Climate Action
Pilot Hill Wind Project, Illinois. MIM-managed renewable energy investment. Photo by Daniel Peters
At MetLife, we’ve spent more than 150 years helping people protect their families, finances, and futures. Climate change poses an urgent risk for all our stakeholders, and we believe it is our responsibility to play our part in identifying solutions and building resiliency in a changing world.
In 2016, we became the first carbon-neutral U.S.-based insurer. Since then, we have achieved carbon neutrality every year while reducing our energy and greenhouse gas emissions. As of the end of 2019, we’ve achieved all of our environmental targets. We’ve nearly tripled our public goals to reduce energy and emissions globally by 10% by 2020, reducing them 33% and 27%, respectively.
For more information on our work on climate change, please read our?statement on climate change.
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Become carbon neutral in 2016 and going forward.
- Achieved in 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019
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Reduce global energy consumption by 10% by 2020.
- Reduced by 33% globally in 2019
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Reduce location-based carbon emissions by 10%? by 2020.
- Reduced by 27% globally in 2019
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By 2020, require 100 of our top suppliers to disclose their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and reduction activities.
- 103 suppliers disclosed their GHG emissions and reduction activities in 2019
Priorities
MetLife’s environmental priorities include:
- Implement initiatives to mitigate MetLife’s direct and indirect GHG emissions
- Reduce energy consumption through effective energy management policies and invest in new green technologies
- Improve the environmental impact, financial performance, and resilience of MetLife facilities
- Facilitate waste reduction, recycling, and reuse efforts globally
- Engage employees on environmental issues and healthy lifestyle choices
- Work with suppliers to reduce environmental impacts and disclose climate change risks
- Implement healthy building strategies to maximize the well-being of our employees and occupants