MGM Resorts International released its Annual Corporate Social Responsibility Report. The report, themed “Inspiration Begins with Us!” showcases the company’s involvement in corporate social responsibility (CSR), including diversity and inclusion, philanthropy and community engagement, and environmental sustainability practices.
Following are some of the highlights of MGM’s recent CSR efforts.
Diversity & Inclusion
◗ The management ranks among MGM Resorts’ 62,000 employees are comprised of approximately 43 percent women and 38 percent minorities.
◗ MGM Resorts continued to advance its efforts in supplier and construction diversity in 2014 by spending $189.5 million with diverse-owned suppliers, contractors and service providers.
◗ In 2014, MGM Resorts earned top accolades for its diversity best practices from national thought leaders, including: DiversityInc magazine, Human Resources Officers Today, Universum, the Human Rights Campaign Foundation, Women’s Business Enterprise National Council and Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility.
Philanthropy & Community Engagement
◗ Eighty-one MGM Resorts Foundation grants provided education support to 109,771 children; food, housing and self-sufficiency assistance to 251,980 individuals and families; and vital assistance such as medical care and mental health counseling to 9,542 individuals and families.
◗ MGM Resorts’ donation of more than 1.6 million pounds of food to Three Square, the leading Las Vegas food bank, earned the distinction as the largest single company donation in the nonprofit’s history and one of the nation’s largest single-city food drives last year.
◗ MGM Resorts employees volunteered 172,316 hours, providing nonprofit organizations with the equivalent of nearly $4 million in labor.
Environmental Sustainability
◗ MGM Resorts recycled and diverted from landfills nearly 56,000 tons of materials for a 2014 recycling diversion rate of 47 percent.
◗ A 20-acre, 6.4 megawatt (MW) solar photovoltaic (PV) array was installed on the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in 2014. A 2 MW addition is planned for the recently completed Mandalay Bay Convention Center expansion, which will make the resort the home to the country’s third-largest rooftop array when finished in 2015. The combined arrays will supply 26 percent of the resort’s electricity during peak production.
◗ MGM Resorts added 31 compressed natural gas (CNG) Cadillac XTS limousines to its transportation portfolio.