SAIC 2022 GRI INDEX
General Disclosures
DISCLOSURE
NUMBER
DISCLOSURE TITLE &
REQUIREMENTS
2022
RESPONSE
102-1
Name of Organization
Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC)
102-2
Activities, brands, products and services
SAIC's business is organized in four segments - a Defense & Civilian Sector, a National Security & Space Sector, a cross-cutting Strategy, Growth and Innovation (SGI) organization and Corporate functions
Defense & Civilian Sector:
- Systems engineering & integration
- Enterprise IT modernization
- Platform, vehicle, C4ISR & weapons systems integration and delivery
- Digital engineering/Model-based Systems Engineering
- Training-live, virtual, constructive and serious gaming
- Logistics and supply chain management
- Managed services
- Advanced analytics and IA/ML
- Advanced app development
- Cloud services, migration and security
- Cybersecurity
- Cyber test and evaluation
- Digital enablement/Modeling & Simulation
- Infrastructure optimization
- Organizational change management
Our robust portfolio of offerings across the defense and civilian markets including state and local governments includes secure high-end solutions in engineering, IT modernization and mission solutions. Using our expertise and understanding of existing and emerging technologies, we integrate the best components from our own portfolio and our partner ecosystem to deliver innovative, effective and efficient solutions that are critical to achieving our customers' missions.
National Security & Space Sector:
- Space missions
- Systems engineering and integration (including digital engineering)
- Command and Control solutions
- Intelligence community mission operations
- SETA
- Mission IT/Enterprise IT/IT Modernization
- Software Development
- Application migration to the cloud
- Data and data analytics
- Policy thought leadership
The National Security & Space (NSS) Sector provides specialty mission expertise, high-end engineering and system integration, and secure innovative solutions across the Intelligence Community, Air Force, joint commands and Space customers.
Enterprise Solutions and Operations: Enterprise Solutions and Operations (ESO) manages the development of our offerings, solutions and capabilities. Created to enable business and advancement of enterprise solutions, to support the two business sectors, and drive profitable and organic growth across the company, it also establishes SAIC as a leader in key strategic markets where we design innovative solutions and truly differentiate ourselves to our customers.
The ESO organization includes Business Enablement with the Contracts, Pricing and Procurement; Infrastructure Enablement with Facilities, IT and Security; Strategy & Sales Enablement that includes the Proposal Center; Innovation Factory with Artificial Intelligence, Digital Innovation and Digital Engineering; and Business Innovation and Product Innovation that includes the Execution Excellence team.
Corporate and Other:
- Legal
- Business Conduct & Excellence
- Internal Audit
- Finance
- HR
- Marketing & Communications
102-3
Location of headquarters
12010 Sunset Hills Rd
Reston, VA 20190
102-5
Ownership and legal form
Corporation (SAIC)
102-6
Markets served
SAIC Annual Report, Part I, Item 1 (Business)
https://investors.saic.com/financials/annual-reports/default.aspx
102-7
Scale of the organization
As of the time of the submission of this response, SAIC has approximately 26,000 employees.
SAIC has a joint venture with approximately 1,100 individuals who are considered SAIC employees; as the venture operates at arms-length, detailed employee information is not available.
The Company is comprised of two customer facing operating sectors (Defense & Civilian and National Security & Space) supported by Enterprise Solutions and Operations, and Corporate functions. (See GRI 102-2 for more details)
The Company had revenues of $7.4 billion for the fiscal year ended Jan. 28, 2022.
See SAIC Annual Report, Part I, Item 1 (Business)
https://investors.saic.com/financials/annual-reports/default.aspx
102-8
Information on employees and other workers
As of Jan. 28, 2022, SAIC had approximately 26,000 employees.
SAIC has a joint venture with approximately 1,100 individuals who are considered SAIC employees; as the venture operates at arms-length, detailed employee information is not available. After adjusting for this item, currently SAIC can provide the following employee breakdown information:
Employment Status:
Full-time: 23,023 employees
Part-time: 1,765 employees
Gender:
25% full-time female employees
2% part-time female employees
68% full-time male employees
5% part-time male employees
Regional location
US Northeast: 938 employees
US Southeast: 17,703 employees
US Midwest: 2,070 employees
US West: 3,740 employees
International: 337
Employee data is compiled and stored by the company's human resource organization.
102-9
Supply chain
Strong supplier and subcontractor partnerships are critical to SAIC and the success of our customers. SAIC's team of 270 procurement leaders, buyers, subcontract analysts and supplier quality experts work every day to ensure we partner with our customers to deliver on missions of critical national importance.
SAIC has a robust supply chain business portfolio that handles multiple sustainment activities for the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) that includes DOD tires, chemicals, petroleum, lubricants and other goods to sustain, maintain and repair military hardware.
Our government customers are varied and, therefore, our products are agnostic, and our services varied. We are heavy buyers of IT Hardware, Software and XaaS solutions that are integrated into our customer deliverables.
Our subcontractors provide services primarily in the IT services and integration arena including systems analysts, systems engineers, solution architects, software developers, supporting a variety of IT integration and services scopes of work among others.
Learn more at Suppliers and Small Business.
102-10
Significant changes to the organization and its supply chain
While there were no changes to SAIC's organizational structure in fiscal year 2022, the Company did complete the purchases of Koverse and Halfaker & Associates. Both acquisitions were completed in the second quarter of the fiscal year and added significant revenues and business operations.
Both acquisitions were structured as all-cash transactions.
For business and financial details, see the Company's annual report for fiscal year 2022.
https://investors.saic.com/financials/annual-reports/default.aspx
102-11
Precautionary Principle or approach
SAIC has designed and implemented a framework for risk management (a combination of elements from the ISO 31000 and the COSO models) to identify, assess, treat and monitor risks at both the Enterprise and Operational (programmatic) levels of the organization.
Managed through a cross-functional Enterprise Risk Management Committee (ERMC), top risks are identified and reviewed to ensure mitigation strategies are deployed. The ERMC quarterly reports are further assessed by the Board of Director's Risk Oversight Committee.
The company's program-related risks are reviewed regularly at varying levels of the company's operational organizations to ensure continual assessment.
Additionally, SAIC maintains an enterprise-level Business Continuity Team (BCT) that is comprised of a cross-functional set of managers that identifies significant business risk and establishes recovery efforts in the event of a business disruption. The BCT reports to the Enterprise Risk Management Committee (ERMC) team that reports directly to the Risk Oversight Committee of the Board of Directors.
102-12
External initiatives
SAIC's environmental, social and governance responses are developed with reference to the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Standards 2016. Additionally, we use the principles and practices outlined in globally accepted sustainability reporting frameworks to inform our ESG efforts through the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB), the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs).
SAIC subject matter experts participate in a number of collaborative initiatives with stakeholders and external organizations.
102-13
Membership of associations
SAIC and our employees actively participate in numerous industry associations related to the professional services industry, with a predominant number specific to the government services market.
SAIC and our employees are also active participants in numerous civic and philanthropic organizations that serve the communities in which our employees live and work, as well organizations directly supporting areas of customer affinity, such as military veterans and humanitarian relief.
SAIC does not currently maintain a centralized repository of all organizational involvement.
DISCLOSURE
NUMBER
DISCLOSURE TITLE &
REQUIREMENTS
2022
RESPONSE
102-14
Statement from senior decision-maker
See CEO Nazzic Keene's letter as part of SAIC's Corporate Responsibility Report:
102-15
Key impacts, risks and opportunities
See SAIC Annual Report, Part I, Item 1 (Business) and Part I, Item 1A (Risk Factors)
https://investors.saic.com/financials/annual-reports/default.aspx
DISCLOSURE
NUMBER
DISCLOSURE TITLE &
REQUIREMENTS
2022
RESPONSE
102-16
Values, principles, standards and norms of behavior
SAIC's core values, principles, standards and norms of behavior are an integral part of how we operate as a company and our core value of integrity guides everything that we do. SAIC maintains a high-performing ethics program, using enterprise-wide training, guidance, communications and engagement to sustain and grow our ethical culture.
See SAIC's ethics website https://www.saic.com/who-we-are/about-saic/ethics
SAIC's Code of Conduct outlines our company's commitment to business and professional conduct that is aligned to our values, principles and standards of behavior, in addition to legal and regulatory requirements. The Code of Conduct also helps us recognize and address ethical issues.
See SAIC's Code of Conduct https://www.saic.com/sites/default/files/codeofconduct/index.html#/
SAIC shares its expectations with regards to working with partners that meet its ethics and compliance thresholds. Upon engagement, our third party suppliers acknowledge compliance with SAIC's Supplier Code of Conduct.
https://www.saic.com/who-we-are/suppliers-and-small-business
In addition, SAIC participates in several external organizations that help guide and reinforce ethical behavior in our company and industry.
SAIC is an active Working Group member of the Defense Industry Initiative (DII). The DII is a nonpartisan and non-profit organization comprised of representatives primarily from the aerospace and defense industry that perform U.S. government contracting. DII's mission is the continued promotion and advancement of a culture of ethical conduct in every company that provides products and services through government contracting.
SAIC is a Fellows level member of the Ethics and Compliance Initiative (ECI), an organization founded to advance ethical culture and leadership. https://www.ethics.org/membership/who-are-eci-members/ and
SAIC is a member of the Society for Corporate Compliance and Ethics Professionals (SCCE), an ethics and compliance association dedicated to promoting lasting success and integrity of organizations worldwide. https://www.corporatecompliance.org/
102-17
Mechanisms for advice and concerns about ethics
At SAIC, our core value of integrity guides everything that we do. We are proud to maintain a high-performing ethics program, using enterprise-wide training, guidance, communications and engagement to sustain and grow our ethical culture. We provide a variety of disclosure channels which allow for anonymous and confidential reporting regarding alleged violations of our Code of Conduct. To read more about SAIC's commitment to acting with integrity, as well as our Code and disclosure channels, please visit the SAIC Ethics page: https://www.saic.com/who-we-are/about-saic/ethics
DISCLOSURE
NUMBER
DISCLOSURE TITLE &
REQUIREMENTS
2022
RESPONSE
102-18
Governance structure
SAIC is governed by a board of directors comprised of 11 directors, 10 of whom are independent directors as defined by the New York Stock Exchange and corporate governance guidelines.
https://investors.saic.com/corporate-governance/board-of-directors/default.aspx
The board consists of four standing committees: an Audit Committee, Risk Oversight Committee, Human Resources and Compensation Committee, and a Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. The standing committees are chartered with the responsibility to review such environmental, social and governance issues that may significantly impact the Company.
https://investors.saic.com/corporate-governance/governance-documents/default.aspx
DISCLOSURE
NUMBER
DISCLOSURE TITLE &
REQUIREMENTS
2022
RESPONSE
102-41
Collective bargaining agreements
As of Jan. 28, 2022, 1.5% of SAIC employees are covered by collective bargaining agreements.
DISCLOSURE
NUMBER
DISCLOSURE TITLE &
REQUIREMENTS
2022
RESPONSE
102-48
Restatements of information
None
102-50
Reporting period
Fiscal year 2022 that started on Jan. 30, 2021, and ended on Jan. 28, 2022
102-51
Date of most recent report
The previous report was submitted on Aug. 2, 2021.
102-52
Reporting cycle
Annual
102-53
Contact point for questions regarding the report
Sarah W. Plaster, Sr. Director
Change Management and ESG Communications
703-676-4551
102-54
Claims of reporting in accordance with the GRI Standards
This SAIC GRI KPI Content Index has been prepared in accordance with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Standards 2016.
102-55
GRI content index
The GRI content index is reflected in this table.
102-56
External assurance
In 2022, SAIC pursued and received an Independent Assurance Statement of our energy performance information and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions relevant to the company's 2022 GHG Emissions Inventory (concerning data for the period January 2021 to December 2021).
The assurance engagement was a Type 2 moderate assurance in accordance with the AA1000AS v3 standard, and consisted of:
Evaluation of SAIC's adherence to the AA1000 AccountAbility Principles (AA1000AS v3) of Inclusivity, Materiality, Responsiveness and Impact; and
Evaluation of the reliability of the specified sustainability performance information and associated data collection and management processes and systems.
Economic Topics
DISCLOSURE
NUMBER
DISCLOSURE TITLE &
REQUIREMENTS
2022
RESPONSE
103-1
Explanation of the material topic and its boundary
SAIC generates and distributes economic value by delivering technology related services to our predominantly U.S. federal government customers. The subsequent disclosures related to economic performance are deemed material due to the volatility and significance each presents to SAIC. Our results may fluctuate as a result of cyclical or non-cyclical economic changes in our markets and our primary customer, the U.S. federal government. Our results may also fluctuate based on other events outside of our control, such as terrorism or health related issues.
Information about our business and financial performance, reported pursuant to our fiscal year 2022 ended Jan. 28, 2022, is provided in our annual report.
https://investors.saic.com/financials/annual-reports/default.aspx
103-2
The management approach and its components
SAIC seeks to monitor and control risk exposure through an enterprise-wide risk management framework. Managed through an Enterprise Risk Management Committee (ERMC) that reports directly to the Risk Oversight Committee of the Board of Directors, SAIC has identified several major sources of risk:
- Strategy Execution
- Competitiveness
- Talent Management
- Cybersecurity
- Infrastructure
The ERMC is a cross-functional group with representatives from a variety of functions, providing support and insight to the ERMC. The ERMC meets quarterly and considers current and emerging risks, and mitigations. SAIC's Chief Risk Officer maintains a register of risks that could affect the company and the industry and monitors mitigations to those risks. Results are reported to the Risk Oversight Committee of the Board of Directors.
DISCLOSURE
NUMBER
DISCLOSURE TITLE &
REQUIREMENTS
2022
RESPONSE
201-1
Direct economic value generated and distributed
Please refer to SAIC's Annual Report for details on fiscal year 2022 economic performance.
https://investors.saic.com/financials/annual-reports/default.aspx
SAIC distributes economic value to its shareholders through the payment of dividends and repurchases of shares of its common stock.
201-2
Financial implications and other risks and opportunities due to climate
SAIC believes that it has minimal direct business risk exposure to climate change. The limited financial risk to the company primarily relates to the frequency and severity of weather events in areas of employee concentration, which if they occur, could limit their ability to provide services to customers for a period of time. SAIC has policies, procedures and plans for Business Continuity and Crisis Management responses for any weather events and possible related incidents.
Opportunities exist, but none with current potential, to have a substantive financial or strategic impact on business. Expanded customer emphasis on climate change presents future opportunities for greater support in this area. As such, in 2021, we created the position of Chief Climate Scientist to give greater attention to climate change understanding, knowledge, risks and opportunities in the company, in the community and with our customers. With increased attention to climate change, providing expertise to our customers, by leveraging science and echnology developed by our employees, will lead us to developing greater climate change services in the future. Spending packages, including the infrastructure bill and future potential spending packages, may provide additional opportunity for SAIC's efforts around climate resiliency. In the near term, we do not expect this to have a substantive financial or strategic impact on our business.
201-3
Defined benefit plan obligations and other retirement plans
For a description of defined benefit plan obligations, see our disclosure of 29 through F-33 in SAIC's Annual Report for fiscal year 2022.
https://investors.saic.com/financials/annual-reports/default.aspx
201-4
Financial assistance received from government
SAIC did not receive assistance from any government in fiscal year 2022.
DISCLOSURE
NUMBER
DISCLOSURE TITLE &
REQUIREMENTS
2022
RESPONSE
205-1
Operations assessed for risks related to corruption
SAIC maintains an Internal Audit department and an external audit partner that conduct comprehensive audit controls and procedures across the entire enterprise. This includes all operational units, corporate functions and information technology and security organizations to ensure compliance with internal and external policies and procedures. Risks and mitigation efforts are continuously monitored. Controls and procedures are adjusted according to newly identified risks. The internal and audit controls and procedures cover the entire enterprise to include all U.S. and international operations.
205-2
Communication and training about anti-corruption policies and procedures
SAIC has adopted anti-bribery and anti-corruption positions as part of our Code of Conduct and internal policies and procedures. These provisions are applicable to all employees, officers and directors of the company. Each year, we perform a Code of Conduct certification process that requires every employee to certify their review, understanding and compliance with the Code of Conduct. In addition, as part of an annual required training process, each employee is required to complete ethics, compliance and security training. SAIC also maintains an Ethics and Compliance Hotline, whereby any internal or external party can voice a concern regarding compliance issues.
https://www.saic.com/contact-us
See SAIC's Code of Conduct
https://www.saic.com/who-we-are/about-saic/ethics
See SAIC's Supplier Code of Conduct
https://www.saic.com/suppliers-and-small-business
See also KPI 414-1
205-3
Confirmed incidents of corruption and actions taken
In fiscal year 2022, there were no confirmed incidents of corruption.
DISCLOSURE
NUMBER
DISCLOSURE TITLE &
REQUIREMENTS
2022
RESPONSE
206-1
Legal actions for anti-competitive behavior, anti-trust and monopoly practices
In fiscal year 2022, there were no legal actions for anti-competitive behavior, anti-trust and monopoly practices.
Environmental Topics
DISCLOSURE
NUMBER
DISCLOSURE TITLE &
REQUIREMENTS
2022
RESPONSE
103-1
Explanation of the material topic and its boundary
SAIC recognizes the risks climate change poses to the environment, the implications it could have for our predominantly U.S. federal government customers, and the impact our employees have on the environment as they perform their job functions and commute to and from work. Information about SAIC's key risk factors can be found in our annual report for our fiscal year 2022 ended Jan. 28, 2022, starting on page 9.
https://investors.saic.com/financials/annual-reports/default.aspx
103-2
The management approach and its components
SAIC is committed to assessing, reducing and mitigating its energy use, carbon footprint and emissions. Please refer to the GRI KPI 100 series for a description of our risk management practices. See GRI KPI 103-2 under 'economic topics' for more information about our risk management practices. Business Continuity and Crisis Management teams are in place to respond to any such weather events and possible related incidents.
DISCLOSURE
NUMBER
DISCLOSURE TITLE &
REQUIREMENTS
2022
RESPONSE
302-1
Energy consumption within the organization
SAIC has an ongoing monthly program to track and evaluate electrical utility data at those facilities over which we have operational control. This includes the comparison of current and prior year utilization in order to enable the early identification of variances in kWh consumption, costs, impacts due to weather and other factors. SAIC consumed 31,150,117 kWh in electrical energy in calendar year 2021 based on utility provider invoices. Annual usage of natural gas and propane, though utilized to a much more limited extent, are also tracked. Consumption from renewable sources is not currently evaluated.
As a technical services business, SAIC's real estate portfolio consists of approximately 3.9 million square feet of commercial real estate office, warehouse and integration space. SAIC had operational control for approximately 2.2 million square feet in calendar year 2021.
Ongoing efforts related to our real estate strategy and Future of Work initiative seek to maximize operating efficiencies related to space utilization, retiring underperforming assets as part of our leasing strategies, investing in more energy efficient building systems, deploying building automation systems, installing energy efficient lighting and implementing programs addressing after-hour setback and interior temperature controls programs for HVAC systems.
302-2
Energy consumption outside of the organization
This is not something that SAIC currently measures. Notwithstanding the foregoing, SAIC does utilize as part of its leased site selection and evaluation process a pre-lease property profile form to gather insights on environmental conditions and the sustainable performance of sites under lease consideration. This includes the collection of data on any building certifications held, existence of energy management plans, energy efficient building features and any recent major building system commissioning details.
302-3
Energy intensity
In tracking overall energy consumption of its portfolio as discussed in Disclosure Number 302-1, SAIC collects and monitors monthly metrics for natural gas and electricity usage at each of the facilities over which we have operational control. These metrics enable us to calculate energy intensity ratios for each of our facilities on a square foot basis for comparison purposes as well as enterprise-wide. From 2019 to 2021, SAIC lowered emissions by square foot of occupied space from 0.006 to 0.0047 metric tons CO2e/SF (tons of carbon dioxide equivalents per square foot).
302-4
Reduction of energy consumption
As a result of intentional efforts to identify and implement energy conservation and savings opportunities, as of the end of calendar year 2021, SAIC had reduced its electrical energy consumption, based on utility provider invoices, over a newly established 2019 base year by approximately 13% (35,877,606 kWh reduced to 31,150,117 kWh). While some portion of this is believed to be attributed to a decrease in onsite staffing at certain SAIC facilities throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, we also continue to investigate and implement energy management initiatives and related projects to drive increased operational efficiencies at key sites.
DISCLOSURE
NUMBER
DISCLOSURE TITLE &
REQUIREMENTS
2022
RESPONSE
303-3
Water withdrawal
SAIC does not have a program in place for water withdrawal. As a technical services business, SAIC's real estate portfolio consists of approximately 3.9 million square feet of commercial real estate office, warehouse and integration space of which approximately 2.2 million square feet was under our operational control in calendar year 2021. For all but a relative few of the properties in our real estate portfolio, the landlord or property manager pays for water usage and passes related operating expenses on a pro-rata basis to its tenant base. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in an effort to minimize potential water waste or associated property damage resulting from leaking water lines from appliances in its offices, leak detection and shut-off devices have been installed on various kitchen appliances.
DISCLOSURE
NUMBER
DISCLOSURE TITLE &
REQUIREMENTS
2022
RESPONSE
305-1
Direct (Scope 1) GHG emissions
Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are an important gauge in overall environmental impact. SAIC recognizes the risks climate change poses to our environment, and we are committed to reducing our environmental footprint. As part of this commitment, SAIC measures, monitors and tracks our GHG emissions (Scope 1 and Scope 2) at those facilities over which we have operational control; the company publicly discloses those emissions.
In 2014, SAIC set a goal of reducing emissions (Scopes 1 and 2) by 15% by 2025. We are proud to have exceeded that goal early and are establishing a new interim goal of an additional 15% by 2025 (Scopes 1 and 2), over a newly defined base year of 2019, that will further encourage our teams to find innovative ways to cut our carbon footprint. SAIC chose 2019 as the new base year due to significant changes in our real estate portfolio associated with the acquisition of Engility in January 2019.
We continue to make significant progress in reducing GHG emissions. Though in 2021 Scope 1 emissions increased slightly by approximately 3% compared to our 2019 base year due to a more severe winter, in 2021 our Scope 2 emissions were approximately 33% below 2019 levels. These GHG emissions figures are measured in terms of emissions by metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents (MTCO2e).
From 2019 to 2021, we lowered our emissions by square foot of occupied space from 0.006 to 0.0047 (measured in MTCO2e/sf).
In addition, for its 2022 GHG Emissions Inventory (concerning data for the period January 2021 to December 2021) SAIC, as discussed in Disclosure Number 102-56, attained independent assurance under the AA1000 Assurance Standard.
In compiling these GHG emissions, SAIC follows the Greenhouse Gas Protocol Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard. All 7 gases are included in the reported emissions. Calculations are performed utilizing a well-known industry reporting system that leverages the EPA's Emissions & Generation Resource Integrated Database (eGRID).
Base year 2019 Scope 1 emissions reflect approximately 823 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents. Calendar year 2021 Scope 1 emissions indicate approximately 850 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents, or approximately 3% above the 2019 base year.
305-2
Energy indirect (Scope 2) GHG emissions
Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are an important gauge in overall environmental impact. SAIC recognizes the risks climate change poses to our environment, and we are committed to reducing our environmental footprint. As part of this commitment, SAIC measures, monitors and tracks our GHG emissions at those facilities over which we have operational control and publicly discloses those emissions.
In 2014, SAIC set a goal of reducing emissions (Scopes 1 and 2) by 15% by 2025. We are proud to have exceeded that goal early and are establishing a new interim goal of an additional 15% by 2025 (Scopes 1 and 2), over a newly defined base year of 2019, that will further encourage our teams to find innovative ways to cut our carbon footprint. SAIC chose 2019 as the new base year due to significant changes in our real estate portfolio associated with the acquisition of Engility in January 2019.
We continue to make significant progress in reducing GHG emissions. Though 2021 Scope 1 emissions reflect a slight increase of approximately 3% compared to our 2019 base year due to a more severe winter, our Scope 2 in 2021 emissions demonstrate a decrease of approximately 33% below 2019 levels.
These GHG emissions figures are measured in terms of emissions by metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents (MTCO2e).
From 2019 to 2021, we lowered our emissions by square foot of occupied space from 0.006 to 0.0047 (measured in MTCO2e/sf).
In addition, for its 2022 GHG Emissions Inventory (concerning data for the period January 2021 to December 2021) SAIC, as discussed in Disclosure Number 102-56, attained independent assurance under the AA1000 Assurance Standard.
In compiling these GHG emissions, SAIC follows the Greenhouse Gas Protocol Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard. All seven gases are included in the reported emissions. Calculations are performed utilizing a well-known industry reporting system that leverages the EPA's Emissions & Generation Resource Integrated Database (eGRID).
Base year 2019 Scope 1 emissions were approximately 823 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents.
Base year 2019 Scope 2 emissions were approximately 14,214 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents.
Calendar year 2021 Scope 2 emissions were approximately 9,583 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents, or approximately 33% below the 2019 base year.
305-3
Other indirect (Scope 3) GHG emissions
This is not something that SAIC currently measures.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, we are actively evaluating what Scope 3 emissions may be meaningful to various audiences for us to consider measuring, tracking and reporting on in the future.
305-4
GHG emissions intensity
A GHG emission intensity metric by property of metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents per square foot of facility space is calculated annually as part of our SAIC GHG emissions report. Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions are part of this intensity metric. As SAIC is primarily a services business, the primary metric by which we evaluate the overall efficiency of our space utilization is by tracking the total square footage in our property portfolio and occupant density.
From 2019 to 2021, we lowered our emissions by square foot of occupied space from 0.006 to 0.0047 metric tons CO2e/SF (tons of carbon dioxide equivalents per square foot).
DISCLOSURE
NUMBER
DISCLOSURE TITLE &
REQUIREMENTS
2022
RESPONSE
306-2
Waste by type and disposal method
SAIC's generation of hazardous waste from its operations is generally immaterial. Less than 2% of SAIC's approximately 150 operating locations generate hazardous waste, which is generally not as result of daily operations, but rather on an infrequent episodic basis.
At SAIC, we promote several initiatives to encourage our employees to be proactive and aware of non-hazardous waste reduction and disposal. These initiatives include:
- Recycling and promoting responsible disposal practices, including recycling bins for plastic, aluminum and glass.
- Proving incentives for alternative transportation to our workforce that encourage mass transit.
- Fostering a digitally connected workforce to both facilitate employees' ability to work remotely and to minimize resources such as printer ink and paper use.
- Working with an electronics vendor to properly dispose of retired SAIC electronic equipment, such as laptops and monitors, and to refurbish for resale to maximize a product's lifecycle or to recycle its components.
- Reducing paper waste by setting all network multi-function copier and printers to default to print double-sided, which reduces paper use and disposal by up to 50%.
- Committing to the use of 30% recycled paper for all network multi-function copiers and printers
Additional details with respect to our non-hazardous waste reduction and disposal efforts can be found in SAIC's ISO 14001 Standards Fact Sheet.
https://www.saic.com/sites/default/files/2021-07/SAIC ISO 14001.pdf.
DISCLOSURE
NUMBER
DISCLOSURE TITLE &
REQUIREMENTS
2022
RESPONSE
308-1
New suppliers that were screened using environmental criteria
We are revising and will begin using in calendar year 2022 our new Supplier Code of Conduct and Supplier Evaluation Questionnaire for initial screening of some sustainability criteria. We are committed to having a better understanding of our supply chain's impact on the environment. As such this past year, SAIC hired a full-time resource to develop a Procurement ESG Roadmap to include Supplier Diversity and Procurement Sustainability. Joined by a part-time employee and the head of Supplier Quality, the team will deliver the roadmap and milestones in Q2. In the future, we may consider using a 3rd party vendor to evaluate and track supplier sustainability score card data. SAIC's Chief Procurement Officer is co-leading a Sustainable Procurement Community of Practice for the National Contract Management Association (NCMA) to increase awareness and foster evolving maturity of sustainable practices in industry and government.
308-2
Negative environmental impacts in the supply chain and actions taken:
a. Number of suppliers assessed for environmental impacts.
b. Number of suppliers identified as having significant actual and potential negative environmental impacts.
c. Significant actual and potential negative environmental impacts identified in the supply chain.
d. Percentage of suppliers identified as having significant actual and potential negative environmental impacts with which improvements were agreed upon as a result of assessment.
e. Percentage of suppliers identified as having significant actual and potential negative environmental impacts with which relationships were terminated as a result of assessment, and why.
a. None
b. None
c. None
d. 0%
e. 0%
Social Performance
DISCLOSURE
NUMBER
DISCLOSURE TITLE &
REQUIREMENTS
2022
RESPONSE
103-1
Explanation of the material topic and its boundary
SAIC is committed to building an organization of the future; a diverse, engaged and incentivized workforce that values the health, safety, development and dignity of our employees. As a predominantly human-based service provider, our future success is affected by our continued ability to attract, develop and retain qualified employees. Meeting employee expectations with respect to health, safety, development and dignity is a key component to executing on this commitment. The subsequent disclosures related to social performance are important to our success in building a talented workforce.
Information about SAIC's key risk factors can be found in our annual report for our fiscal year 2022 ended Jan. 28, 2022, starting on page 9.
https://investors.saic.com/financials/annual-reports/default.aspx
103-2
The management approach and its components
SAIC prioritizes building an organization of the future by making a commitment to objectively assess the current state of the organization and adjust strategies and actions, as necessary, to address areas of improvements. We are focused on fostering a flexible work environment, strengthening diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I), and enhancing employee well-being.
We have flexible work schedules, including a 4-day workweek, other work schedule options, and increased remote and hybrid work opportunities. Our definition of flexibility is not a one-size fits all, rather it is tailored and nurtured through the engagement between our employees and their leaders.
SAIC's ongoing commitment to strengthening diversity, equity and inclusion and its associated efforts demonstrate our continuing promise to share our intentions, to hold ourselves accountable, and to be transparent about both our progress and our areas of opportunity. We believe diversity creates unparalleled innovation and is critical to the delivery of exceptional business results.
SAIC provides wide-ranging options to support employees' well-being, including an Employee Assistance Program, a wellness program, paid family leave, company-subsidized backup child and elder care.
For more details, see the People and Culture section of our annual report for fiscal year 2022 ended Jan. 28, 2022, starting on page 6.
https://investors.saic.com/financials/annual-reports/default.aspx
See GRI KPI 103-2 under 'economic topics' for more information about our risk management practices.
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2022
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402-1
Minimum notice periods regarding operational changes
Significant organizational changes are communicated to employees through formal communication channels and, by and large, are planned well in advance. We aim to communicate to our leaders and employees most impacted by a change before communicating out to our larger employee workforce.
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2022
RESPONSE
403-2
Hazard identification, risk assessment and incident investigation
SAIC places a strong emphasis on the implementation of relevant and effective environmental, health and safety (EH&S) programs and management systems both internally and on behalf of our customers. We emphasize direct management responsibility, legal and ethical compliance, adhering to corporate and customer policies, programs and procedural requirements. Our compliance programs are proactive and include elements of employee education, training, auditing and reporting that, through employee awareness and integration into our business operations, improve our commitment to environmental protection and a safe and healthy work environment. Our Corporate EH&S Program includes mechanisms for the anonymous reporting of workplace hazards without fear of reprisal. These mechanisms include but are not limited to: (i) anonymous verbal, handwritten or electronic communications to corporate EH&S or other management officials; and (ii) anonymous reporting to the Ethics Hotline. Awareness of this anonymous reporting channel is included in the EH&S orientation completed by each new hire employee.
EH&S orientation includes discussion of each supervisors' responsibility to assess hazards associated with any significant changes in EH&S exposures as a result of new or changed contracts or tasks. These may include, but are not limited to, changes in employee job assignments, changes to machinery or equipment, the introduction of new processes and the establishment of appropriate control measures.
The Corporate EH&S Program outlines a process for the timely reporting and investigation of work-related incidents. Incident reporting, investigation and corrective action follow-up is supported and coordinated through a multi-functional team, which includes Corporate EH&S, Corporate Insurance and Risk Management, and Corporate Human Resources. Incident-related claims and statistics are used to track, measure and manage performance.
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Promotion of worker health
SAIC offers a variety of medical, pharmacy, dental, vision, life insurance, accident insurance, disability, employee assistance and retirement savings plans, allowing employees to choose the level of access and type they desire. All of our medical insurance carriers provide services and programs for non-work-related medical conditions by evaluating risk factors and conducting outreach directly to employees. Additionally, we have several stand-alone programs that offer support for diabetes management and reversal, health advocacy support for claims assistance, healthcare navigation, medical condition support and treatment options and many more. We offer wellness programs that cater to the physical, financial, mental and social well-being of our employees and provide wellness incentives for participation.
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2022
RESPONSE
404-1
Average hours of training per year per employee
SAIC provides employees with ongoing learning and professional development to keep pace with technology and leadership in today's market. We make significant investments in our development opportunities programs, specifically in technology and leadership development. This enables SAIC to retain staff whose expertise stays relevant and whose knowledge base is always growing.
Leaders participated in 11,000 hours of leadership development programs in fiscal year 2022.
SAIC employees completed 55,000 hours of compliance and ethics training in fiscal year 2022.
Employees participated in over 64,023 hours of voluntary learning by pursuing professional credentialing (degrees and certifications) and continuous learning in fiscal year 2022.
Employees completed 1,237 hours of unconscious bias training in fiscal year 2022.
In addition to the activities outlined above, SAIC offers a significant amount of informal and customer-specific training that occurs across the company.
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Percentage of employees receiving regular performance and career development reviews
SAIC uses a contemporary approach to enabling employee performance with Check-In Conversations. The performance cycle begins with goal setting and ends with the merit process. During the year, we encourage regular and continuous discussions between managers and employees to share feedback, track progress, discuss development and celebrate achievements. These one-on-one meetings play a critical role in building employee connection to their manager, their role and responsibilities, their team and company.
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2022
RESPONSE
405-1
Diversity of governance bodies and employees
At SAIC, we’re cultivating a collaborative, inclusive and respectful culture. Our Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion partners with SAIC leaders and employees to provide the tools, resources and infrastructure to foster a workplace where all employees feel valued for their unique perspectives, life experiences, values and skills. A diverse and inclusive workforce where people can be their best is the engine for our success.
https://www.saic.com/who-we-are/life-at-saic/diversity-equity-and-inclusion
The following displays the composition of our governance bodies and overall workforce: Board of Directors:
Gender diversity - 5 of our 11 (45%) Board members are women, including our Chair of the Board and our Chief Executive Officer.
Age diversification - Our Board members range in age from 47 to 73 (at the time of our latest proxy statement). See our fiscal year 2022 proxy statement for more information.
Gender diversity - 2 of our 7 executive leadership team members are women.
As of Jan. 28, 2022, SAIC had approximately 24,700 employees for which we have detailed information (SAIC has approximately 26,000 employees. SAIC has a joint venture with approximately 1,100 individuals who are considered SAIC employees; as the venture operates at arms-length, detailed employee information is not available.)
All employee gender composition:
27% of employees are women
73% of employees are men
All employees by age:
Baby Boomers (58-76 years old): 6,954 (28%)
Generation X (42-57 years old): 9,685 (39%)
Millennials (26-41 years old): 8,087 (33%)
Generation Z (25 years old and younger): 62 (<1%)
SAIC has been recognized by several organizations for our diversity and commitment to inclusion:
Perfect Score in Corporate Equality Index for the fourth consecutive year (Human Rights Campaign - January 2022)
America's Best Employers for Veterans 2021, ranked No. 5 (Forbes - November 2021)
America's Best Employers for Diversity 2021 (Forbes - April 2021)
Top Companies for Veterans 2022, ranked No. 1 (DiversityInc - May 2022)
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DISCLOSURE TITLE &
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2022
RESPONSE
412-2
Employee training on human rights on policies or procedures
Human rights are integral to our core company belief of respect. SAIC is built on the principle of doing the right thing by our customers, employees, business partners and the communities where we work and live. SAIC is committed to an equal opportunity workplace that is free of discrimination and harassment based on national origin, race, color, religion, gender, ancestry, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, marital status, veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected by law.
In fiscal year 2022, SAIC employees completed more than 1,200 hours of unconscious bias training, which we now require of all new employees. All people leaders are required to take From Bias to Inclusion training annually.
We also support our employees with:
Corporate employee resource groups/affinity groups
An anti-discrimination policy
Anti-harassment and inclusion policies, and accompanying training to employees
An anonymous reporting hotline and dedicated website to help employees report concerns and maintain anonymity; See GRI KPI 102-17.
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DISCLOSURE TITLE &
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2022
RESPONSE
413-1
Operations with local community engagement, impact assessments and development programs
SAIC has a robust community engagement program across a majority of our operations and locations. For more information, visit:
https://www.saic.com/who-we-are/life-at-saic/citizenship-social-responsibility
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DISCLOSURE TITLE &
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2022
RESPONSE
414-1
New suppliers that were screened using social criteria
SAIC requires all suppliers for the company adhere to its Supplier Code of Conduct that provides a variety of compliance, governance and social standards by which suppliers must adhere to in order to be a qualified supplier to the company.
In 2020, SAIC created the role of Diversity and Inclusion VP, who is partnering with the Chief Procurement Officer to develop appropriate social screening criteria for our supply base as part of the due-diligence process. New suppliers are consistently screened and added beyond socioeconomic categories. We are in the process of establishing goals to increase participation of underrepresented suppliers in our supply chain activities. We established a goal of increasing our diversity spend by 2.5% as compared to the prior year in the Greater Washington region. For more information, visit:
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DISCLOSURE TITLE &
REQUIREMENTS
2022
RESPONSE
415-1
Political Contributions
For calendar year 2021, the SAIC Voluntary Political Action Committee (VPAC), an organization funded entirely through voluntary employee contributions (i.e. no corporate funds), made $181,500 in political contributions. The SAIC VPAC made no in-kind contributions — with all VPAC contributions being made within the United States. The VPAC did not make any political contributions to state and local candidates and committees. In addition, SAIC, through corporate funds, made $54,700 in state and local contributions, none of which were in-kind contributions. All SAIC corporate fund contributions were made within the United States.
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DISCLOSURE TITLE &
REQUIREMENTS
2022
RESPONSE
418-1
Substantiated complaints concerning breaches of customer privacy and losses of customer data
In fiscal year 2022, there are no substantiated complaints concerning breaches of customer privacy received from either outside parties or regulatory bodies.
Related Resources
SAIC Corporate Responsibility Report
SAIC 2022 ESG Reporting Framework and Standards Index
SAIC 2022 Task force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) Report