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Charitable Giving |
In 2020, the foundation donated more than $19 million to Michigan nonprofits that help people, protect the planet and promote prosperity:
- People: $13 million
- Planet: $263,000
- Prosperity: $6.4 million
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People
Charitable Giving
Consumers Energy Foundation
PeopleCare
$5.4M in COVID Relief
Giving Together Story
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Employee Safety and Wellness
Public Health and Safety
Charitable Giving
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We engage our employees in health and wellness through our virtual Live Well 365 program with 78% participation from our employees.
Additionally, the company offered comprehensive support to employees facing COVID-19 challenges. The company adjusted internal policies to promote safety and wellness.
In 2020, our foundation donated $200,000 to decontaminate N95 masks and support a campaign to reduce coronavirus spread in Michigan.
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Community Safety
Company Safety
$5.4M in COVID Relief
Emergency Response
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Charitable Giving
Talent Pipeline Development
Corporate and Employee Community Engagement
Outreach and Volunteering
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Our Strategic Talent Sourcing strategy focuses on current and future workforce issues crucial to building and sustaining Michigan’s energy industry. There are two goals related to student career readiness and awareness:
- Align education and training resources across Michigan to assist the state’s energy industry.
- Build awareness of career pathways in the energy industry.
Progress is primarily measured via True Partnership – specifically a company-developed Strategic Partnership Index (SPI) metric.
Goal for 2021:
Earn 86 points on the SPI. Points are earned through a progression system and tracked on the Consumers Energy People and Culture scorecard.
As part of the Consumers Energy Foundation’s People priority, the foundation supports education at all stages to help improve quality of life. This includes supporting K-12 programs, increasing high school graduation rates and supporting STEM education programs to address to skilled trades gap in Michigan.
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Corporate Giving
People
Consumers Energy Careers
Robotics Hometown Story
Why We’re Involved
STEM Careers and Students
CE Foundation Supports Skills Training
CE Foundation Supports Job Readiness
Consumers Energy, Mott Community College partner on lineworker training program
Consumers Energy Seeking Military Veterans for Electric Lineworker Apprenticeships
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Talent Pipeline Development
Corporate and Employee Community Engagement
Employment Practices
Diversity and Inclusion
Charitable Giving
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Consumers Energy is committed to advancing diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) in the workplace. We’re empowering our employees through employee resource groups, training and encouraging conversations about DE&I. We are also embedding DE&I in everything we do, including volunteerism, shaping political activity, communications, supply chain, philanthropy, customer interactions and community engagement. Additional metrics and goals are forthcoming.
In 2021, we launched a from-the-top learning model for our 8,500 employees, starting with company leaders. This includes 100% unconscious bias training for employees across the company by 2022, and all leaders by the end of 2021. We’re setting common expectations and norms about all things DE&I. By training all employees in core DE&I concepts — such as the roles unconscious bias plays in our personal and professional relationships and decision-making — we’re building a solid foundation that makes DE&I an integral part of our work experience.
The company doubled the Inclusion Champion program in January 2021. The program helps bring core DEI concepts to life at all organizational levels. The individual roles advance belonging by leading grassroots communication efforts, sharing opportunities for involvement, identifying and addressing gaps, solving problems and providing continuous learning and development. One goal is to address the gap between our unionized workforce and non-union workforce on our DE&I Index annual survey, focused on belonging.
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Diversity and Inclusion
Working at Consumers Energy
Consumers Energy Recognized by Forbes Magazine as Best Employer for Women in Utility Sector
Foundation Provides $100K Supporting Social Justice and Racial Equality Efforts
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Forbes Names Consumers Energy as No. 1 Utility Company for Workplace Diversity in U.S.
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Charitable Giving
Water Management
Michigan Ecosystem Protection
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From 2018 through 2020, we’ve saved more than 880 million gallons of water against a water reduction goal of 1 billion gallons from 2018 through 2022.
The Consumers Energy Foundation is dedicated to ensuring Michigan has world-class natural resources by funding programs and organizations that strengthen environmental stewardship, preserve Michigan’s natural beauty and reduce environmental impact when natural resources are used. We do this by focusing on land, water and air. Our freshwater and lakes demand great care, so, we support nonprofit agencies seeking to preserve and improve water quality in our Great Lakes and the freshwater bodies that flow into them.
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Water
Watching Over Our Water
2021 CDP Water Report
Planet
Planet Award Story
2021 Planet Awards Announcement
Aiding Endangered Aquatic Species
Hydroelectric Generation
Hydro Reporter
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Energy Reliability
Energy Affordability
Energy Efficiency
Renewable Energy
Product Innovation
GHG Emissions
Public Health and Safety
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We’ve set a goal to achieve net zero carbon emissions from electric generation by 2040 and net-zero methane emissions from our natural gas delivery system by 2030. Through 2020 we have reduced carbon emissions 36% from a 2005 baseline year.
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Clean Energy Plan
Going Net Zero
Natural Gas Delivery Plan
How Electric Rates are Set
Renewables
Renewable Energy - Residential
Renewable Energy - Business
Save Money & Energy
Business Energy Efficiency
2021 CDP Climate Report
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Economic Development
Managing Community Impacts
Talent Pipeline and Development
Financial Performance
Business Continuity
Employment Practices
Work-life Effectiveness
Charitable Giving
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Consumers Energy expects to make capital investments of $25 billion over the next ten years. Over the next five years, Consumers Energy expects to invest heavily in infrastructure upgrades and replacements and electric supply projects.
The Consumers Energy Foundation helps ensure Michigan businesses and communities are growing and have world-class cultural resources. We’re deeply involved in community development efforts across the state. We award grants supporting our economic development priority to improve the welfare of whole communities, with focus on funding projects with long-term benefits for Michigan’s economy. We are committed to creating jobs and supporting Michigan’s entrepreneurs and small businesses. That’s why we provide grants to economic development entities and other nonprofits aiming to create jobs and grow small businesses in Michigan.
In 2020, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Consumers Energy Foundation donated more than $2.4 million to 29 organizations providing a lifeline to small businesses across Michigan.
We are also committed to a positive work environment for our employees. Our low employee turnover rates are a reflection of our success. These rates reflect the annual percentage of voluntary resignations, retirements and involuntary separations.
Turnover Percentage by Year (Excludes seasonal layoff and intern return to school)
Turnover Percentage by Year
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Year
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CMS Energy
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Consumers Energy
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| 2016 |
10.9% |
10.7% |
| 2017 |
6.7% |
6.0% |
| 2018 |
6.2% |
5.5% |
| 2019 |
6.6% |
5.4% |
| 2020 |
6.5% |
5.5% |
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Economic Development
Careers
Human Rights Policy
Labor Rights Policy
Safety Policy
Prosperity
Removing Barriers for Entrepreneurs
$5.4M in COVID Relief
$1.8M Supporting Small Business
Consumers Energy EEI Submission
$500K Supporting Michigan Small Businesses
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Energy Reliability
Energy Affordability
Public Health and Safety
Product Innovation
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2020 reliability metrics (excluding major event days):
- SAIDI: 194.7
- CAIDI: 188.3
- SAIFI: 1.034
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Reliability
Pipeline Upgrade
Electric Operations Statistics
Prosperity
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Supplier Sustainability Criteria
Product Innovation
Energy Efficiency
Waste Management
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Reducing waste, whether its waste sent to landfill or wasted energy is important to our Company. We have a corporate gal to reduce all waste 10% from a 2020 baseline. In 2020 we reduced the amount of waste sent to landfill by 54% from a 2017 baseline.
Through energy efficiency programs and rebates, , Consumers Energy has helped its residential and business customers save more than 21,021 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of electricity and 111,744 MCF of natural gas, enough to power over 2.5 million homes and supply natural gas to 1 million homes in Michigan for a year. This equates to more than 18.7 million tons of avoided carbon dioxide emissions over the life of the programs.
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Economic Development- Supply Chain Sustainability Policy Statement
2021 CDP Climate Report
Waste Management
2020 Waste Report
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Michigan Ecosystem Protection
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From 2018 through 2020, Consumers Energy enhanced restored or protected over 4,500 acres of Michigan land against a goal of enhancing, restoring or protecting 5,000 acres of land by 2022.
The Consumers Energy Foundation is dedicated to ensuring Michigan has world-class natural resources by funding programs and organizations that strengthen environmental stewardship, preserve Michigan’s natural beauty and reduce environmental impact when natural resources are used. We do this by focusing on land, water and air.
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Land
Wildlife
Furry Friends
Planet
2021 Planet Awards Announcement
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Ethical Culture (Code of Conduct)
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The company published its human rights policy in 2021.
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Human Rights Policy
Code of Conduct
Ethics and Misconduct
Culture
Labor Rights Policy
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