Employee Actions

Employee Actions

Almost limitless ways exist to become greener at work and at home, but most of us need a little education and encouragement to get started. That’s why we launched Cox Impact, our employee engagement platform to promote more sustainable decisions and behaviors. Our employees’ efforts make an important contribution to progress toward our Cox Conserves sustainability goals.

Cox Impact

Employees can participate in more than 800 environmental projects, from holding a virtual meeting instead of traveling to purchasing a vehicle with improved fuel economy. To date, Cox employees have completed more than 200,000 individual actions.

In 2020, employee actions resulted in:

  • 5.6 million pounds carbon emissions saved (the equivalent emissions from 10 railroad cars' worth of coal burned)
  • 4.5 million gallons of water saved (enough water to fill seven Olympic swimming pools)
  • 692 thousand pounds of waste diverted (or 292 dumpsters' worth of trash)

Cox Impact
Solar Project

Solar Project

Cox Enterprises’ national employee solar program provides incentives for employees who choose to install solar panel systems on their homes. Employees who qualify and sign up for the program receive up to $500 in incentives. These programs are not only good for the environment; they're good for the bottom line.

Chairman’s Challenge

Chairman Emeritus Jim Kennedy started the Chairman’s Challenge in 2012 to recognize those who lead and contribute substantially to our Cox Conserves goals. The Chairman’s Challenge is an opportunity for employees to think differently about the environment and align with our Cox Conserves goals to be zero waste to landfill by 2024 and carbon and water neutral by 2034.  

For the first time as Chairman and CEO, Alex Taylor is spearheading the 10th Chairman’s Challenge in 2022 and calling on Cox employees to calculate their carbon footprint and find ways to reduce it. Carbon is the world’s largest greenhouse gas emitter and by reducing it, we can help slow climate change. 

Employees will participate in a month-long series of events and activities, earning points for their actions. Six employee winners will work with the James M. Cox Foundation to contribute $52,500 to environmental nonprofits of their choice. 

This contribution adds to the more than $1 billion Cox Enterprises has invested in sustainable businesses and technologies since 2007. The James M. Cox Foundation has donated more than $42 million to environmental and conservation causes since 2011.

Chairman’s Challenge
Team Cox

Team Cox

Our employees show their dedication to keeping the environment green through the thousands of hours spent volunteering in the field. Over the past decade our corporate volunteer program, Team Cox, has partnered with American Rivers and Ocean Conservancy to remove 26 tons of debris from our oceans and waterways.

TEAM COX'S VOLUNTEER EFFORTS