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Environmental, Social & Governance (Sustainability)

At Kimball Electronics, our commitment to Sustainability and Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) practices have been a part of who we are since our founding in 1961.  We are proud to be responsible guardians of both economic and environmental resources, and because of this, our employees, customers, share owners and communities truly benefit from the Company's presence, contributions, and actions. Kimball Electronics champions transparency and accountability for itself.

This transparency and accountability includes our commitment to report regularly and to create awareness of environmental, social, and governance issues. We know that through our activities and business relationships, we can have an effect on the economy, environment, and people, and in turn make negative or positive contributions to sustainable development that meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

The Kimball Electronics Code of Conduct demonstrates the high value we place on ethical standards related to the treatment of our people, the belief in and provision of safe and healthy working conditions, the treatment of our environment, and our overall business ethics.

 

 

Gone from the report’s title is the reference to ESG. In its place: 2023 Guiding Principles Report. We renamed the report to better reflect the deep roots those principles and practices have in our Guiding Principles:

 

Customers, People, Citizenship and Profits. 

 

 

 

 

 

Gone from the report’s title is the reference to ESG. In its place: Guiding Principles Report.

While the report remains strategically focused on our environmental, social, and governance principles and practices, we renamed the report to better reflect the deep roots those principles and practices have in our Guiding Principles: Customers, People, Citizenship and Profits. 

 

Our Guiding Principles, all 468 words, continue to stand the test of time and remain extremely meaningful to us. They define us as a company and they differentiate us from other companies. We hear this from so many of our new hires when they tell us the key reasons they wanted to become part of our global family. I should know. It was one of the key reasons I joined Kimball Electronics in 2023.

 

Today, we owe much of our ESG success to our Guiding Principles, and I assure you that those are the same Guiding Principles that will continue to guide our future success because we live them each and every day. They embody the heart of our company’s culture.

 

When I became Kimball Electronics’ CEO in March 2023, I knew I had made the right choice because I saw firsthand how our people around the globe took great pride in their connection to our Guiding Principles and demonstrated those philosophies and beliefs every day. Put simply, our Guiding Principles are not just words that made for nice window dressing.

 

Our Guiding Principles are where it starts for me, each and every day.

Thank you for your continued interest in Kimball Electronics!

 

– Ric Phillips, Chief Executive Officer

 
Guiding Principles

 

 

 

 

Kimball champions transparency and accountability for itself. This transparency and accountability includes our commitment to report regularly and to create awareness of environmental, social, and governance issues. Many things and many people have changed since Kimball Electronics was founded in 1961, but our Guiding Principles remain a constant. They are not just a part of our heritage, but the fabric of who we are as a company.


– Doug Hass, Chief Legal and Compliance Officer and Secretary

 

 

 

Kimball Electronics is proud to issue our first Guiding Principles Report in accordance with the GRI Standards for the period 01 January 2023 through 31 December 2023. Our process to determine our material topics followed the GRI Standards’ methods for identifying actual and potential impacts on the people, planet, and economy. We considered all GRI Topics in our evaluation of our own impacts as well as our influence on stakeholder assessments and decisions. Using the GRI Standards this year provides more transparency on our ESG impacts and increases our organizational accountability.

 

– Sara Leeman, Director of Sustainability

 

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