National homebuilder earned its top score in
corporate governance
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Dec. 19,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- For the third consecutive year,
America's Most Trusted® Home Builder Taylor
Morrison (NYSE: TMHC) has been recognized by Newsweek
as one of America's Most Responsible Companies for 2025.
Taylor Morrison earned its
highest score in corporate governance, saw its largest increase in
the environmental category, and continues to improve year over year
with its overall and environmental scores. Each winner on the list
received scores based on environmental, social and corporate
governance concerns. These three scores are then combined to assess
the company's overall corporate social responsibility score.
"Holding ourselves accountable to our many stakeholders is vital
to the work we do, and we strive to be a source of good in the
workplace, the homebuilding industry and across the communities we
build," said Taylor Morrison
Chairman and CEO Sheryl
Palmer. "While we aim to improve our corporate
responsibility strategy each year, it's also more important than
ever that we offer greater transparency into our business
operations with enhanced reporting that strengthens our meaningful
work."
This summer, Taylor Morrison
released its sixth annual Sustainability and Belonging Report,
highlighting the Company's commitment to corporate responsibility
and sustainability practices. Key accomplishments reflected in the
report included:
- Enhanced reporting of the Company's environmental impact,
including a more robust assessment of Taylor Morrison's carbon
footprint with a more complete inventory of scope 1, 2, and 3
greenhouse gas emissions as well as a 10 percent improvement in
the homebuilder's Home Energy Rating System (HERS®) score
since 2020.
- Five years of an exclusive partnership with
the National Wildlife Federation to protect habitats
and promote biodiversity in Taylor
Morrison's communities. Since 2019, Taylor Morrison has established over 100
certified monarch butterfly gardens featuring native plants and
safeguarded nearly 9,000 acres of Certified Wildlife Habitat®.
- Fostering an inclusive work culture and sense of
belonging through division-wide subcommittees, monthly Days of
Understanding, and additional efforts that support open
conversations.
- Continued leadership in gender diversity in a
traditionally male-dominated industry. Taylor Morrison is the only publicly traded
homebuilder with a female CEO and an equal male-to-female ratio
on its board of directors. Taylor
Morrison also has an overall workforce comprised of 44
percent women, which is four times the construction industry
average of 11 percent according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor
Statistics.
- Over 42,500 hours of employee training related to
safety and cyber security awareness, continual learning and
leadership development.
- Leaning into demographic shifts redefining
America's homebuying population to better connect with
consumers and make purchasing a Taylor
Morrison home more accessible for all. Tools include a
new language services platform, online filtering capabilities that
provide a home's cardinal direction to accommodate religious and
cultural preferences, and floor plans created with inclusive design
principles, such as Vatsu Shastra and Feng Shui.
- Taylor Morrison welcomed patients to the first eight homes
of a new community in Gilbert, AZ,
built as part of Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center's 'Home Away
From Home' program, which provides housing assistance to
patients and their families who travel great distances for
care.
- Taylor Morrison's disclosures align with the material
topics highlighted by the Sustainability Accounting Standards
Board (SASB), the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI),
the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and
the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures
(TCFD).
Newsweek partnered with global research and data firm Statista
to determine America's Most Responsible Companies. The analysis is
based on over 30 performance indicators for the top 2,000 U.S.
public companies by revenue and a survey of over 26,000 U.S.
consumers on the companies' corporate social responsibility
reputation.
In addition to being named one of America's Most Responsible
Companies by Newsweek, Taylor
Morrison has earned several additional accolades including
being named on Forbes' Most Trusted Companies and Best Companies in
America lists, U.S. News & World Report's Best Companies to
Work For list, America's Greenest Companies list by Newsweek, the
American Opportunity Index, America's Most Trusted® Home Builder
for nine years, Hearthstone's 2021 BUILDER Humanitarian Award, and
inclusion on the Fortune 500 list since 2021.
About Taylor Morrison
Headquartered
in Scottsdale, Arizona, Taylor Morrison is one of
the nation's leading homebuilders and developers. We serve a wide
array of consumers from coast to coast, including first-time,
move-up, luxury and resort lifestyle homebuyers and renters under
our family of brands—including Taylor Morrison, Esplanade and
Yardly. From 2016-2024, Taylor Morrison has been
recognized as America's Most Trusted® Builder by
Lifestory Research. Our long-standing commitment to sustainable
operations is highlighted in our annual Sustainability and
Belonging Report.
For more information about Taylor Morrison, please
visit www.taylormorrison.com.
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