Community |
Leveraging our operations
and investments to make
Alliant a positive force in the
communities where we live
and work. Alliant is committed to being a positive force in our communities. We are accountable to invest our time, money, and expertise in initiatives that benefit our communities, to operate in a safe, environmentally-responsible way, and to work in partnership with our suppliers, both large and small. Investing in our communities means committing time, expertise, and contributions to critical community needs we are equipped to address. As a company, we invest in initiatives that help teachers better understand and adopt the national math and science standards, including the Alliant Academy, the U.S. First program, and the SciMathMN Teachers Academy. As individuals, we invest in initiatives we personally support through Alliant's Community Matching Gifts program and Volunteerism Council grants. Managing the safety of our work environments and ensuring the safety of the customers who use our products is central to our operating philosophy. For us, quality means excellent, repeatable performance in everything we do. It means actively managing air, land, and water resources for the long-term benefit of our communities and company. We have quantifiable goals for environmental performance, and strive for continuous improvement in pollution prevention, waste, and energy use reduction. We seek out high-quality business partners who share our commitment to operate according to the highest standards of business ethics and conduct. These include small, minority-, and women-owned businesses who deserve the right to compete for our business. Finding these partners is a key accountability for us, and one we urge our suppliers to adopt. | Above: Yoshifumi Kasahara, a design engineer with our Defense Systems Group in Hopkins, Minnesota, and an Alliant Academy volunteer, is pictured with sixth-grade students at the Willard School in Minneapolis. The Alliant Academy links elementary teachers from Hopkins, Mounds View, and the Willard School in Minnesota and Columbia Elementary in Mukilteo, Washington, with Alliant volunteers for an entire school year. Working in partnership, the teachers and volunteers develop ways to bring math, science, and technology concepts to life for fourth-, fifth- and sixth-grade students. The year-long experience provides teachers with an ongoing resource, students with role models, and volunteers with a rewarding way to share their talents. "Alliant Academy volunteers have truly made an impact on our students. They have given their expertise, time, and energy to demonstrate the connection between classroom math and science and real life. Working in teams with students and teachers, they have solved problems by dissecting a floppy disk, building kaleidoscopes, electromagnets, transistor radios, and more. Alliant volunteers have shown they care about kids in north Minneapolis." Julianne O'Shea,
Alliant facilities have reduced emissions to the environment. This chart summarizes emissions we report to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as part of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA), Title III, Section 313.
Wendell Maddox, President and CEO of Ion Electronics, Hopkins, Minnesota, and LuAnn Guthmueller, Buyer, Electronic Components/ Assemblies, Defense Systems. Ion Electronics, a supplier to Alliant since 1985, is a key subcontractor on our Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle team and other Alliant programs. |