About Us

Sustainability at American Family

Sustainability at American Family focuses on helping to build strong families and communities in a way that supports the dreams of future generations by facilitating thought change and innovation. Your dreams are ours to sustain.

Our Commitment to Sustainability

We believe it is our responsibility as corporate citizens to minimize our environmental impact. That's why we are making a concerted effort to use only the resources we need to successfully operate, thereby ensuring the availability of natural resources for future generations.

• We have a dedicated sustainability specialist on staff, established sustainability squads and a social media sustainability community that champions sustainability behaviors, principles and practices serving to educate, inspire and implement new ways of doing business throughout our operating areas.
• We further inspire and empower employees through diversity, wellness, innovation and sustainability programs for employees to engage with what most resonates with them individually.

As a mutual company, we strive to operate efficiently so we will be able to continuously deliver the services our customers have come to expect.

• We provide online billing to allow our customers to manage their information electronically.
• We use sustainable products from eco-friendly sourced paper to award-winning energy-efficient lighting systems.
• We divert electronic, solid and construction waste through recycling and repurposing programs.
• Through a strategic sustainability plan, our operations team is committed to several objectives including site and energy management, indoor air quality, water quality and efficiency.

We give back to the communities in which we operate, financially and on a volunteer basis, building stronger relationships.

• We provide financial support to organizations such as American Family Children's Hospital and United Way to build strong families and support the communities in which our customers live.
• By implementing regional community-supported agriculture programs along with devoted space for community gardens to our employees and their families, we support the direct relationship between wellness and strong communities through the growing of one's own food.

We strive to build strong partnerships that share our values to support sustainability.

• We collaborate with community organizations such as the League of American Bicyclists and local Clean Air Coalition programs to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by supporting multi-modal forms of transportation, providing carpooling and trip reduction programs, bike racks and changing facilities with showers for employees.
• Our vendor relationships continue to champion more sustainable business practices and we are in the process of developing environmentally preferable purchasing guidelines for eco-friendly sourced products.
• We collaborate with experts in corporate sustainability in the communities in which we operate to build upon resource knowledge.