Harvard Maintenance Wins Avetta Sustainability and ESG Impact Award at 2026 Avetta North America Customer Awards
What the award recognizes
The Sustainability & ESG Impact Award celebrates organizations making intentional, measurable progress in environmental, social and governance initiatives, especially workforce safety and human capital, with evidence of impact enabled by Avetta Sustainability tools.
Why it matters
The third-party recognition of this award shows that:
- Clients can have confidence that ESG is being managed with structure, accountability and evidence.
- Sustainability, safety and responsible business practices are connected to daily service delivery, not treated as a separate reporting exercise.
- Harvard supports customer conversations around supplier risk, workforce readiness, climate disclosure and continuous improvement.
Evidence behind the win
- Governance maturity: New policies developed and implemented including Modern Day Slavery and an updated Supplier Code of Conduct.
- Climate transparency: completed five consecutive years of Carbon Disclosure through CDP.
- Safety performance: improved TRIR from 3.0 in 2018 to 0.85 in 2024.
- Workforce readiness: achieved full training compliance in key HR and safety metrics.
- External ESG recognition: recognized as an Avetta Diversity Leader and Avetta ESG Innovator in 2025.
- Community impact: planted 50,000 trees since 2020 with the Arbor Day Foundation and delivered broad volunteer impact through the Annual Day of Service program.
What this says about Harvard
“What these winners demonstrate is that strong supply chains are built through disciplined execution,” said Abid Yousuf, Chief Customer Officer at Avetta. “They’re using data, process and accountability to improve safety, accelerate readiness and create stronger outcomes for the people and partners who depend on them every day. Congratulations to each of them on their success.”
Additional Information
For more information regarding Sustainability, ESG, or the Avetta Awards read the Avetta Press Release Avetta Honors 2026 North America Customer Award Winners | Avetta, or contact Daniel Jacobs, Director of Sustainability directly [email protected]