Our sustainability strategy
As a leading technology-enabled services provider, we’re guided by a purpose: helping millions of people and dependents achieve better health and financial security. We recognize our unique opportunity—and responsibility—to drive progress through inclusive, innovative, and people-first practices. By championing wellbeing, financial stability, and access to care, we’re building a future where health and financial security are within reach for all.
The pillars of our impact
People
To enhance the lives of our clients’ employees, we must first support our own colleagues’ health and financial security. We strive to model an inclusive, innovative culture that enables a sense of belonging. From there, we support a holistic and personalized approach to wellbeing that enables our colleagues to achieve healthy minds, bodies, wallets and lives.
Progress
Alight is driven by our higher calling to improve lives. This commitment requires us to constantly listen, learn and think innovatively as we strive to create a platform that is accessible, valuable and fosters holistic wellbeing. To create a future that uplifts the evolving workforce, Alight is committed to constantly redefining how we reach and serve employees as we aim to achieve enduring health and financial security.
Principles
Our long-term success is built on a foundation of ethical behaviors that guide our business decisions and set the stage for us to lead by example by upholding the highest standards of integrity, transparency, data security and privacy. We demonstrate responsible business practices through strong corporate governance, environmental stewardship, and a commitment to ethical decision-making.
A message from our leadership
"I’ve served in various leadership positions connected to healthcare, employee benefits and human resources for over 40 years. After all this time, the key question I continuously ask is, “Have I truly left things better than I found them?” Because as organizations, we don’t just inherit the system. We are responsible for it, and most importantly, we have to do the work to make things better. It’s a responsibility we take seriously, and as a result, our CS&I pillars are closely aligned with Alight’s purpose and values, and reflect our ongoing commitment to our colleagues, clients and communities.”
Dave Guilmette
CEO
From material priorities to measurable progress
We conducted a double materiality assessment to better understand the issues that carry the most weight for our business and stakeholders. The results are already helping shape a more focused, strategic approach to our efforts. Explore the key findings and what they mean for our future.
2024 highlights: Our pillars in action
We’re committed to building a more sustainable, inclusive and innovative future. In 2024, we made significant strides across our priorities—driven by purpose and progress.
People
We support our colleagues’ wellbeing through inclusion, opportunity and a culture of care.
- Launched a global mentoring program and inclusive hiring toolkit
- Enhanced job ad equity tech and tools
- Relaunched Alight Cares with renewed focus on volunteerism and giving
- Published our first Equal Pay Statement
- Sponsored NAMI NYC’s 2024 Workplace Mental Health Collaborative
Progress
We innovate for sustainable employee wellbeing and better experiences.
- Enhanced AI and integrated benefits into collaboration platform
- Expanded Partner Network with an employee assistance program and global family-building solutions
Principles
We uphold responsible practices that build trust and drive long-term impact.
- Achieved 100% site certification to ISO 22301:2019 Business Continuity Standards
- Completed multiyear cloud transition away from physical data centers
- Launched Alight for the Planet, a colleague-led sustainability community
Driving progress toward our sustainable development goals
The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) outline a global vision for a better, more sustainable future. Of the 17 goals, we’ve identified ten where we can make the greatest impact through our strategy, products and services. Each year, we assess our progress against these goals—ensuring our efforts support both people and the planet.
We work to increase employee accessibility to healthcare and improve outcomes through Alight Worklife®, which combines AI and data to create a personalized and integrated experience. The result is confident decisions and meaningful health and wellbeing outcomes for 35 million users and dependents.
The Alight Women’s Professional Network provides resources for women to connect with others and feel empowered in the workplace. Required training also empowers our colleagues to prevent sexual harassment and gender-based discrimination at Alight.
Through signing the WASH Pledge, Alight demonstrates our belief in setting a high standard for the quality of and access to water in the workplace. We work to promote hygiene education and awareness to encourage proper sanitation practices and reduce health risks. Our efforts to build awareness and promote the wellbeing of our employees are vital to improving the health and wellness of both our staff and visitors to our workplace.
As Alight works toward our emissions reduction goal, we will transition out of physical, energy-intensive data centers to cloud-based providers; continue to improve energy efficiency with facilities; and purchase renewable electricity.
We believe that healthy employees equal healthy companies. Alight-commissioned research conducted by a third party reveals that employee wellbeing boosts financial performance. Our work to promote the wellbeing of our clients and their employees through the Alight Worklife platform improves productivity and supports a healthy economy.
Our AI Policy and Governance Board empowers Alight and our clients to continue to innovate and improve our platform experience while maintaining confidence in secure operations and improving health and wellbeing outcomes for our clients and their employees.
Alight provides inclusivity and awareness training to all our colleagues to develop awareness and understanding of other cultures and diverse backgrounds. Alight also supports inclusivity through our colleague-led communities, including Black, Latinx and Pride/LGBTQ+ professional networks; Able at Alight for colleagues and colleague family members with disabilities; and Team Valor, the Alight Veterans Network, among others.
Alight has taken steps to promote sustainable procurement practices through our supplier sustainability survey to better understand where there is potential for improvement.
Alight’s commitment to reducing Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions has been formally validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), reinforcing our dedication to science-based climate action.
Alight has a strong commitment to ethical business practices, compliance with existing and emerging regulations and adaptive policies to reinforce our dedication.
Recognition and Awards
We’re proud of the work we do for our clients and the environment we build for our people. It’s wonderful to be recognized for our efforts by these respected organizations and publications.
Additional reporting
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