Corporate impact
Connection to our customers is key to our business, but equally important to those who work at Guardian is the connection to our communities and to the environment in which we live. We believe that by advancing the social and environmental good, we’re making a long-term positive impact toward the well-being of our people and our planet.
Removing barriers to competition for collegiate para athletes
Guardian’s funding of the Adaptive Student Athlete Program (ASAP) provides collegiate para athletes with more opportunities to compete. ASAP is a part of Guardian’s commitment to help people with disabilities to thrive — it exists to help level the playing field for athletes in para track and field, wheelchair tennis, and wheelchair basketball, so every body can leverage the power of sport to achieve overall well-being.
Unlocking tech career success
We’re on a mission to help build a diverse technology workforce with NPower
As part of our partnership with NPower, Guardian employees volunteer in mentorship programs in cybersecurity, cloud computing, and coding. The goal is to create pathways to digital careers for veterans and young adults from underserved communities. In 2023, Guardian’s support helped enable NPower to serve a total of 1,833 unemployed and underemployed young adults and veterans through their foundational and
advanced programs.
A mock interview between NPower student Esteban Bernal and Guardian volunteer Tara Fosbre served as the launchpad for an actual dream job as a Cybersecurity Analyst. Guardian's work with NPower inspires confidence in those aspiring to better careers and, as is the case with Esteban and Tara, produces real results.
“Paying it forward is very important to me because it aligns with my values and my passion to build the next generation of diverse tech talent. Volunteering with NPower has been rewarding on both a personal and professional level and has helped me contribute to tech equity.”
Tara Fosbre
Head of Technology Innovation, Programs & Capabilities
Dental Lifeline NetworkWe help our community’s most vulnerable residents restore their confidence and their smiles by providing access to the dental care they need
Many adults cannot afford dental care, especially within our most vulnerable communities. There’s a mental and physical connection to oral health: Poor oral health can lead to lower self-esteem and social anxiety.1 Guardian’s efforts to champion overall well-being led us to our long-standing partnership with the Dental Lifeline Network (DLN), which provides access to care for people in need, helping to restore their pride, become pain free, and smile confidently.
45,417
Total patients served
2,829
Total veterans served
$87.1M
Value of donated dental services provided
We're committed to evolving and optimizing our use of resources
We’ve made progress on a number of projects to conserve resources, reduce waste, and protect the environment at our facilities, three of which are LEED Gold offices.2
Notable highlights:
We onboarded a new vendor platform to better track our Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions data.3
In support of our climate risk efforts, we performed our annual sustainability assessments of select company suppliers.
We continued recycling efforts at our offices, including programs for battery and electronic waste recycling, and we introduced filtered water bottle stations to minimize plastic waste.
Our Green Office Move & Decommissioning program diverted 47 tons of material from landfills around the country. Since the program inception in 2022, Guardian has diverted 98.6% of materials from landfills.
1 An Ounce of Prevention: The link between preventive dental care and better oral health and overall wellness, Guardian’s 12th Annual Workplace Benefits Study, 2023
2 Guardian is evolving our Workplace Strategy to match a hybrid workforce and their needs in 16 locations in the US and India, and to maintain a presence in key markets. Guardian reduced our physical footprint by 47% in Holmdel, NJ and 11% in Bethlehem, PA; it continues to be responsible for 100% of the base utility consumption in both locations. Guardian will continue to monitor and optimize our use of resources in our office locations, where available.
3 The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America divested the ReedGroup business in [December] 2022, which triggered a re-baselining of the GHG Inventory consistent with best practices contained within the Greenhouse Gas Protocol. The GHG emissions associated with ReedGroup were removed from the 2019 baseline and subsequent reporting years to reflect this change in Guardian’s subsidiary businesses