WESCO and the Pittsburgh Green Workplace Challenge

1. WESCO and the Pittsburgh Green Workplace Challenge Strategies for Success, Challenges, and Opportunities Billy Grayson, Director, Corporate Sustainability June, 2012

2. Agenda • WESCO Profile • Sustainability at WESCO • GWC Accomplishments and Success • Challenges (and strategies to overcome them.)

3. WESCO Profile Vision • 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 Global Leader of Supply Chain Solutions that consistently delivers Superior Customer Value and Shareholder Returns ----------------- Known for the best customer service and the best people Customer Value Proposition • Providing customers the products and supply chain services they need for • MRO • OEM • Capital Projects …an industry leader

4. 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.

5. 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

6. 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.

7. 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)

8. 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

9. Thanks! Billy Grayson Director, 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.

10. 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.

11. 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