Sustainability
Committed to Ensuring a Better Home for All
The Role of Sustainability in Our Journey
As we continue Stewart’s journey to becoming the Premier Title Services Company, we recognize the impact our Company has on our customers’ businesses, our employees’ lives, our industry, and the greater world community. As part of our corporate responsibility commitment, we share information about Stewart’s sustainability efforts through our website at stewart.com/sustainability. We view the efforts we share on our site as central to our path ahead. Our Sustainability Committee, with representatives from across the business, guides us in our efforts. Our Sustainability Executive Leadership Council, which is comprised of the Chief Legal Officer, the Chief Human Resources Officer and the Controller, oversees the Sustainability Committee. The Sustainability Executive Leadership Council reports to the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee at each of its regularly scheduled meetings. Below are some of the highlights of our sustainability journey and progress made in 2025.
Sustainability: A Year in Review
For Our Employees
- Advanced our benefits strategy by strengthening access to high-quality care, and expanding family and women's health support, reinforcing our commitment to providing best-in-class benefits for employees and their families
- Continued investment in employee wellbeing through expanded flexible U.S. time off options and an enhanced global wellness program, offering meaningful support and choices that empower employees
- Increased active engagement to more than 90% of our global employees with the LinkedIn Learning™ platform
- Expanded our financial wellness offerings and enhanced our retirement programs, providing employees greater choice and financial support
- Increased Employee Stock Purchase Plan participation, with purchasing employees up 9% and 10% across the two 2025 offering periods year over year
For Our Company
- Used artificial intelligence to create business improvements such as our Virtual Underwriter AI Agent benefiting both employees and customers
- Based on engagement survey feedback received from our employees, we were recognized in the USA Today Top Workplaces program as a 2025 Top Workplace and the recipient of four Culture
- Excellence Awards for innovation, leadership, purpose and values, and work-life flexibility
- Recognized by Forbes as one of America’s Best Employers for Company Culture and one of America’s Best Employers for Women in 2025
- Received recognition for both employees and subsidiaries including HousingWire Women of Influence, GlobeSt.’s 2025 Women of Influence, and HousingWire Tech 100 recognition for Stewart subsidiaries CloudVirga®, Informative Research, NotaryCam® and PropStream®
For Our Community & Environment
- Expanded the reach of our Stewart Title Foundation, Inc. with aggregate donations of $1.2 million to more than 940 organizations and 119 students
- Contributed 20,780 volunteer hours by 1,790 participating employees, to support local communities around the world, representing a 32% increase year over year
- Impacted the environment positively through digital document signings and paper recycling, resulting in over 1.3 million pounds of CO2 reduction[1]
- Performed over 235,000 notarizations remotely online, through our NotaryCam® subsidiary, eliminating the associated carbon emissions of vehicles traveling for those signings
Additional information regarding our governance and sustainability initiatives can be found through the pages here in our sustainability section as well as our investor section and careers page. We encourage you to read on and learn more about our commitment to being a sustainable company.
Supporting People Everywhere
From Stewart’s Inclusion Council to employee-led charitable donation programs, paid volunteer time off and more, learn how we’re focusing on social responsibility, community involvement, and ensuring our employees, customers and partners are comfortable being their authentic selves.
Continuously Improving Transparency and Accountability
Consistent with our goals, we operate within a highly transparent governance structure that aligns with our stakeholders and supports our long-term goals, including our sustainability initiatives.
Understanding Our Impact for a Better Course of Action
From reducing paper through digital and remote signings to partnering with environmentally responsible vendors, to tracking our emissions and recycled resources, we are invested in learning how to expand our efforts to positively affect the environment and set future priorities.