Sustainability – Our Community and Our People – Acuity Brands


Sustainability -Our Community and Our People - Acuity Brands

We inspire and connect the Acuity Brands community and the communities in which we live and work.

We Light the Way to a more brilliant, productive, and connected world. Individually we are talented, but together we are unstoppable. We continue to expand the boundaries of lighting.

Our People

Acuity Workplace Empowerment (AWE) offers affinity groups to support diversity and inclusion in the workplace.

Minorities Amplifying Growth, Inclusion, and Community (MAGIC)

MAGIC is designed to foster a supportive, nurturing environment to help minority associates realize their full potential at Acuity Brands and drive return on investment for the company. MAGIC embraces, celebrates and recognizes the power of diversity and is open to all associates.

Women’s Network

The mission of The Women’s Network is to empower, embrace and encourage women in all functions to enhance a diversity of ideas and approaches that drive business growth and improved financial results. The Women’s Network organizes networking events, a book club, lunch-and-learns and an engaging guest speaker series. The group is open to all associates.

Sports Leagues

Acuity Brands is pleased to offer company-paid registrations for intramural basketball, bowling, golf and kickball leagues at participating facilities. The Acuity sports leagues encourage our associates to get active together and connect with associates across the organization.

Fitness Programs

Several of our locations are outfitted with an on-site fitness facility. For locations without an exercise area, we recently launched pilot programs that include on-site yoga, boot camp, a running club, and zumba.

Safe and Healthy Workplace

Acuity Brands is fully committed to Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) excellence and the wellbeing of our associates. We design, manufacture, and deliver our products and solutions to optimize our positive impact on the environment and to protect and benefit our associates, customers, and the communities in which we live and work.

Our People

We strive to ensure our associates have a safe and collaborative work environment through the inclusion of world class health and safety management practices in our business.

Environmental Excellence

Our management system is designed to achieve environmental excellence, to identify, monitor, and reduce air emissions and hazardous waste, and to conserve natural resources. We audit our efforts and search for ways to continuously improve.