2021 SUSTAINABILITY PERFORMANCE

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT HIGHLIGHTS

In pursuit of our 5-year Achieve 2025 Energy Use and Greenhouse Gas Emission reduction goals, we are committed to reducing the environmental footprint of our manufacturing operations. Here are examples of how we are making progress toward those goals.

TEXTRON AVIATION: INDUSTRY LEADERSHIP IN GREEN ENERGY

Textron Aviation is offsetting carbon emissions with wind energy. Through a 20-year agreement with Evergy, Inc., the 300 Megawatt Soldier Creek Wind Energy Center in north-central Kansas, which began commercial operation in November 2020, now provides the electricity used by Textron Aviation’s aircraft manufacturing operations in Kansas. Nearly all these electricity needs are now met through renewable, zero-emission wind energy. In 2021, this agreement provided over 188,000 Megawatt hours of renewable electricity.

Textron Aviation also joined the U.S. EPA’s Green Power Partnership, a program helping to build the nation’s green power industry by increasing organizations’ voluntary renewable energy use. Using 79 percent renewable energy to power its U.S.-based facilities, Textron Aviation was ranked among the top 100 Green Power Partnership Companies in 2021.

TEXTRON SPECIALIZED VEHICLES: SAVING ENERGY AND COSTS ON PRODUCTION LINES

In 2021, Textron Ground Support Equipment Inc. opened a new 275,000-square foot manufacturing facility in Bartow County, Georgia. Within the new facility, Textron GSE is expanding its research-and-development capabilities, particularly in electric-powertrain technology. Textron GSE is moving rapidly to electrify its product lines to address customer needs for equipment that can reduce their carbon footprint, while providing the level of performance and reliability required to meet the demands of daily operations at airports, industrial facilities and military installations.

In 2021, Textron Specialized Vehicles upgraded all its production lines in Augusta, Georgia to LED lighting, which is expected to save approximately $200,000 per year, reduce energy usage over 1 million kWh, or about the equivalent as 95 U.S. households, and avoid approximately 460 metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions. This new lighting also improves visibility for production line employees.