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SJW Group in the Water & Related Utilities industry gained a UN SDG ESG Transparency Score of 3.9; made up of an environmental score of 6.0, social score of 1.0 and governance score of 4.6.
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1 | Affinity Water Ltd | 8.0 | High |
1 | Aguas Andinas SA | 8.0 | High |
45 | Companhia Catarinense de Aguas e Saneamento Casan | 4.3 | High |
47 | National Central Cooling Co PJSC | 4.1 | High |
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48 | SJW Group | 3.9 | Medium |
48 | Fernheizwerk Neukoelln AG | 3.9 | Medium |
50 | Jilin Province Chuncheng Heating Co Ltd | 3.8 | Medium |
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89 | Zhejiang Fuchunjiang Environmental Thermoelectric Co Ltd | 0.0 | Low |
89 | Zhongshan Public Utilities Group Co Ltd | 0.0 | Low |
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Frequently Asked Questions
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SJW Group, through its subsidiaries, provides water utility services in the United States. It engages in the production, purchase, storage, purification, distribution, wholesale, and retail sale of water and wastewater services. The company also provides non-tariffed services, including water system operations, maintenance agreements, and antenna site leases; contracted services and sewer operations to water utilities in Connecticut; and a Linebacker protection plan for public drinking water customers, as well as offers repair or replace a leaking or broken water service line, curb box, curb box cover, meter pit, meter pit cover, and meter pit valve. Its water supply consists of groundwater from wells, surface water from watershed run-off and diversion, reclaimed water, and imported water purchased from the Santa Clara Valley Water District. The company offers water service to approximately 231,000 connections that serve approximately one million people residing in portions of the cities of San Jose and Cupertino, as well as in the cities of Campbell, Monte Sereno, Saratoga, and the Town of Los Gatos; and adjacent unincorporated territories in the County of Santa Clara in the State of California. In addition, it provides water service to approximately 139,000 connections, which serve 485,000 people in 81 municipalities with a service area comprising 269 square miles throughout Connecticut and Maine, as well as 20,000 connections that serve approximately 59,000 people in a service area comprising approximately 247 square miles in the region between San Antonio and Austin, Texas; and approximately 3,000 wastewater connections in Southbury, Connecticut. Further, the company owns undeveloped land in California and Tennessee; and owns and operates commercial buildings and warehouse properties in Tennessee. The company was formerly known as SJW Corp. and changed its name to SJW Group in November 2016. SJW Group was incorporated in 1985 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.