                                                                                                      04        Programs
                                                                                                                                                      Urban Environmental Accords
                                                                                                                                                      306   *   Green Building
                                                                                                                                                      Vision
                                                                                                                                                      5     *   Environmental visionary statement
                                                                                                                                                      6     *   Environmental impediments and challenges

Notes:
* These numbers correspond to the numbers in the PSI questionnaire. Items with numbers higher than 99 are sector
specific questions. Appendix 1 has the complete questionnaire.

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U.S. Government Agencies
                                               Environmental Reporting Topics
                                                                      Seven possible points for each topic:

                                                                      Energy
 Percent of total possible score for all companies
 combined.                                                            26   * Energy used (total)
                                                                      27   * Energy used (renewable)
           25.00                                                      Management
   25
                                                                      38   * Notices of violation (environmental)
                                                                      39   * Environmental expenses and investments
                                                                      40   * Fines (environmental)

   20                                                                 Recycling
                                                                      30   * Waste recycled: Solid waste
                                                          16.67       32   * Waste (office) recycled

                                                                      Waste
   15                                                                 34   * Waste (solid) disposed of
                                                  13.33
                                   12.50                              35   * Waste (hazardous) produced
                                                                      37   * Waste (hazardous) released to the environment

                                                                      Water
   10                                                                 29   * Water used

                        7.22

     5

     0
                                                          Water
           Energy

                      Management

                                   Recycling

                                                  Waste

Notes:
* These numbers correspond to the numbers in the PSI questionnaire. Items with numbers higher than 99 are sector
specific questions.

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U.S. Government Agencies
                                                                                        Social Intent Topics

                                                                                                     Two possible points for each topic:
 Average percent of maximum possible points.
                                                                                                     Accountability

      90
                                                                   87.50                             51    * Health and Safety, or Social organizational
                                                                                                               structure
                                                                                                     54    *   Third-party validation
      80
                             72.50                                                                   Management

      70
                                                                                                     17    * Workforce profile: Ethnicities/Race
                                                                                                     18    * Workforce profile: Gender
                                          58.33                                                      52
      60                                                                                56.25              * Workforce profile: Age
           54.17
                                                                                                     53    * Emergency preparedness program
      50
                                                                                                     82    * Employee training for career development
                                                                                                     Policy
      40                                           37.50
                                                                                                     45    * Social policy statement
                                                                                                     47    * Code of conduct or business ethics
      30                                                                                             49    * Supplier screening based on social or
                                                                                                               environmental performance/ Supplier
                                                                                                               management
      20
                                                                                                     321   *   Disclosure Policy
                                                                                                     322   * Grievance Mechanism
      10
                                                                                                     Social Demographic
       0                                                                                             80    * Employment for individuals with disabilities
                                                   Public Sector
            Accountability

                                          Policy
                             Management

                                                                   Social Demographic

                                                                                        Vision

                                                                                                     Vision
                                                                                                     42    * Social visionary statement
                                                                                                     43    * Social impediments and challenges

Notes:
* These numbers correspond to the numbers in the PSI questionnaire. Items with numbers higher than 99 are sector
specific questions. Appendix 1 has the complete questionnaire.

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U.S. Government Agencies
                                                              Social Reporting Topics
                                                                                          Seven possible points for each topic:
                                                                                          Human Rights
  Average percent of maximum possible points.                                             1    * Sexual harassment
                                                                                          7    * Political contributions
      45                                 43.00
                                                                                          8    * Bribery
                                                                                          58   * Anti-corruption practices
      40
                                                                                          59   * Degrading treatment or punishment of employees
                            35.00
                                                                                          60   * Elimination of discrimination in respect to
      35
             31.52                                                                               employment and occupation
                                                                                          61   * Free association and collective bargaining of
      30                                                                                         employees
                                                                                          62   * Fair compensation of employees
      25
                                                                                          63   * Elimination of all forms of forced and compulsory
                                                                                                 labor
      20                                                                                  64   * Reasonable working hours
                                                                                          65   * Effective abolition of child labor
      15
                                                                                          Management

      10                                                                                  2    * Women in Management
                                                                    7.22
                                                                                          Qualitative Social
       5                                                                                  66   * Community development
                                                                                          67   * Employee satisfaction surveys
       0
                                                                                          68   * Community education
                                         Qualitative Social

                                                               Quantitative Social
             Human Rights

                            Management

                                                                                          70   * Occupational health and safety protection
                                                                                          72   * Employee volunteerism
                                                                                          Quantitative Social
                                                                                          3    * Employee turnover rate
                                                                                          74   * Recordable incident/accident rate
                                                                                          75   * Lost workday case rate
                                                                                          76   * Health and safety citations
                                                                                          77   * Health and safety fines
                                                                                          81   * Social community investment

Notes:
* These numbers correspond to the numbers in the PSI questionnaire. Items with numbers higher than 99 are sector
specific questions. Appendix 1 has the complete questionnaire.

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U.S. Government Agencies
              Environmental Intent Elements of the PSI Scores
                                                                                                 100.0%
                                 Environmental policy statement
                                                                                               91.7%

                                                                                              100.0%
                                          Report contact person                           83.3%

                                                                                                 100.0%
                                              Green purchasing                                 91.7%

                                                                                                 100.0%
                              Environmental visionary statement
                                                                                               91.7%

                                                                                               91.7%
                                Habitat/ecosystem conservation                                 91.7%

                                                                                            91.7%
                                                 Green Building                           83.3%

                                                                                               91.7%
                           Environmental management structure
                                                                                       70.8%

                                                                                          83.3%
                                        Environmental education                          79.2%

                                                                                           83.3%
                                 Climate change/global warming                         70.8%

                                                                                          83.3%
                             Environmental management system                             79.2%

                                                                                        75.0%
                                       Stakeholder consultation
                                                                                       70.8%

                                                                                       75.0%
                      Environmental impediments and challenges                     62.5%

                                                                                      75.0%
                                                     Biodiversity                   66.7%

                                                                                    66.7%
        Participation in External Sustainability-Related Programs
                                                                                   62.5%

                                                                               50.0%
                                      Environmental accounting             33.3%

                                                                           33.3%
                                        Administrative Efficiency          33.3%

                                                                    0%   10% 20%   30% 40% 50% 60% 70%                80% 90% 100%

                = Percentage of institutions addressing the topics
                = Percentage of the total possible number of points awarded to all institutions combined for each topic,
                indicating the depth of reporting coverage measured by PSI criteria for each topic. If both percentages are
                the same it means that each of those reporting institutions reporting on a topic got all the possible points.

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U.S. Government Agencies
          Environmental Reporting Elements of the PSI Scores

                                                                                             10 0 . 0 %
                   Energy used (total)
                                                   20.2%

                                                                                     83.3%
             Energy used (renewable)
                                                15 . 5 %

                                                                             66.7%
             Waste (solid) disposed of
                                              11. 9 %

                                                                             66.7%
          Waste recycled: Solid waste
                                               13 . 1%

          Environmental expenses and                                   58.3%

                  investments             8.3%

                                                                       58.3%
                          Water used
                                              11. 9 %

                                                                    50.0%
         Waste (hazardous) produced
                                              9.5%

        Waste (hazardous) released to                       33.3%
              the environment             7 . 1%

                                                            33.3%
              Waste (office) recycled
                                          4.8%

                  Notices of violation                   25.0%
                   (environmental)        4.8%

                                                 16 . 7 %
                Fines (environmental)
                                          2.4%

                                         0%          10%         20%    30%          40%       50%        60%       70%       80%       90%      100%

                 = Percentage of institutions addressing the topics
                 = Percentage of the total possible number of points awarded to all institutions combined for each topic,
                 indicating the depth of reporting coverage measured by PSI criteria for each topic. If both percentages are
                 the same it means that each of those reporting institutions reporting on a topic got all the possible points.

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U.S. Government Agencies
                         Social Intent Elements of the PSI Scores
                                                                                                 100.0%
                  Employment for individuals with disabilities
                                                                                              87.5%

                                                                                               91.7%
                           Emergency preparedness program
                                                                                              87.5%

                                                                                                91.7%
                   Employee training for career development
                                                                                            79.2%

                                                                                             83.3%
                                  Social visionary statement
                                                                                            79.2%

                                                                                            83.3%
                          Workforce profile: Ethnicities/Race
                                                                                       66.7%

                                                                                            83.3%
                                   Workforce profile: Gender
                                                                                       66.7%

                                                                                         75.0%
                                     Social policy statement
                                                                                        70.8%

                                                                                          75.0%
                                       Workforce profile: Age
                                                                                      62.5%

                                                                                     66.7%
         Health and Safety, or Social organizational structure
                                                                                   58.3%

                                                                                     66.7%
                                        Third-party validation                  50.0%

                                                                                   58.3%
                          Code of conduct or business ethics
                                                                                   58.3%

                                                                                50.0%
                                       Grievance Mechanism
                                                                             41.7%

        Supplier screening based on social or environmental                    50.0%
                performance/ Supplier management                              45.8%

                                                                              41.7%
                                            Disclosure Policy              33.3%

                                                                              41.7%
                          Social impediments and challenges
                                                                           33.3%

                                                                 0%   10%    20%      30%    40%     50%   60%    70%    80%     90%   100%

                = Percentage of institutions addressing the topics
                = Percentage of the total possible number of points awarded to all institutions combined for each topic,
                indicating the depth of reporting coverage measured by PSI criteria for each topic. If both percentages are
                the same it means that each of those reporting institutions reporting on a topic got all the possible points.

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U.S. Government Agencies
                      Social Reporting Elements of the PSI Scores
                                                                                                         100.0%
                                                Sexual harassment                        52.4%

        Elimination of discrimination in respect to employment and                                       100.0%
                                                                                         52.4%
                                occupation
                                                                                                     83.3%
                                          Community development                      33.3%

                                                                                                     83.3%
                                             Community education                     35.7%

                                                                                                 75.0%
                                            Employee volunteerism                31.0%

                                                                                                 75.0%
                        Occupational health and safety protection                29.8%

                                                                                               66.7%
                                                            Bribery             28.6%

                                                                                               66.7%
                                           Women in Management                 25.0%

                                                                                             58.3%
                                     Social community investment         10.7%

                                                                                             58.3%
                                    Employee satisfaction surveys              23.8%

                                                                                             58.3%
                                         Anti-corruption practices            21.4%

                                                                                         50.0%
                                             Political contributions          19.0%

                                                                                         50.0%
          Free association and collective bargaining of employees             19.0%

                                                                                     33.3%
                                           Employee turnover rate        7.1%

                                                                                  33.3%
                                        Reasonable working hours              19.0%

                                                                                     33.3%
                Degrading treatment or punishment of employees               14.3%

                                                                                     33.3%
                                  Fair compensation of employees             14.3%

                                                                             25.0%
                                           Lost workday case rate        6.0%

                                                                             25.0%
                                Recordable incident/accident rate        4.8%

                                                                         8.3%
                                        Health and safety citations      1.2%

                                                                         8.3%
                                            Health and safety fines      1.2%

                                                                         8.3%
            Elimination of all forms of forced and compulsory labor      7.1%

                                                                         0.0%
                                   Effective abolition of child labor    0.0%

                                                                        0%     10% 20%        30% 40%        50% 60%     70% 80%       90% 100%

            = Percentage of institutions addressing the topics
            = Percentage of the total possible number of points awarded to all institutions combined for each topic,
            indicating the depth of reporting coverage measured by PSI criteria for each topic. If both percentages are
            the same it means that each of those reporting institutions reporting on a topic got all the possible points.

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Environmental Intent Scores                                                               EI Scores Rankings
                                                                                 A+    Dept. of Homeland Security
      Dept. of Homeland                                                          A     General Services Administration
           Security
                                                   90.6
                                                                                 A     Dept. of Energy
                                                                                 A     USEPA
        General Services
         Administration
                                                 84.4                            A-    Dept. of Transportation
                                                                                 A-    Dept. of Agriculture
                                                                                 A-    Dept. of Defense--Navy
         Dept. of Energy                        81.3
                                                                                 B+    Dept. of Defense--Air Force
                                                                                 B+    Dept. of Defense--Army
                  USEPA                         81.3                             B     Dept. of the Interior
                                                                                 B     Dept.Housing and Urban Dev.
                                                                                 C+    NASA
  Dept. of T ransportation                      78.1

     Dept. of Agriculture                   75.0

  Dept. of Defense--Navy                   71.9

    Dept. of Defense--Air
            Force
                                          68.8

 Dept. of Defense--Army                   68.8

      Dept. of the Interior              62.5

       Dept.Housing and
          Urban Dev.
                                         62.5

                    NASA          46.9

                              0    25                   50        75   100

Environmental intent scores include topics about the firm’s
products, environmental organization, vision and commitment,
stakeholders, environmental policy and certifications, environmental
aspects and impacts, choice of environmental performance
indicators and those used by the industry, environmental initiatives
and mitigations, and environmental goals and targets.

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Environmental Reporting Scores                                                    ER Scores Rankings
                                                                          A+    Dept. of Defense--Navy
                                                                          A     Dept. of Defense--Army
  Dept. of Defense--Navy            25.45
                                                                          A     Dept. of Homeland Security
                                                                          B+    USEPA
 Dept. of Defense--Army             23.64                                 B-    Dept. of Agriculture
                                                                          C+    Dept. of Transportation
                                                                          C     Dept. of the Interior
      Dept. of Homeland
           Security
                                    23.64                                 C-    Dept. of Defense--Air Force
                                                                          C-    NASA
                                                                          D+    General Services Administration
                  USEPA           18.18
                                                                          D+    Dept.Housing and Urban Dev.
                                                                          D+    Dept. of Energy
     Dept. of Agriculture        14.55

  Dept. of T ransportation       12.73

      Dept. of the Interior 10.91

    Dept. of Defense--Air
            Force
                          9.09

                   NASA 9.09

        General Services
         Administration
                         7.27

       Dept.Housing and
          Urban Dev.
                        7.27

         Dept. of Energy 5.45

                             0              25   50        75   100

Environmental reporting scores are based on the degree to which
the company discusses its emissions, energy sources and
consumption, environmental incidents and violations, materials use,
mitigations and remediation, waste produced, and water used. They
also include use of life cycle analysis, environmental performance
and stewardship of products, and environmental performance of
suppliers and contractors.

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Environmental Performance Scores
       General Services
        Administration
                        0.00

     Dept. of the Interior 0.00

         Dept. of Energy 0.00

  Dept. of T ransportation 0.00

   Dept. of Defense--Air
           Force
                         0.00

  Dept. of Defense--Navy 0.00

 Dept. of Defense--Army 0.00

      Dept. of Homeland
           Security
                        0.00

     Dept. of Agriculture 0.00

      Dept.Housing and
         Urban Dev.
                       0.00

                USEPA 0.00

                  NASA 0.00

                        0         25   50           75        100

None of the agencies are found to be reporting any environmental
performance topics.

Environmental performance scores are based on whether or not the
firm has improved its performance on each of the topics discussed
under the heading of environmental reporting, and on whether the
quality of the performance is better than that of the firm’s peers.
Scoring for each topic is one point if performance is better than in
previous reports, two points if better than industry peers, three
points if both.

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Social Intent Scores                                                                             SI Scores Rankings
                                                                                       A+    Dept. of Transportation
                                                                                       A     Dept. of Defense--Navy
  Dept. of T ransportation                               96.67
                                                                                       B+    Dept. of Agriculture
                                                                                       B     Dept. of Energy
  Dept. of Defense--Navy                               86.67                           B     NASA
                                                                                       B     Dept. of Homeland Security
                                                                                       B-    General Services Administration
     Dept. of Agriculture                       70.00                                  B-    Dept. of the Interior
                                                                                       C+    Dept. of Defense--Air Force
                                                                                       C+    Dept.Housing and Urban Dev.
         Dept. of Energy                       66.67
                                                                                       C     USEPA
                                                                                       C-    Dept. of Defense--Army
                    NASA                       66.67

      Dept. of Homeland
           Security
                                               63.33

        General Services
         Administration
                                           60.00

      Dept. of the Interior               56.67

    Dept. of Defense--Air
            Force
                                     46.67

       Dept.Housing and
          Urban Dev.
                                     46.67

                  USEPA             43.33

 Dept. of Defense--Army           33.33

                              0           25                   50        75   100

Social intent scores include topics about the firm’s financials,
employees, safety reporting, social management organization, social
vision and commitment, stakeholders, social policy and
certifications, social aspects and impacts, choice of social
performance indicators and those used by the industry, social
initiatives and mitigations, and social goals and targets.

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Social Reporting Scores                                                                      SR Rankings
                                                                             A+    Dept. of Energy
                                                                             A-    Dept. of Homeland Security
         Dept. of Energy                     50.43
                                                                             B+    Dept. of Defense--Navy
                                                                             B     NASA
      Dept. of Homeland                                                      B-    General Services Administration
           Security
                                          40.29
                                                                             B-    Dept. of Defense--Army
                                                                             C+    Dept. of Agriculture
  Dept. of Defense--Navy                  38.12                              C     Dept. of Transportation
                                                                             C     Dept. of the Interior
                                                                             C     Dept. of Defense--Air Force
                    NASA              32.75
                                                                             C     USEPA
                                                                             C-    Dept.Housing and Urban Dev.
        General Services
         Administration
                                     31.30

 Dept. of Defense--Army              28.84

     Dept. of Agriculture          23.48

  Dept. of T ransportation         23.04

      Dept. of the Interior       20.43

    Dept. of Defense--Air
            Force
                                  20.43

                  USEPA           18.99

       Dept.Housing and
          Urban Dev.
                                  17.68

                              0               25     50        75   100

Social reporting scores are based on the degree to which the
company discusses various aspects of its dealings with its
employees and contractors. They also include social costs and
investments.

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Social Performance Scores                                                               SP Rankings
                                                                          A+    Dept. of Energy
                                                                          A-    NASA
         Dept. of Energy       15.22
                                                                          D+    Dept. of Defense--Navy
                                                                          D+    Dept. of Homeland Security
                  NASA         13.04                                      D     Dept. of Transportation
                                                                          D     Dept. of Defense--Air Force
                                                                          D     Dept. of Defense--Army
  Dept. of Defense--Navy 4.35
                                                                          F     General Services Administration
                                                                          F     Dept. of the Interior
      Dept. of Homeland                                                   F     Dept. of Agriculture
           Security
                        4.35
                                                                          F     Dept. of Agriculture
                                                                          F     Dept.Housing and Urban Dev.
  Dept. of T ransportation 2.17                                           F     USEPA

   Dept. of Defense--Air
           Force
                         2.17

 Dept. of Defense--Army 2.17

       General Services
        Administration
                        0.00

     Dept. of the Interior 0.00

     Dept. of Agriculture 0.00

      Dept.Housing and
         Urban Dev.
                       0.00

                USEPA 0.00

                           0           25   50        75       100

Social performance scores are based on improvement,
performance better than the sector average, or statements of
compliance with established social standards.

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U.S. Government Agencies
         Human Rights Reporting Elements of the PSI Scores
                                                                        Percent of companies reporting*

Human Rights Topics                                        adoption      reinforcement          monitoring         compliance

Anti-corruption practices                                      58.3%            8.3%                 8.3%                 0.0%
Bribery                                                        66.7%           16.7%                 16.7%                0.0%
Degrading treatment or punishment of employees                 33.3%            8.3%                 8.3%                 0.0%
Effective abolition of child labor                             0.0%             0.0%                 0.0%                 0.0%
Elimination of all forms of forced and compulsory labor        8.3%             8.3%                 8.3%                 0.0%
Elimination of discrimination in respect to employment         100.0%          41.7%                 41.7%                0.0%
and occupation
Fair compensation of employees                                 33.3%            8.3%                 8.3%                 0.0%
Free association and collective bargaining of                  50.0%            8.3%                 8.3%                 0.0%
employees
Political contributions                                        50.0%            8.3%                 8.3%                 0.0%
Reasonable working hours                                       33.3%           16.7%                 16.7%                0.0%
Sexual harassment                                              100.0%          41.7%                 41.7%                0.0%

* Description of scoring
Adoption

We assign one point for adoption of a policy standard or for an explicit discussion of a company's stance on a particular
human rights principle or its participation to the UN Global Compact,
Reinforcement

We assign one point for a description of reinforcement actions to make a policy stronger, such as providing educational
programs, training, or other activities to promote awareness.
Monitoring

We assign one point for a description of monitoring measures including mechanisms to detect violations at an early
stage, providing systematic reporting, or establishment of committtee structure to oversee risky activities.
Compliance

We assign one point for a quantitative indication of compliance, including the frequency of instances of being in out of
compliance with the principles of the company, it's subsidiaries, or supply-chain affiliates. Describing full compliance
with a broad-brushed statement such as "we are in full compliance of the local and international law" is too general in
our opinion and does not count.

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Visual Cluster Analysis
Visual cluster analysis multivariate data of the sort produced by the PSI are difficult to summarize. Here we have created radar diagrams
of the performance of each company analysed in the sector by its environmental and social intent, reporting, and performance sorted by
company ranking. Maximum scores will match the outer sides of the hexagon which total up to 100 percent.

                           EI = Environmental Intent, ER = Environmental Reporting, EP = Environmental Performance
                                       SI = Social Intent, SR = Social Reporting, SP = Social Performance
            ER                      ER                           ER                             ER                               ER
          100                     100                          100                            100                              100

           75                      75                           75                             75                               75
 EI        50      EP      EI      50       EP          EI      50        EP          EI       50           EP           EI     50        EP
           25                      25                           25                             25                               25

            0                       0                            0                              0                                0

 SI                SP      SI               SP          SI                SP          SI                    SP           SI               SP

            SR                      SR                           SR                             SR                               SR

      Dept. of Energy      Dept. of Homeland             Dept. of Defense--                   Dept. of                   General Services
                                Security                        Navy                       Transportation                 Administration
            ER                      ER                           ER                             ER                               ER
          100                     100                          100                            100                              100

           75                      75                           75                             75                               75
 EI        50      EP      EI      50       EP          EI      50        EP          EI       50           EP           EI     50        EP
           25                      25                           25                             25                               25

            0                       0                            0                              0                                0

 SI                SP      SI               SP          SI                SP          SI                    SP           SI               SP

            SR                      SR                           SR                             SR                               SR

          NASA             Dept. of Agriculture          Dept. of Defense--                   USEPA                     Dept. of the Interior
                                                                Army
            ER                      ER
          100                     100

           75                      75
 EI        50      EP      EI      50       EP
           25                      25

            0                       0

 SI                SP      SI               SP

            SR                      SR

 Dept. of Defense--         Dept.Housing and
     Air Force                 Urban Dev.

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Number of Explicit numerical goals Reported

                Dept. of Defense--
                                                  5
                       Navy

                Dept. of Homeland
                                                  5
                     Security

                Dept. of Defense--
                                              4
                       Army

                              USEPA       2

                      Dept. of Energy 1

                         Dept. of
                                     1
                      Transportation

                                      0               5        10   15              20                25

                                 Explicit Goals Most Frequently Reported
 1   Energy used (total)                                                                                   4
 2   Waste (solid) disposed of                                                                             2
3    Waste recycled: Solid waste                                                                           2
4    Water used                                                                                            2
5    Energy used (renewable)                                                                               2
6    Lost workday case rate                                                                                1
7    Recordable incident/accident rate                                                                     1

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B                     Dept. of                                           Dept. of Agriculture 2010 Web Pages

                           Agriculture
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s sustainability webpages note that its mission is to advance its sustainable development through partnerships,
collaboration, and outreach. As a result, the USDA has implemented a number of programs that encourage green purchasing, implement fleet efficiency
through the use of alternative fuels, promote energy efficiency and water conservation, and encourage recycling and waste prevention. For example, the
agency’s green purchasing program established by the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act 2002, BioPreferred, promotes the purchasing of biological
products such as renewable agricultural and forestry materials. The USDA provides many links for the public to learn more about its other programs;
however, many of these links are not functioning. The site would benefit from updating of its links and providing more quantitative data on the progress of
USDA's environmental initiatives.
   Analyst(s): Alyson Noelle Stark

E=Total Environmental Score, ESA=Environmental Sector Average Score, EI=Environmental Intent, ER=Environmental Reporting, EP=Environmental Performance, S=Total Social
Score, SSA=Social Sector Average Score, SI=Social Intent, SR=Social Reporting, SP=Social Performance

   Comparison with sector averages                         Source of points                                     Distribution of points

                  E
                                                                                           75                      70
                ES A
                                                              E            S                                               23
                  S                                          54%                                   15
                                                                          46%                               0                      0     Dept. of Agriculture
                SSA
                                                                                           EI     ER      EP       SI      SR     SP
                       0    25   50   75

Environmental Intent
Question Category                                   Score       Max Score            %     General Comment
Accountability                                         4              4              100   Excellent
GRI 2005 Social Indicator for Public Agencies          0              2              0     Needs substantial improvement
Management                                             4              8              50    Good
Policy                                                11             12              92    Excellent
Urban Environmental Accords                            2              2              100   Excellent
Vision                                                 3              4              75    Excellent
Environmental Reporting
Question Category                                   Score       Max Score            %     General Comment
Energy                                                 4             14              29    Needs improvement
Management                                             1             21              5     Needs substantial improvement
Recycling                                              2             14              14    Needs substantial improvement
Waste                                                  0             21              0     Needs substantial improvement
Water                                                  1              7              14    Needs substantial improvement
Social Intent
Question Category                                   Score       Max Score            %     General Comment
Accountability                                         0              4              0     Needs substantial improvement
Management                                             8             10              80    Excellent
Policy                                                 5              6              83    Excellent
Public Sector                                          4              4              100   Excellent
Social Demographic                                     2              2              100   Excellent
Vision                                                 2              4              50    Good
Social Reporting
Question Category                                   Score       Max Score            %     General Comment
Human Rights                                          12             77              16    Needs substantial improvement
Management                                             0              7              0     Needs substantial improvement
Qualitative Social                                     9             35              26    Needs improvement
Quantitative Social                                    2             42              5     Needs substantial improvement

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B-                     Dept. of Defense--                                 Dept. of Defense--Air Force 2010 Web Pages

                           Air Force
The US Air Force website was lacking significant information in a number of the environmental and social categories we score. Many issues that the
department surely addresses, such as a code of conduct and fair compensation, were also impossible to locate on the site. The information that is there is
poorly labeled and difficult to find. My impression from navigating the Air Force website was that the accessibility of this information is not a priority. Some
links that looked promising led to pages that were un-locatable. Compared to the quality of the Air Force’s recruitment website, their environmental and
social pages are lacking and definitely in need of a major overhaul.
    Analyst(s): Rebecca Enid Lofchie

E=Total Environmental Score, ESA=Environmental Sector Average Score, EI=Environmental Intent, ER=Environmental Reporting, EP=Environmental Performance, S=Total Social
Score, SSA=Social Sector Average Score, SI=Social Intent, SR=Social Reporting, SP=Social Performance

   Comparison with sector averages                         Source of points                                       Distribution of points

                  E
                                                                                           69
                ES A
                                                              E            S                                        47
                                                                                                                           20              Dept. of Defense--Air
                  S                                          55%                                   9
                                                                          45%                              0                       2
                                                                                                                                                   Force
                SSA
                                                                                           EI     ER      EP        SI     SR     SP
                       0    25   50   75

Environmental Intent
Question Category                                   Score       Max Score            %     General Comment
Accountability                                         3              4              75    Excellent
GRI 2005 Social Indicator for Public Agencies          0              2              0     Needs substantial improvement
Management                                             6              8              75    Excellent
Policy                                                 9             12              75    Excellent
Urban Environmental Accords                            1              2              50    Good
Vision                                                 3              4              75    Excellent
Environmental Reporting
Question Category                                   Score       Max Score            %     General Comment
Energy                                                 2             14              14    Needs substantial improvement
Management                                             0             21              0     Needs substantial improvement
Recycling                                              0             14              0     Needs substantial improvement
Waste                                                  2             21              10    Needs substantial improvement
Water                                                  1              7              14    Needs substantial improvement
Social Intent
Question Category                                   Score       Max Score            %     General Comment
Accountability                                         0              4              0     Needs substantial improvement
Management                                             7             10              70    Good
Policy                                                 4              6              67    Good
Public Sector                                          0              4              0     Needs substantial improvement
Social Demographic                                     1              2              50    Good
Vision                                                 2              4              50    Good
Social Reporting
Question Category                                   Score       Max Score            %     General Comment
Human Rights                                           8             77              10    Needs substantial improvement
Management                                             3              7              43    Needs improvement
Qualitative Social                                    11             35              31    Needs improvement
Quantitative Social                                    1             42              2     Needs substantial improvement

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B                     Dept. of Defense--                                 Dept. of Defense--Army 2010 Web Pages

                           Army
The US Army’s first and second (2007 and 2009) sustainability reports are the first from any US Government agency. The Army's sustainability website has
more figures and data than found on most other agency sustainability websites as well. Future sustainability goals were highly detailed in the webpages
and abundant numerical data made it easy to chart progress over time.
  Analyst(s): Starrisha Marche Godfrey-Canada

E=Total Environmental Score, ESA=Environmental Sector Average Score, EI=Environmental Intent, ER=Environmental Reporting, EP=Environmental Performance, S=Total Social
Score, SSA=Social Sector Average Score, SI=Social Intent, SR=Social Reporting, SP=Social Performance

   Comparison with sector averages                         Source of points                                     Distribution of points

                  E
                                                                                           69
                ES A
                                                                           S                                        33
                                                              E                                    24                       29
                                                                                                                                         Dept. of Defense--
                  S
                                                             58%          42%                               0                        2
                SSA                                                                                                                            Army
                                                                                           EI      ER      EP       SI     SR      SP
                       0    25   50   75

Environmental Intent
Question Category                                   Score       Max Score            %     General Comment
Accountability                                         2              4              50    Good
GRI 2005 Social Indicator for Public Agencies          0              2              0     Needs substantial improvement
Management                                             6              8              75    Excellent
Policy                                                 9             12              75    Excellent
Urban Environmental Accords                            2              2              100   Excellent
Vision                                                 3              4              75    Excellent
Environmental Reporting
Question Category                                   Score       Max Score            %     General Comment
Energy                                                 3             14              21    Needs substantial improvement
Management                                             3             21              14    Needs substantial improvement
Recycling                                              1             14              7     Needs substantial improvement
Waste                                                  5             21              24    Needs substantial improvement
Water                                                  1              7              14    Needs substantial improvement
Social Intent
Question Category                                   Score       Max Score            %     General Comment
Accountability                                         1              4              25    Needs improvement
Management                                             4             10              40    Needs improvement
Policy                                                 0              6              0     Needs substantial improvement
Public Sector                                          1              4              25    Needs improvement
Social Demographic                                     1              2              50    Good
Vision                                                 3              4              75    Excellent
Social Reporting
Question Category                                   Score       Max Score            %     General Comment
Human Rights                                          16             77              21    Needs substantial improvement
Management                                             3              7              43    Needs improvement
Qualitative Social                                     8             35              23    Needs substantial improvement
Quantitative Social                                    4             42              10    Needs substantial improvement

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A                     Dept. of Defense--                                 Dept. of Defense--Navy 2010 Web Pages

                           Navy
The US Navy's sustainability information is well done, but is scattered throughout their website and difficult to navigate to. If they could compile all their
sustainability information into one page, it would be one of the most informative and complete sustainability websites of any agency., but it was still above
average.
   Analyst(s): Timothy Kareem Smedley

E=Total Environmental Score, ESA=Environmental Sector Average Score, EI=Environmental Intent, ER=Environmental Reporting, EP=Environmental Performance, S=Total Social
Score, SSA=Social Sector Average Score, SI=Social Intent, SR=Social Reporting, SP=Social Performance

   Comparison with sector averages                         Source of points                                      Distribution of points

                  E
                                                                                                                     87
                                                                                           72
                ES A                                          E
                                                                                                                             38
                  S                                          47%           S                           25
                                                                                                            0                        4
                                                                                                                                          Dept. of Defense--
                SSA                                                       53%                                                                   Navy
                                                                                           EI      ER       EP      SI      SR      SP
                       0    25   50   75

Environmental Intent
Question Category                                   Score       Max Score            %     General Comment
Accountability                                         4              4              100   Excellent
GRI 2005 Social Indicator for Public Agencies          2              2              100   Excellent
Management                                             4              8              50    Good
Policy                                                 9             12              75    Excellent
Urban Environmental Accords                            2              2              100   Excellent
Vision                                                 2              4              50    Good
Environmental Reporting
Question Category                                   Score       Max Score            %     General Comment
Energy                                                 4             14              29    Needs improvement
Management                                             4             21              19    Needs substantial improvement
Recycling                                              3             14              21    Needs substantial improvement
Waste                                                  3             21              14    Needs substantial improvement
Water                                                  0              7              0     Needs substantial improvement
Social Intent
Question Category                                   Score       Max Score            %     General Comment
Accountability                                         2              4              50    Good
Management                                            10             10              100   Excellent
Policy                                                 6              6              100   Excellent
Public Sector                                          2              4              50    Good
Social Demographic                                     2              2              100   Excellent
Vision                                                 4              4              100   Excellent
Social Reporting
Question Category                                   Score       Max Score            %     General Comment
Human Rights                                          22             77              29    Needs improvement
Management                                             3              7              43    Needs improvement
Qualitative Social                                    14             35              40    Needs improvement
Quantitative Social                                    3             42              7     Needs substantial improvement

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A+                       Dept. of Energy                                    Dept. of Energy 2010 Web Pages

The Department of Energy's website indicates significant effort towards making its facilities and business management environmentally sustainable. The
“Sustainability Outreach Program” is an in-depth and overarching program that guides the Department of Energy’s environmental strategies such as, green
purchasing, green buildings, energy saving products and education. Also, this organization effectively displays worker demographics and sentiment. Oddly,
the Department of Energy falls short in providing quantitative data on energy and water consumption, as well as on hazardous waste production and
disposal, all items that are no doubt extremely carefully monitored by them.
   Analyst(s): Emily Aiko Coleman

E=Total Environmental Score, ESA=Environmental Sector Average Score, EI=Environmental Intent, ER=Environmental Reporting, EP=Environmental Performance, S=Total Social
Score, SSA=Social Sector Average Score, SI=Social Intent, SR=Social Reporting, SP=Social Performance

   Comparison with sector averages                         Source of points                                      Distribution of points

                  E
                                                                                           81
                ES A                                           E                                                      67
                                                                                                                               50
                                                              37%
                  S
                                                                           S
                                                                                                                                          15
                                                                                                       5     0                                 Dept. of Energy
                SSA
                                                                          63%
                                                                                           EI      ER       EP        SI      SR      SP
                       0    25   50   75

Environmental Intent
Question Category                                   Score       Max Score            %     General Comment
Accountability                                         4              4              100   Excellent
GRI 2005 Social Indicator for Public Agencies          2              2              100   Excellent
Management                                             6              8              75    Excellent
Policy                                                 8             12              67    Good
Urban Environmental Accords                            2              2              100   Excellent
Vision                                                 4              4              100   Excellent
Environmental Reporting
Question Category                                   Score       Max Score            %     General Comment
Energy                                                 1             14              7     Needs substantial improvement
Management                                             0             21              0     Needs substantial improvement
Recycling                                              2             14              14    Needs substantial improvement
Waste                                                  0             21              0     Needs substantial improvement
Water                                                  0              7              0     Needs substantial improvement
Social Intent
Question Category                                   Score       Max Score            %     General Comment
Accountability                                         2              4              50    Good
Management                                            10             10              100   Excellent
Policy                                                 4              6              67    Good
Public Sector                                          2              4              50    Good
Social Demographic                                     2              2              100   Excellent
Vision                                                 0              4              0     Needs substantial improvement
Social Reporting
Question Category                                   Score       Max Score            %     General Comment
Human Rights                                          42             77              55    Good
Management                                             3              7              43    Needs improvement
Qualitative Social                                    15             35              43    Needs improvement
Quantitative Social                                    3             42              7     Needs substantial improvement

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A+                       Dept. of Homeland                                  Dept. of Homeland Security 2010 Web Pages

                           Security
The Department of Homeland Security conducts numerous operations to protect the nation’s borders. In its web pages, DHS notes its 2008 policy aimed to
develop and implement sustainable practices programs to ensure its operations are carried out in an environmentally sound manner. As a result, the DHS
has been active in investigating the environmental impact of its actions, especially those of the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility, and has
implemented reasonable alternatives to help mitigate environmental damage. For example, the agency addresses facility nighttime lighting affects on
wildlife and surrounding residents, and has adjusted operation boundaries to protect natural biodiversity. The Department of Homeland Security, however,
provides little quantitative workforce data such as turnover rate, lost workday, accident indices, and information on employee health and safety.
   Analyst(s): Karina Gomez

E=Total Environmental Score, ESA=Environmental Sector Average Score, EI=Environmental Intent, ER=Environmental Reporting, EP=Environmental Performance, S=Total Social
Score, SSA=Social Sector Average Score, SI=Social Intent, SR=Social Reporting, SP=Social Performance

   Comparison with sector averages                         Source of points                                     Distribution of points

                  E
                                                                                           91
                ES A                                                                                               63
                                                              E
                  S
                                                                           S                       24
                                                                                                                            40
                                                                                                                                         Dept. of Homeland
                                                             52%                                                                    4
                                                                          48%
                                                                                                            0
                SSA                                                                                                                           Security
                                                                                           EI     ER       EP      SI      SR      SP
                       0    25   50   75

Environmental Intent
Question Category                                   Score       Max Score            %     General Comment
Accountability                                         3              4              75    Excellent
GRI 2005 Social Indicator for Public Agencies          2              2              100   Excellent
Management                                             6              8              75    Excellent
Policy                                                12             12              100   Excellent
Urban Environmental Accords                            2              2              100   Excellent
Vision                                                 4              4              100   Excellent
Environmental Reporting
Question Category                                   Score       Max Score            %     General Comment
Energy                                                 4             14              29    Needs improvement
Management                                             0             21              0     Needs substantial improvement
Recycling                                              3             14              21    Needs substantial improvement
Waste                                                  4             21              19    Needs substantial improvement
Water                                                  2              7              29    Needs improvement
Social Intent
Question Category                                   Score       Max Score            %     General Comment
Accountability                                         2              4              50    Good
Management                                             8             10              80    Excellent
Policy                                                 3              6              50    Good
Public Sector                                          3              4              75    Excellent
Social Demographic                                     2              2              100   Excellent
Vision                                                 1              4              25    Needs improvement
Social Reporting
Question Category                                   Score       Max Score            %     General Comment
Human Rights                                          24             77              31    Needs improvement
Management                                             2              7              29    Needs improvement
Qualitative Social                                    15             35              43    Needs improvement
Quantitative Social                                    3             42              7     Needs substantial improvement

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B-                     Dept. of the Interior                              Dept. of the Interior 2010 Web Pages

The U.S. Department of the Interior’s FY 2008 Annual Environmental Management Systems Report, FY 2008-2012 Workforce and Succession Plan, Green
Purchasing Plan, Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan, and 2010 web pages contain much information on the department’s environmental and social
programs and goals. The department has numerous energy and water conservation projects including the implementation of solar panels. Although the
department has a good discussion of these programs and initiatives, and states that data are collected and reported, not much of the data is provided;
lacking are data on environmental issues such as energy use, water conservation, and waste production; and on employee data such as turnover and
accident rate. The Department of the Interior has a number of initiatives that show its dedication to the country’s Native American population; however, it
does not report similar initiatives on its responsibility to its workforce, nor does it provide a code of ethics.
   Analyst(s): Karina Gomez

E=Total Environmental Score, ESA=Environmental Sector Average Score, EI=Environmental Intent, ER=Environmental Reporting, EP=Environmental Performance, S=Total Social
Score, SSA=Social Sector Average Score, SI=Social Intent, SR=Social Reporting, SP=Social Performance

   Comparison with sector averages                         Source of points                                     Distribution of points

                  E
                ES A                                                                       63                      57
                                                              E            S                                               20
                  S                                          53%                                   11
                                                                          47%                               0                      0     Dept. of the Interior
                SSA
                                                                                           EI     ER      EP       SI      SR     SP
                       0    25   50   75

Environmental Intent
Question Category                                   Score       Max Score            %     General Comment
Accountability                                         2              4              50    Good
GRI 2005 Social Indicator for Public Agencies          0              2              0     Needs substantial improvement
Management                                             6              8              75    Excellent
Policy                                                 7             12              58    Good
Urban Environmental Accords                            1              2              50    Good
Vision                                                 4              4              100   Excellent
Environmental Reporting
Question Category                                   Score       Max Score            %     General Comment
Energy                                                 2             14              14    Needs substantial improvement
Management                                             1             21              5     Needs substantial improvement
Recycling                                              1             14              7     Needs substantial improvement
Waste                                                  1             21              5     Needs substantial improvement
Water                                                  1              7              14    Needs substantial improvement
Social Intent
Question Category                                   Score       Max Score            %     General Comment
Accountability                                         2              4              50    Good
Management                                             8             10              80    Excellent
Policy                                                 0              6              0     Needs substantial improvement
Public Sector                                          2              4              50    Good
Social Demographic                                     1              2              50    Good
Vision                                                 4              4              100   Excellent
Social Reporting
Question Category                                   Score       Max Score            %     General Comment
Human Rights                                          10             77              13    Needs substantial improvement
Management                                             2              7              29    Needs improvement
Qualitative Social                                     8             35              23    Needs substantial improvement
Quantitative Social                                    1             42              2     Needs substantial improvement

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B+                       Dept. of                                           Dept. of Transportation 2010 Web Pages

                           Transportation
The U.S. Department of Transportation is a huge agency and provides a large amount of sustainability information on its website, but it is not centralized,
nor is there a central sustainability index for it, so it is difficult to sort out. Rather the information is provided piecemeal as it has come in from various
divisions. Similar to the sustainability issue, it is difficult to find overall departmental procedures, guidelines, and employment information for the entire
Department of Transportation. The next iteration of DOT's website should provide a more integrated approach.
   Analyst(s): Jesse Maximilliano Madrigal

E=Total Environmental Score, ESA=Environmental Sector Average Score, EI=Environmental Intent, ER=Environmental Reporting, EP=Environmental Performance, S=Total Social
Score, SSA=Social Sector Average Score, SI=Social Intent, SR=Social Reporting, SP=Social Performance

   Comparison with sector averages                         Source of points                                       Distribution of points

                  E                                                                                                     97
                                                                                            78
                ES A                                          E
                  S                                          50%           S                           13                       23                 Dept. of
                                                                                                              0                            2
                SSA                                                       50%                                                                   Transportation
                                                                                            EI         ER    EP         SI      SR         SP
                       0    25   50   75

Environmental Intent
Question Category                                   Score       Max Score            %     General Comment
Accountability                                         2              4              50    Good
GRI 2005 Social Indicator for Public Agencies          2              2              100   Excellent
Management                                             4              8              50    Good
Policy                                                11             12              92    Excellent
Urban Environmental Accords                            2              2              100   Excellent
Vision                                                 4              4              100   Excellent
Environmental Reporting
Question Category                                   Score       Max Score            %     General Comment
Energy                                                 1             14              7     Needs substantial improvement
Management                                             2             21              10    Needs substantial improvement
Recycling                                              0             14              0     Needs substantial improvement
Waste                                                  4             21              19    Needs substantial improvement
Water                                                  0              7              0     Needs substantial improvement
Social Intent
Question Category                                   Score       Max Score            %     General Comment
Accountability                                         4              4              100   Excellent
Management                                            10             10              100   Excellent
Policy                                                 6              6              100   Excellent
Public Sector                                          3              4              75    Excellent
Social Demographic                                     2              2              100   Excellent
Vision                                                 4              4              100   Excellent
Social Reporting
Question Category                                   Score       Max Score            %     General Comment
Human Rights                                          12             77              16    Needs substantial improvement
Management                                             2              7              29    Needs improvement
Qualitative Social                                     8             35              23    Needs substantial improvement
Quantitative Social                                    4             42              10    Needs substantial improvement

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C+                        Dept.Housing and                                   Dept.Housing and Urban Dev. 2010 Web Pages

                           Urban Dev.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) does not appear to have developed a comprehensive environmental department, though it has
established environmental coordinators for each region with appropriate contact information. Most environmentally related topics can be found through
direct searches on the home web page, but are typically addressed as complementary issues and rarely acknowledged as the primary target of any of the
Department's activities. For example, water and energy conservation initiatives are coordinated through housing development and community education
which may be fine, but the presentation makes it difficult to ascertain their importance to HUD. HUD could improve its website by coordinating its
environment-related topics to a single domain that is user-friendly.
   Analyst(s): Ryan Anderson

E=Total Environmental Score, ESA=Environmental Sector Average Score, EI=Environmental Intent, ER=Environmental Reporting, EP=Environmental Performance, S=Total Social
Score, SSA=Social Sector Average Score, SI=Social Intent, SR=Social Reporting, SP=Social Performance

   Comparison with sector averages                         Source of points                                     Distribution of points

                  E
                ES A                                                                       63
                                                              E            S                                        47
                  S                                          55%
                                                                                                                            18            Dept.Housing and
                                                                          45%                          7    0                        0
                                                                                                                                             Urban Dev.
                SSA
                                                                                           EI      ER      EP       SI     SR      SP
                       0    25   50   75

Environmental Intent
Question Category                                   Score       Max Score            %     General Comment
Accountability                                         3              4              75    Excellent
GRI 2005 Social Indicator for Public Agencies          0              2              0     Needs substantial improvement
Management                                             4              8              50    Good
Policy                                                10             12              83    Excellent
Urban Environmental Accords                            2              2              100   Excellent
Vision                                                 1              4              25    Needs improvement
Environmental Reporting
Question Category                                   Score       Max Score            %     General Comment
Energy                                                 2             14              14    Needs substantial improvement
Management                                             1             21              5     Needs substantial improvement
Recycling                                              0             14              0     Needs substantial improvement
Waste                                                  1             21              5     Needs substantial improvement
Water                                                  0              7              0     Needs substantial improvement
Social Intent
Question Category                                   Score       Max Score            %     General Comment
Accountability                                         3              4              75    Excellent
Management                                             1             10              10    Needs substantial improvement
Policy                                                 4              6              67    Good
Public Sector                                          1              4              25    Needs improvement
Social Demographic                                     2              2              100   Excellent
Vision                                                 3              4              75    Excellent
Social Reporting
Question Category                                   Score       Max Score            %     General Comment
Human Rights                                           4             77              5     Needs substantial improvement
Management                                             0              7              0     Needs substantial improvement
Qualitative Social                                    12             35              34    Needs improvement
Quantitative Social                                    2             42              5     Needs substantial improvement

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B+                       General Services                                   General Services Administration 2010 Web Pages

                           Administration
The GSA expresses a commitment to improving its sustainability stance as well as aiding other actors in doing the same. The use of renewable energy and
adopting LEED guidelines for its buildings illustrates the move towards a more sustainable relationship with the environment. The GSA website does not
provide information on specific policies it has adopted, however, nor any quantitative performance data. It is also silent on human rights policy issues and
measures taken to insure compliance. The GSA could easily improve its PSI rating simply by posting quantitative data it surely has.
   Analyst(s): Natalya Ratan

E=Total Environmental Score, ESA=Environmental Sector Average Score, EI=Environmental Intent, ER=Environmental Reporting, EP=Environmental Performance, S=Total Social
Score, SSA=Social Sector Average Score, SI=Social Intent, SR=Social Reporting, SP=Social Performance

   Comparison with sector averages                         Source of points                                     Distribution of points

                  E
                                                                                           84
                ES A                                          E                                                     60

                  S                                          50%           S                                                 31
                                                                                                                                           General Services
                                                                                                       7
                                                                          50%
                                                                                                            0                        0
                SSA                                                                                                                         Administration
                                                                                           EI      ER      EP       SI      SR      SP
                       0    25   50   75

Environmental Intent
Question Category                                   Score       Max Score            %     General Comment
Accountability                                         4              4              100   Excellent
GRI 2005 Social Indicator for Public Agencies          0              2              0     Needs substantial improvement
Management                                             7              8              88    Excellent
Policy                                                10             12              83    Excellent
Urban Environmental Accords                            2              2              100   Excellent
Vision                                                 4              4              100   Excellent
Environmental Reporting
Question Category                                   Score       Max Score            %     General Comment
Energy                                                 2             14              14    Needs substantial improvement
Management                                             0             21              0     Needs substantial improvement
Recycling                                              1             14              7     Needs substantial improvement
Waste                                                  0             21              0     Needs substantial improvement
Water                                                  1              7              14    Needs substantial improvement
Social Intent
Question Category                                   Score       Max Score            %     General Comment
Accountability                                         4              4              100   Excellent
Management                                             6             10              60    Good
Policy                                                 4              6              67    Good
Public Sector                                          0              4              0     Needs substantial improvement
Social Demographic                                     2              2              100   Excellent
Vision                                                 2              4              50    Good
Social Reporting
Question Category                                   Score       Max Score            %     General Comment
Human Rights                                          12             77              16    Needs substantial improvement
Management                                             3              7              43    Needs improvement
Qualitative Social                                    15             35              43    Needs improvement
Quantitative Social                                    1             42              2     Needs substantial improvement

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B+                       NASA                                               NASA 2010 Web Pages

NASA has a very user-friendly website which lists many sustainability initiatives. Although this is great, there were no data whatsoever on actual
environmental performance.
   Analyst(s): Dante Lamarr Benson

E=Total Environmental Score, ESA=Environmental Sector Average Score, EI=Environmental Intent, ER=Environmental Reporting, EP=Environmental Performance, S=Total Social
Score, SSA=Social Sector Average Score, SI=Social Intent, SR=Social Reporting, SP=Social Performance

   Comparison with sector averages                         Source of points                                     Distribution of points

                  E
                                                                E                                                          67
                ES A                                                                              47
                                                               36%                                                                 33
                  S
                                                                           S                             9        0
                                                                                                                                            13
                                                                                                                                                 NASA
                SSA
                                                                          64%
                                                                                                  EI    ER       EP        SI     SR       SP
                       0    25   50   75

Environmental Intent
Question Category                                   Score       Max Score            %     General Comment
Accountability                                         3              4              75    Excellent
GRI 2005 Social Indicator for Public Agencies          0              2              0     Needs substantial improvement
Management                                             3              8              38    Needs improvement
Policy                                                 7             12              58    Good
Urban Environmental Accords                            0              2              0     Needs substantial improvement
Vision                                                 2              4              50    Good
Environmental Reporting
Question Category                                   Score       Max Score            %     General Comment
Energy                                                 2             14              14    Needs substantial improvement
Management                                             0             21              0     Needs substantial improvement
Recycling                                              0             14              0     Needs substantial improvement
Waste                                                  3             21              14    Needs substantial improvement
Water                                                  0              7              0     Needs substantial improvement
Social Intent
Question Category                                   Score       Max Score            %     General Comment
Accountability                                         4              4              100   Excellent
Management                                            10             10              100   Excellent
Policy                                                 2              6              33    Needs improvement
Public Sector                                          0              4              0     Needs substantial improvement
Social Demographic                                     2              2              100   Excellent
Vision                                                 2              4              50    Good
Social Reporting
Question Category                                   Score       Max Score            %     General Comment
Human Rights                                          36             77              47    Needs improvement
Management                                             0              7              0     Needs substantial improvement
Qualitative Social                                     6             35              17    Needs substantial improvement
Quantitative Social                                    1             42              2     Needs substantial improvement

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