CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY REPORT

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General Standard Disclosures

G4 Indicator	Description	Location
Strategy and Analysis
G4-1	Statement from the most senior decision-maker of the organization about relevance of sustainability to the organization and the organization’s strategy for addressing sustainability	CEO Letter
Organizational Profile
G4-3	Name of the organization	The Davey Tree Expert Company
G4-4	Primary brands, products and services	About Our Company: Business Segments
G4-5	Location of organization’s headquarters	Kent, Ohio, U.S.A.
G4-6	Number of countries where the organization operates, and names of countries with significant operations or that are specifically relevant to the sustainability topics covered in the report	United States and Canada
G4-7	Nature of ownership and legal form	Private, employee-owned
G4-8	Markets served	About Our Company: Business Segments
G4-9	Scale of the reporting organization	About Our Company: Performance
G4-10	Total workforce by employment type, employment contract and region, broken down by gender	Employee Attraction & Retention: Our People
G4-11	The total percentage of employees covered by collective bargaining agreements	Employee Attraction & Retention: Our People
G4-12	Description of the organization’s supply chain	About Our Company: Supply Chain
G4-13	Significant changes during the reporting period regarding organization’s size, structure, ownership or supply chain	About Our Company: Performance
G4-14	Whether and how the precautionary approach or principle is addressed by the organization	Davey Tree does not currently address the Precautionary Approach.
G4-15	Externally developed economic, environmental and social charters, principles or other initiatives to which the organization subscribes or endorses	None
G4-16	Memberships in associations and/or national/international advocacy organizations	About Our Company: Partnership & Industry Leadership
Identified Material Aspects and Boundaries
G4-17	Entities included in the organization consolidated financial and nonfinancial reports	pg. 9 of our Form 10-K
G4-18	Process for defining report content	Stakeholder Engagement & Materiality
G4-19	Material aspects identified in the process for defining report content	Stakeholder Engagement & Materiality
G4-22	Explanation of the effect of and reasons for any restatements of information provided in earlier reports	We have restated energy and emissions data from 2016 due to quality assurance improvements in collection and calculation.
G4-23	Significant changes from previous reporting periods in the scope and aspect boundaries	No significant changes.
Stakeholder Engagement
G4-24	List of stakeholder groups engaged by the organization	Stakeholder Engagement & Materiality
G4-25	The basis for identification and selection of stakeholders with whom to engage	Davey frequently engages with various stakeholders, including our clients, suppliers, non-governmental and environmental organizations, regulators and employees. We identify stakeholders through input from executive leadership, the corporate responsibliity team and employees. We choose stakeholders based on their knowledge and understanding of Davey’s operations, services, client relationships, history and community involvement.
Report Profile
G4-28	Reporting period	2021
G4-29	Date of most recent previous report	May 2022
G4-30	Reporting cycle	Annual
G4-31	Contact point for questions regarding the report or its contents	corporateresponsibility@davey.com
G4-32	‘In accordance’ option and GRI Content Index	G4 Core; we did not seek external assurance
Governance
G4-34	Governance structure of organization, including committees of the highest governance body	Sustainability Governance
Ethics and Integrity
G4-56	The organization’s values, principles, standards and norms of behavior such as codes of conduct and codes of ethics	Sustainability Governance

Specific Standard Disclosures

G4 Indicator	Description	Location
Economic Material Topics
Economic Performance
G4-EC1	Direct economic value generated and distributed	About Our Company: Performance; additional financial data available in our Form 10-K.
G4-EC2	Risks and opportunities for the organization’s activities due to climate change	Item 1A: Risks, p. 5-9 of our Form 10-K
G4-EC3	Coverage of the organization’s defined benefit plan obligations	p. F-27 of our Form 10-K
G4-EC4	Financial assistance receuved from government	Davey Tree does not receive significant financial assistance from the government.
Innovation
G4-DMA	Disclosure on Management Approach	Innovation
Indicator	Omitted	Omitted; data is currently unavailable; anticipated in future reporting cycles.
Social Material Topics
Workplace Health and Safety
G4-DMA	Disclosure on Management Approach	Workplace Health and Safety
G4-LA6	Type of injury and rates of injury, occupational diseases, lost days, and absenteeism, and total number of work-related fatalities, by region and by gender	Workplace Health and Safety
Fire Prevention
G4-	Disclosure on Management Approach	Fire Prevention
Indicator	Number of significant fire events; number of fire prevention training courses	Fire Prevention
Employees
G4-DMA	Disclosure on Management Approach for Employee Attraction and Retention	Employee Attraction and Retention
Indicator	Omitted	Omitted; data is currently unavailable; anticipated in future reporting cycles.
G4-DMA	Disclosure on Management Approach for Employee Eduation & Development	Employee Education and Development
Indicator	Number of registered users in Learning Management System	Employee Education and Development
Indicator	Number of completed objects in Learning Management System	Employee Education and Development
Environmental Material Topics
Water Management
G4-DMA	Disclosure on Management Approach	Water Management
G4-EN8	Total water withdrawal by source	Water Management
Indicator	Report total chemical use in liters or multiples, including chemical types used.	Water Management
Energy and Emissions
G4-DMA	Disclosure on Management Approach	Energy and Emissions
G4-EN3	Energy consumption within the organization	Energy and Emissions
G4-EN15	Direct greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (Scope 1)	Energy and Emissions
Effluents and Waste
G4-DMA	Disclosure on Management Approach	Waste and Recycling
G4-EN23	Total weight of waste by type and disposal method	Waste and Recycling
Environmental Services
G4-DMA	Disclosure on Management Approach	Environmental Services
G4-EN13	Habitats Protected or Restored	Environmental Services

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