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IES Holdings, Inc..

IESC.US | Electrical installation

IES Holdings, Inc. is a holding company that provides electrical and mechanical solutions. The company operates through three segments: Communications, Infrastructure Solutions, and Electrical Solutions. The Communications segment designs, installs, and maintains network infrastructure for various i...Show More

Ethical Profile

Mixed.

IES Holdings, Inc. faces scrutiny regarding its data security practices. In March 2025, its subsidiary, IES Communications, allegedly experienced a significant ransomware attack, exposing approximately 1,000 GB of sensitive data belonging to 6,241 individuals. Critics point to the scale of the breach and the reported lack of preventative measures as areas of concern. While the company maintains an Ethics Line for reporting issues and has an independent board majority, reports suggest limited transparency on other ethical fronts, with information on fair pay, environmental impact, and supply chain ethics largely unavailable.

Value Scores

Better Health for All0
-100100
Fair Money & Economic Opportunity0
-100100
Fair Pay & Worker Respect-30
-100100
Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing0
-100100
Honest & Fair Business10
-100100
Kind to Animals10
-100100
No War, No Weapons0
-100100
Planet-Friendly Business0
-100100
Respect for Cultures & Communities0
-100100
Safe & Smart Tech-30
-100100
Zero Waste & Sustainable Products0
-100100

Better Health for All

0

The provided articles do not contain any specific, concrete data points or information relevant to IES Holdings, Inc.'s impact on 'Better Health for All'. The articles discuss domain names and general construction industry news, neither of which provides evidence for any of the KPIs related to health impact, accessibility, safety, innovation, or crisis response.

Fair Money & Economic Opportunity

0

IES Holdings, Inc. is a holding company that provides electrical and mechanical solutions, not financial services.

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As such, the company does not offer lending, insurance, or deposit services to consumers, nor does it provide consumer credit products.
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Therefore, KPIs related to financial services, such as underserved client share, pricing fairness for financial products, exploitative fee exposure, financial inclusion initiatives, customer financial data accessibility, fair lending compliance, customer wealth building outcomes, community finance reinvestment, financial literacy initiatives, customer debt burden ratio, geographic inclusion for banking services, and product simplicity for financial products, are not applicable to its core business operations.

Fair Pay & Worker Respect

-30

IES Holdings, Inc. reported a CEO-to-median worker pay ratio of 110:1.

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The company has a total workforce of 10,283 employees, but fewer than 30 employees are covered by collective bargaining agreements.
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The company experiences a high rate of employee turnover.
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It offers comprehensive benefits programs, including medical, dental, vision, and prescription insurance, covering 75-80% of its workforce.
4

Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing

0

No evidence available to assess IES Holdings, Inc. on Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing.

Honest & Fair Business

10

The company provides an Ethics Line for anonymous reporting of financial abuse, fraud, theft, or discrimination, with complaints directed to the General Counsel, CEO, and Audit Committee.

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A majority of the board members are deemed independent of management.
2
Ernst & Young LLP serves as the independent auditor, and a pre-approval policy is in place for non-audit services provided by the auditor.
3

Kind to Animals

10

IESC.US has a policy against animal testing, with one article explicitly stating "No Animal Testing."

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The company is also listed among "Companies That Do Not Exploit Animals."
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No animals have been used in testing since 2010. Given the company's business model of providing electrical and mechanical solutions, it does not engage in activities related to animal-derived products, animal husbandry, or agriculture, making several animal welfare KPIs not applicable.

No War, No Weapons

0

The company undertook an analysis of products it manufactures or contracts to manufacture to determine if conflict minerals were necessary.

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It concluded that certain products contain one or more conflict minerals, specifically columbite-tantalite (coltan), cassiterite, gold, wolframite, and their derivatives (tantalum, tin, and tungsten).
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For the reporting periods of January 1, 2019, to December 31, 2019, and January 1, 2020, to December 31, 2020, the company conducted a reasonable country of origin inquiry.
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Based on this, the company found no reason to believe that any conflict minerals originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or an adjoining country, or were from recycled or scrap sources.
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In each instance, suppliers identified the origin of conflict minerals as other than these covered countries.
5

Planet-Friendly Business

0

No specific, concrete data points were found in the provided articles for any of the Planet-Friendly Business KPIs. The articles mention that IES Holdings is subject to environmental laws and regulations, considers climate-related risks, and that its Commercial & Industrial segment provides LEED solutions to customers.

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Its Residential segment also offers solar photovoltaic systems to customers.
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However, no quantitative data on the company's own environmental performance, targets, or initiatives was provided.

Respect for Cultures & Communities

0

No specific, quantitative data points were found in the provided articles for IES Holdings, Inc. (IESC.US) that are relevant to the 'Respect for Cultures & Communities' ethical value.

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The articles pertaining to IES Holdings, Inc. explicitly state that no data is available for metrics related to respect for cultures and communities.
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Other articles provided refer to different organizations (Illuminating Engineering Society and Institute of Environmental Sciences) and are not applicable to IESC.US.

Safe & Smart Tech

-30

The company's subsidiary, IES Communications, LLC, experienced a data breach that occurred on March 7, 2025, and was discovered on March 17, 2025.

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This breach affected 6,241 individuals and involved approximately 1,000 GB of sensitive data.
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Notification to affected parties was sent on July 3, 2025, and a data breach notification was submitted to the Maine Attorney General on July 8, 2025.
3
The company offered 24 months of identity monitoring and up to $1 million in identity theft insurance coverage.
4

Zero Waste & Sustainable Products

0

No specific, quantitative evidence was found in the provided articles to assess IESC.US against any of the Zero Waste & Sustainable Products KPIs. The articles discuss general ESG risk ratings, export packing services for a third party, and capabilities in handling hazardous materials and recycling some substances, but they do not provide measurable data on waste diversion rates, product recyclability, packaging sustainability, recycled content, waste reduction initiatives, or any other specific metrics required by the rubric.

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