INSPIRING IMPACT

Dear Friends,

It’s my privilege and a source of great joy to serve on a team engaging in so much positive change. And 2022 was a standout year for new initiatives at IGS Energy.

This magazine is a highlight reel of the inspiring impact made.

In an engaging Q&A, you’ll get to know IGS CEO Scott White— his entrepreneurial spirit, his dedication to helping people, his humble warmth and accessibility, and his belief that IGS has a responsibility to advance positive change by creating a sustainable energy future for a healthier planet.

You’ll also learn how part of that greener future just might involve recycling cow manure. You’ll read why we’re so excited about community solar. You’ll meet some of the incredible team members who make our culture one people are passionate about.

And you’ll see Scott’s innovative thinking and our company values in action in many ways—including how we’re reimagining investing in talent through workforce development. For example, through our Clean Energy for Everyone grants, we’re supporting two nonprofits near our Central Ohio home to train classes of solar installers. The students are neighbors looking for new careers— people who never may have considered renewable energy. It’s a pipeline of talent we have not accessed in the past that is now within reach. Similarly, we’re embracing students from the Columbus Promise program, which gives Columbus City Schools students up to six semesters of tuition-free education at Columbus State Community College. Scott wants to lay the foundation for more equitable and inclusive hiring practices by encouraging us all to rethink the need to require four-year college degrees for certain jobs. Following that kind of lead is energizing and exciting not just for our team, but also for our entire community.

As we grow, change has come at us fast in recent years, and the need to reinvent and revitalize is constant. That can be stressful. But with compassionate executive leaders dedicated to investing in employees first, we’re able to stay on course, letting IGS’s northstar priorities guide us.

Our purpose of creating a sustainable energy future sounds lofty, and we love that. We’re playing the long game. We hope you will, too.

Enjoy the stories and stay inspired.

Jen Bowden, Vice President, Brand & Social Impact