Our Sustainability Approach
Ameren has an unwavering commitment to sustainability. Our vision is to “Lead the Way to a Sustainable Energy Future.” To us, that includes how we perform as a steward of the environment, how we manage our relationships with customers, communities and workforce and provide robust governance and oversight of our practices at the board of directors and management level.
We think about sustainability in the context of these four areas:
Environmental Stewardship
Operating to reduce emissions and waste and preserve natural resources while providing safe, reliable, and affordable electric and natural gas services. We are specifically focused on the following areas: climate change; environmental justice; environmental compliance; emissions reductions; waste management; and water management.
Social Impact
Placing people at the center of everything we do by supporting customers, empowering co-workers and enabling more sustainable communities. We are tracking our efforts in community impact; data privacy/cybersecurity; diversity, equity and inclusion; health and safety; human capital; and sustainable supply chain.
Governance
Execute policies and principles that integrate ESG matters into our risk management and strategic planning frameworks, as well as providing strong oversight. This includes considerations such as board and committee-level oversight; compensation; ethics and compliance; enterprise risk; management-level oversight and accountability; and regulatory and legislative engagement.
Sustainable Growth
Delivering superior and sustainable long-term value to our customers, the communities we serve, our shareholders and the environment.
We have aligned all our company’s goals with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), to demonstrate how we are supporting global sustainability issues and hold ourselves accountable to progress. Ameren can have the biggest impact on the following SDGs: affordable and clean energy; decent work and economic growth; industry, innovation and infrastructure; sustainable cities and communities; and climate action.
We invite you to explore our sustainability content on this website and in our ESG Reporting Library. This information has been gathered to provide transparency and further insight on how Ameren is working to achieve our goals and lead the way to a more sustainable energy future.
Climate Change
Ameren set a goal of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 to address global climate change.
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Fostering a culture of inclusion is critical to our long-term success as an organization and a region.
Renewable Energy
Ameren operates wind and solar facilities and is planning its largest-ever renewable energy expansion.
Community Engagement
Ameren has long supported a wide variety of organizations that make our communities better.
Corporate Governance
Robust governance and risk management systems help Ameren manage risks associated with ESG.
Managing CCRs
We’re increasing our recycling rate of coal combustion residuals (CCRs) and closing all legacy ash basins.
