New Jersey Resources.
NJR.US | Manufacture of gas; distribution of gaseous fuels through mains
New Jersey Resources (NJR) is an energy services holding company. Its principal subsidiary, New Jersey Natural Gas (NJNG), provides regulated natural gas distribution services to over half a million customers in New Jersey. NJR also operates businesses focused on clean energy solutions, including re...Show More
Better Health for All
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The company's core natural gas business has significant health-harming externalities, though it undertakes substantial remediation efforts. These include lifetime carbon emission reductions of over 957,000 metric tons from SAVEGREEN programs
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and 340,358 metric tons of CO2 avoided annually by its solar portfolio.
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Emissions from metering and regulator stations were reduced by 43% since 2022.
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However, GHG emissions from New Jersey operations increased by 2.8% in fiscal year 2025.
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The company comprehensively discloses climate-related risks, including physical, transition, and regulatory risks
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, and provides public information on its manufactured gas plant properties.
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The company's business activities do not involve health-related products or services requiring considerations for price accessibility, vulnerable reach, healthcare data responsibility, global health crisis response, mental health initiatives, pharma patent flexibility, nutrition and food safety, healthcare education, addiction mitigation, or clinical trial ethics.
Fair Money & Economic Opportunity
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No evidence available to assess New Jersey Resources on Fair Money & Economic Opportunity.
Fair Pay & Worker Respect
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For fiscal year 2024, NJR.US reported a CEO-to-median employee pay ratio of 45:1, with the CEO's compensation at $7,208,109 and median employee compensation at $160,169.
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Employee reviews on Glassdoor show an overall employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars.
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Additionally, 64% of employees would recommend working at NJR, and 79% approve of the CEO.
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The company was recognized as a Best Place to Work in New Jersey in 2015 and 2009.
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Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing
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No specific, quantifiable evidence was found in the provided articles for any of the KPIs related to Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing. While policies regarding human rights, child labor, forced labor, and supplier conduct are mentioned, the articles do not provide data on fair-trade certification share, audit frequency, number of substantiated labor incidents, supply chain traceability coverage, remediation speed, the specific percentage of supplier diversity spend, or the share of spend on high-risk materials. Although 100% ethical clause coverage is implied for contractors and vendors, the type of enforcement (e.g., automated, on-chain) required by the rubric's higher tiers for 100% coverage is not explicitly stated.
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Honest & Fair Business
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The company incurred $94,626 in ethics-related regulatory fines over the past three years, including an environmental violation, a benefit plan administrator violation, and a utility safety violation.
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It has reported no financial restatements of information.
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Nine out of ten (90%) of its board members are independent according to New York Stock Exchange standards.
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The company has a comprehensive anti-corruption policy that strictly prohibits bribery, kickbacks, and facilitation payments, with 100% of employees completing associated training.
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A whistleblower policy is in place, offering an anonymous hotline via an independent third-party vendor and explicitly prohibiting retaliation, with 100% of employees completing Code of Conduct training that includes ethics.
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Kind to Animals
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New Jersey Resources (NJR) is an energy services company primarily involved in natural gas distribution and clean energy solutions. Its business model does not involve activities such as product manufacturing requiring cruelty-free certification, animal testing, animal husbandry, sourcing animal-derived ingredients, or animal agriculture. Therefore, most KPIs under 'Kind to Animals' are not applicable to NJR's operations. While NJR has a Coastal Climate Initiative with a $2 million funding commitment over five years
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for habitat restoration projects like the 90-acre Scudder Preserve
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and the 100-acre Lighthouse Center,
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the articles do not provide NJR's annual revenue. Without this, the percentage of revenue invested in conservation, a key metric for the 'wildlife_conservation_impact' KPI, cannot be calculated. Furthermore, while 'biodiversity restoration' is stated as a project goal, the articles do not provide specific, measurable outcomes such as documented population increases for target species or improvements in biodiversity indexes, which are required for scoring positive tiers in this KPI. Consequently, no KPIs can be scored based on the provided evidence.
No War, No Weapons
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No specific, concrete data points were found in the provided articles for any of the KPIs related to the 'No War, No Weapons' ethical value. The articles, primarily sustainability reports for an energy company, do not contain information regarding arms contracts, dual-use technology, sales to embargoed regimes, peacebuilding investments, conflict divestment policies, board oversight of defense, export end-user certificates, lobbying on arms control, humanitarian procurement, human rights due diligence in conflict areas, Arms Trade Treaty compliance, AI military safeguards, UN Guiding Principles alignment, dual-use screening, surveillance transparency, ethical red lines on weapons, exposure to controversial weapons, war-risk audits, conflict partner reviews, defense divestment, conflict minerals, peace tech investment, or conflict zone procurement.
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Planet-Friendly Business
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No evidence available to assess New Jersey Resources on Planet-Friendly Business.
Respect for Cultures & Communities
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The company has at least seven formal partnerships with local community groups.
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These include a partnership with Ducks Unlimited
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and six partnerships through its Home Ownership Program with organizations such as Habitat for Humanity affiliates.
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Safe & Smart Tech
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The company provides excellent user data control, offering New Jersey and California residents the right to know, correct, and delete their personal information.
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Users can also opt-out of targeted advertising through a 'Your Privacy Choices' icon on the website or by using a Global Privacy Control signal.
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The company demonstrates strong regulatory compliance, with cybersecurity efforts aligning with the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Cybersecurity Framework
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and meeting or exceeding New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) requirements.
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It also utilizes the U.S. Department of Energy's Cybersecurity Capability Maturity Model (C2M2)
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and complies with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and the New Jersey Data Privacy Act (NJDPA).
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Cybersecurity investment is consistent with industry standards.
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Mandatory cybersecurity awareness training, including phishing simulations, is provided to employees annually.
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The company has no documented incidents of unauthorized data use, and personal information is retained for as long as reasonably necessary or as required by law.
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Zero Waste & Sustainable Products
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NJR.US has achieved an approximate 30% waste diversion rate from landfills annually since 2005.
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The company implements waste prevention, recycling, and reuse programs, and purchases remanufactured and/or recycled products.
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NJR.US has won multiple awards under the EPA's WasteWise™ program.
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However, the company has not disclosed specific waste reduction targets or timelines.