BRYN MAWR, Pa.– As part of its year-round commitment to the environment, Essential Utilities Inc. (NYSE: WTRG) launched the first-ever Essential Earth Day to engage its employees and the communities it serves in the company’s mission to help protect Earth’s most precious resources.
With the help of nearly 500 employees, and through partnerships with local environmental organizations, the company hosted 35 events, serving approximately 2,000 total volunteer hours across the 10 states where Essential operates. Essential also provided financial donations totaling $580,000 to 28 nonprofit organizations with environmental causes to further invest in these communities.
“Our Essential Earth Day activities provided a perfect opportunity for our employees across Essential Utilities, Aqua and Peoples to not only demonstrate our progress toward cultivating a more sustainable future, but to engage firsthand with the communities we serve in an up-close, impactful way,” said Essential Utilities Corporate Giving & Community Affairs Lead Krista Scheirer. “We are thankful to our nonprofit partners for allowing us to assist them with these critical environmental efforts and look forward to continuing our support through volunteerism and corporate giving.”
