Sprouts Farmers Market has published its 2020 Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Report, highlighting the grocer’s commitment to growing its coast-to-coast business sustainably and responsibly, the company stated. Sprouts’ ESG initiatives overlap with and complement the company’s long-term growth strategies, including creating an advantaged fresh supply chain. To accomplish this, Sprouts is working to position all stores within 250 miles of a distribution center, which will reduce food waste, lower its transportation-related carbon footprint, increase access to local farmers, and provide fresher produce to customers, strengthening the fresh, local and organic produce assortment Sprouts is known for. Sprouts will continue to engage with stakeholders to refine the ESG issues that are most material to Sprouts and determine appropriate goals, metrics and strategies to implement in response. Highlights from the 2020 report include: Environment Climate • Reduced per store refrigeration-related emissions by 35 percent over a 2016 baseline. • Reduced carbon emissions per square foot by nearly 10 percent from 2019. Waste • Achieved an overall landfill diversion rate of 58 percent by repurposing and recycling nearly 78,000 tons of food and other recyclables. • Recovered 68 percent of food waste generated and donated the equivalent of 23 million meals to help [...]
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