Our Commitment
Our Commitment to Corporate Responsibility
At Avista, we strive to be an innovative, community-based, essential energy company committed to compassionately serving our customers with sustainable solutions, while delivering competitive returns. In pursuit of this north star, our mission is to enable vibrant communities through safe, responsible and affordable energy, by putting those we serve at the center of everything we do.
These guiding principles, along with our shared values of trust, innovation and collaboration, serve as the foundation of our corporate responsibility. Whether it is our longstanding commitment to environmental stewardship, the care and support of our people, our dedication to the customers and communities we serve, or our steadfast adherence to principles of ethical governance, we believe that the integration of corporate responsibility into our business builds trust, forges lasting relationships, strengthens morale, reduces risk, delivers enhanced value to our shareholders, and ultimately enables us to more effectively execute our mission and strategies.
At its heart, corporate responsibility at Avista is a commitment to manage the environmental, social and economic effects of our operations safely, responsibly, and affordably, while endeavoring to have a positive, lasting impact on the environment and society in which we operate.
Additional Disclosures
2024 Avista TCFD and SASB Disclosure Report
2023 Avista EEO-1 Workforce Diversity Report
2023 Avista Electric and Natural Gas SASB ESG Metrics
2023 Avista Electric Operations ESG Metrics (EEI Template)
2023 Avista Natural Gas Operations ESG Metrics (AGA Template)
Supporting Documents and Archived Reports
A message from the CEO
Since our founding in 1889 as a producer of clean, renewable hydro power, Avista has served our customers with an electric generation resource mix built upon renewable energy. This has allowed us to keep our carbon emissions among the lowest in the nation.
Avista’s diverse customer base of 418,000 electric and 382,000 natural gas customers extends over 30,000 square miles and four states. Across the business, we remain committed to balancing environmental responsibility with energy delivery that is safe, reliable, and affordable.
Earned Recognitions
Forward-Looking Statement
This report contains forward-looking statements, including statements regarding our current expectations, plans or objectives for future operations and other factors, which may affect the company in the future. Such statements are subject to a variety of risks, uncertainties and other factors, most of which are beyond our control and many of which could have significant impact on our operations, results of operations, financial condition or cash flows and could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in our statements.
For a further discussion of these factors and other important factors please refer to our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, or Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Those reports are also available on our website at www.avistacorp.com The forward-looking statements contained in this report is current as of December 1, 2024, and should not be relied upon as being current as of any subsequent date. We undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statement or statements to reflect events or circumstances that occur after the date on which such statement is made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. New risks, uncertainties and other factors emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for management to predict all of such factors, nor can it assess the impact of each such factor on our business or the extent to which any such factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement.