value for our stakeholders. The most important investments we make are in our people. Everything we aspire to be as a company builds on our ability to come together as one team. We provide our team members a supportive work environment that empowers them to do meaningful work while fulfilling their passions and balancing work goals with life goals.
We are pleased to have published our Corporate Responsibility Report which highlights the Company’s strategies, activities, progress, metrics, and performance, which is available on our website under the tab “Corporate Responsibility.” The report is responsive to the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) Multiline & Specialty Distributors sector standard and includes additional disclosures responsive to the framework established by the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD). We encourage you to review this Corporate Responsibility report, which includes additional detail in regard to certain of our efforts highlighted below. As a company with global operations, we intend to report our corporate responsibility efforts in accordance with local country and state reporting requirements, as applicable.
Human Capital. We believe that our employees are our greatest asset. We understand that exceptional customer service can only be consistently delivered by attracting, motivating, training, and retaining the very best team members. With this in mind, we put our employees at the heart of everything that we do by developing their talent and enabling them to build long-term careers.
We are committed to building a work environment that promotes equity and is free from any form of discrimination on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, sex (including breast feeding and related medical conditions), pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, uniform service member and veteran status, age, genetic information, protected medical condition, disability, or any other protected status in accordance with all applicable federal, state, and local laws.
Community Participation. We believe community participation and charitable giving enrich the neighborhoods where we work, live and play. We are proud of these efforts and we encourage participation by all dealerships and employees, including through our commitment to the Paralyzed Veterans of America (“PVA”). Since 2015, our dealerships have supported the PVA, an organization working to ensure paralyzed and disabled veterans receive the care, benefits, and job opportunities they deserve. Each year, we match certain donations from our customers and team members to the PVA and have contributed collectively more than $10.8 million to PVA over time. As a company with a presence spanning four continents, we are able to make positive impacts in communities where our dealerships are located. In 2024, we donated $3.4 million to charities in our markets to facilitate these goals.
Environmental Sustainability-Electric Vehicles. Our dealerships market, sell and service vehicles that are engineered and manufactured by over 40 of the world’s automotive OEMs. Our new car and truck dealerships sell the full suite of vehicles offered by our manufacturer partners, including hybrid, plug-in hybrid and pure electric vehicles (“EVs”). EVs can reduce the emissions that contribute to climate change and smog, improving public health and reducing ecological damage.
We encourage the sale and use of EVs and are actively placing charging stations across our network to facilitate a reliable infrastructure for their use. As of December 31, 2024, our network of EV charging stations totaled over 2,500, including a combination of Level 1 (standard), Level 2 (240V), and Level 3 (fast charging) capabilities. We expect to install additional charging stations to support EVs as our manufacturer partners introduce more of these products to the marketplace. We estimate that approximately 35% of our new vehicles delivered in 2024 were either electric or hybrid electric vehicles.
Managing our Energy Use and Reducing Waste. We are committed to monitoring and managing our energy use and the environmental impacts of our business. We recognize our responsibility to advocate for a cleaner environment through self-awareness, leveraging our global partnerships, promoting cleaner driving vehicles through our dealerships and reducing pollution and waste. We have deployed several strategies for reducing or optimizing our energy use, such as installing LED lighting, occupancy sensors, energy-efficient glass, and high-efficiency heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems.
We are committed to reducing the environmental impact of waste produced at our facilities. We deploy several strategies to ensure the efficient use of resources and responsible disposal of waste, including hazardous waste, and use third parties to manage, collect and process recycling for many of the materials that go through our service departments. Other strategies to reduce pollution and waste include recycling worn-out tires collected in certain markets and eliminating the use of paper for internal communications and customer documentation.
