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Strategies for Success, Challenges, and OpportunitiesBilly Grayson, Director, Corporate SustainabilityJune, 2012

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Agenda

• WESCO Profile

• Sustainability at WESCO

• GWC Accomplishments and Success

• Challenges (and strategies to overcome them.)

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WESCO Profile

• Fortune 500 Company (NYSE: WCC)

− Headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA

− Approximately 7,300 employees

− Approximately 400 locations in 14 countries

• A leading provider of electrical, industrial, and communications MRO and OEM products, construction materials and advanced supply chain management and logistics services

− Serving over 65,000 customers

− Partnering with 18,000 suppliers

− Over 1 million different products shipped annually

• International operations and global sourcing capabilities …an industry leader…an industry leader

Global Leader ofSupply Chain Solutions

that consistently delivers Superior Customer Value and Shareholder Returns

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Known for the best customer service and the best people

Providing customers the products and supply chain services they need for

• MRO• OEM• Capital Projects

CustomerValue Proposition

Vision

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WESCO’s Sustainability Strategy

Reduce our impact…

−Reduce energy consumption in our buildings

−Pursue ENERGY STAR and LEED-certified buildings.

−Reduce fleet fuel use

−Reduce waste/improve recycling

−Improve green procurement and packaging policies

−Improve our green communications and help our suppliers to do the same

…And help customers reduce their impact

− Train WESCO sales staff to help customers understand WESCO’s sustainability solution set

− Develop case studies from WESCO projects to show cost-effective energy efficiency and renewable energy opportunities.

− Improve sustainability communications through WESCO website and product catalogs

− Respond to sustainability questionnaires from customers

− Deliver GHG inventory and annual sustainability report.

− Speak at and attend key sustainability trade shows and conferences.

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Sustainability progress – 2011-2012• POLICIES AND PLANS

− Environmental inventory completed January, 2011

− Sustainability plan finalized in March 2011

− Green building, green lease, and sustainable procurement policies finalized October, 2011

• REDUCING OUR IMPACT− Lighting and control upgrades made to 32 branches; reduced energy consumption by 20%/facility;

equates to a $350,000 annual electricity costs savings.

− On-site renewable energy projects in Honolulu and Phoenix. Green Power Purchase in Gaithersburg

− 40% reduction in waste, primarily through aggressive packaging reuse program

• IMPROVING OUR PRODUCTS− Green Communication Guidance distributed to all suppliers

− Solar Guide published Summer 2011

− Wesco.com/sustainability launched November 2011

− MaxCell: completes greenhouse gas lifecycle analysis, earns Carbon Trust label

• SUPPORTING OUR CUSTOMERS− Responded to 32 customer questionnaires, 18 RFPs with sustainability reporting and product

solutions

− Increased “sustainability business” in 2011 – renewables and LED lighting grew 150%

− Driving reductions – WESCO products reduced customer GHG emissions by an estimated 150,000 metric tons

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WESCO Sustainability – Supporting our Customers

• “Walk the Talk”: branches become showrooms for WESCO technology, signage, case studies, and sales trainings complement energy-saving investments.

• Sustainability strategy and technical support: WESCO offers energy opportunity assessments, lighting design, commissioning, and power management strategy support.

• Sustainability-related products: Three sustainability catalogs, along with product case studies and testimonials.

• Sustainability and Value Creation: Supporting WESCO’s largest clients with hands-on technical support, guaranteed energy and cost savings, and long-term sustainability strategy.

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WESCO and the GWC - success

•Energy and water tracking.

− New Ecova system helps drive ENERGY STAR benchmarking.

− Metering + estimation helps WESCO Pittsburgh understand its impact.

• Establishing formal environmental policies improves consistency in procurement, recycling, IT.

• Employee engagement events

build awareness, launch

“green teams.”

• Energy audits uncover

opportunities, lead to

proposals (Warrendale)

and action (Pittsburgh)

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GWC challenges

• WESCO Pittsburgh – a fully-serviced lease makes the following a challenge:

− Calculating our baseline environmental performance

− payback for sustainability investments

• WESCO Warrendale – suburban campus makes travel-related items a challenge.

• WESCO facilities looking to overcome these challenges by:

− Voluntary mapping of commutes to present carpool options

− Using meters and estimates to refine baselines and model savings

− Continuing to identify opportunities through system commissioning

− Working with our landlord on “win-win” solutions that will help the whole building be more sustainable

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Thanks!

Billy GraysonDirector, Corporate Sustainability

412-454-2424 (w)202-427-3094 (cell)

bgrayson@wesco.com

More on WESCO’s Sustainability Initiative is available at www.wesco.com/sustainability.

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WESCO’s Environmental Footprint

ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT

•Greenhouse gas emissions: 47,484 metric tons, down 3.6% from 2010.

•Building energy intensity: 44,150 BTU/sqft, down 2.3% from 2010.

•Building electricity consumption: 5.95 kWh/sqft, down 6.1% from 2010.

•Waste generation: 8,156 tons, down 11% from 2010 and down 40% from 2009.

•Fleet Fuel use: 985,604 gallons, down 1.7% from 2010 and down 5% from 2009.

CORPORATE FOOTPRINT

•Building square footage: 9.4 million sqft, up 4.4% from 2010.

•# vehicles: 557, down 2% from 2010 and down 4% from 2009

•Total revenues: $6.13 billion, up 21% from 2010 and up 30.5% from 2009.

•Energy and environmental costs: $11.7 million, up 6.2% from 2010.

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LEED Charlotte

• Achieved LEED Gold certification in 2011

• Generated strong local press accolades

• Strengthened WESCO sustainability relationships with Cooper, Hubbell, Philips.

• Helped make WESCO Charlotte Open house one of the greenest and most successful events of 2011

• Helped inform future sustainability improvements across WESCO’s facilities