ABOUT THIS REPORT
Our 2019 report builds on prior years’ initiatives and report content. Tennant Company’s core business model, governance, policies, practices, customers and stakeholders changed little between 2018 and 2019. However, in January 2019 Tennant Company acquired Gaomei Cleaning Equipment Company with the strategic intent to continue our global diversification of revenue and expand our presence in China. Gaomei Products are included in this 2019 CSR but, due to decoupling of the carbon emissions reporting from the Corporate Sustainability Report, Gaomei enterprise and product emissions are not included in the Carbon Emissions section. Stakeholder concerns and priorities, as well as our material issues and opportunities, have not changed drastically from 2018. The stakeholder assessment workshops that occurred in 2013 helped to identify our material issues. We regularly engage and reaffirm three main material issues: GHG Emissions, Waste, and Water, with our three main Stakeholder groups: Employees, Customers, and Investors. The material issues help to shape our objectives, goals, and metrics for our four focus areas: Products, GHG Emissions & Energy, Waste, and People & Communities. Additionally, the General Standard Disclosures did not change year over year.
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The reporting boundary for 2019 shows moderate changes from 2018 because IPC has been incorporated into reporting, expanding our footprint in Europe, mainly Italy. The 2019 CSR will be published before our 2019 GHG emissions are confirmed and submitted to CDP’s Supply Chain Program. As a result, you will notice the GHG emissions data will be from 2018. We made the decision to decouple the GHG emissions data from the full Sustainability Report so we could publish the report earlier in the year for our stakeholders. The intention is to use this format moving forward; if you have comments or concerns please contact SustainabilityReport@tennantco.com. Additional details regarding our Stakeholder Engagement, Materiality Analysis and Reporting Boundary can be found in the Index. The Global Reporting Initiative Index, which is used to ensure we are reporting on relevant and material information supporting our sustainability initiatives, can also be found in the Index.
STAKEHOLDERS
MATERIAL ISSUES
FOCUS AREAS
Employees Customers Investors
GHG Emissions Waste Water
Products GHG Emissions & Energy Waste People & Communities
