Environmental Sustainability

Our commitment

Seneca Asset Management is deliberate in our commitment to using our resources responsibly to support the long-term sustainability of our firm and of the global environment in which we and our clients live and operate. We seek alternative approaches that can reduce or offset the environmental impact of our corporate offices through advocating energy and waste management best practices and driving operating efficiencies. We provide opportunities for employees to engage on sustainability-themed initiatives and outside of the office, we encourage employees to give back and volunteer in their local communities on various environmental efforts around the globe.

Our sustainability efforts Our sustainability efforts are managed by our Corporate Services Environmental Sustainability Group. We employ a multi-faceted strategy to reduce energy consumption and our carbon footprint. We have cut our energy consumption by 11% per employee since 2012, by:

  • Investing in LED technology
  • Upgrading mechanical equipment
  • Reducing technology loads, and
  • Pursuing a high utilization rate of our corporate offices.

We're also focused on investing in green buildings and consolidating data centers to reduce our carbon footprint. For example:

We invested in various tenant improvements to our office space in Gurgaon, India and achieved the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold certification for Commercial Interiors; and

Two of our largest data centers are now powered by renewable hydropower. Ultimately, with fewer and more capable data centers, we are able to reduce technology complexity and energy consumption.

Through our copy and reprographics partnership, we continue to enhance our global ‘Print Smarter’ program. Since inception in 2013, this program has helped us achieve a 475,000 kWh energy savings per year and reduced our paper consumption in the United States by 25%.

As a result of our ongoing efforts, Seneca Asset Management was recognized by the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) in 2015 as a member of the top 10% of reporters in North America.