Climate Change Data

Mister Car Wash, Inc.

Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2010-01 to 2021-03, 2016-12-31 to 2020-12-31, 2020, 2022, 2023)

Reporting Period: 2010-01 to 2021-03

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

  • Environmental Stewardship
  • Employee Well-being
  • Diversity and Inclusion

Environmental Achievements

  • Reduced freshwater usage by an average of 11% and recycle 33% of water, on average, during the wash process
  • More efficient wash process than DIY home wash (estimated to use more than three times the amount of water per wash)

Social Achievements

  • Established the Mister Cares Foundation, granting over $175,000 to over 200 employees
  • Raised average wages for non-managerial hourly workers by 5% in 2020 and 6% in Q1 2021, while reducing turnover
  • +55 Employee Net Promoter Score

Governance Achievements

  • Women represent approximately half of the senior management team

Climate Goals & Targets

Medium-term Goals:
  • Open 16 to 18 greenfield locations in 2021
Short-term Goals:
  • Continue to grow comparable store sales by increasing UWC members, efficiency, throughput, marketing spend, and customer visitation frequency

Environmental Challenges

  • Increased competition in the car wash industry
  • Maintaining and increasing demand for UWC subscription program
  • Successfully implementing growth strategies
  • Risks and regulations related to credit card and debit card payments
  • Economic downturns impacting consumer spending
  • Maintaining and enhancing reputation and brand recognition
  • Opening and operating new locations timely and cost-effectively
  • Identifying attractive acquisition targets at attractive prices
  • Changes in labor and chemical costs, other operating costs, interest rates and inflation
  • Indebtedness
  • Restrictive covenants in Credit Facilities
  • Various laws and regulations
  • Environmental laws and regulations
  • Data security and privacy risks
  • LGP's significant ownership and potential conflicts of interest
  • Status as a controlled company and exemptions from certain corporate governance requirements
  • Status as an emerging growth company and reduced reporting requirements
  • Potential for stock price volatility
Mitigation Strategies
  • Active programs to identify acquisition targets and greenfield expansion locations
  • Focus on operational excellence, innovation, data analytics, and positive industry trends to grow UWC membership
  • Disciplined approach to acquisitions and integration process
  • Proactive measures to augment liquidity (drawing on credit facilities, rent deferrals, etc.) during the COVID-19 pandemic
  • Extensive measures implemented in response to COVID-19
  • Robust training & development programs and talent pipeline
  • Dedicated regional support infrastructure
  • Sophisticated technology and proprietary products
  • Strategic market density
  • Compliance programs
  • Data security measures
  • New employment agreement with CEO, including severance benefits and restrictive covenants
  • Adoption of executive officer and director stock ownership guidelines

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks
  • Drought conditions impacting water access
  • Severe weather events impacting water access and facility damage

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • Proprietary cleaning products
  • Unity Chemistry System
  • Dynamic Dry system
  • HotShine wax system

Reporting Period: 2016-12-31 to 2020-12-31

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:Not disclosed
Scope 1 Emissions:Not disclosed
Scope 2 Emissions:Not disclosed
Scope 3 Emissions:Not disclosed
Renewable Energy Share:Not disclosed
Total Energy Consumption:Not disclosed
Water Consumption:Not disclosed
Waste Generated:Not disclosed
Carbon Intensity:Not disclosed

ESG Focus Areas

  • Environmental Stewardship
  • Employee Well-being
  • Community Investment

Environmental Achievements

  • Uses proprietary cleaning products free of phosphates and dyes
  • Recycles an average of 33% of water used in wash process
  • Wash process is more efficient than DIY home wash (estimated to use more than three times the amount of water)

Social Achievements

  • Raised average wages for non-managerial hourly workers by 5% in 2020 while reducing turnover
  • Offers attractive benefits including paid parental leave, 401(k) program, health benefits, paid time off, and tuition reimbursement
  • Established the Mister Cares Foundation in 2020, granting over $175,000 to over 200 individuals

Governance Achievements

  • Not disclosed

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • Not disclosed
Medium-term Goals:
  • Not disclosed
Short-term Goals:
  • Not disclosed

Environmental Challenges

  • Increased competition in the car wash industry
  • Maintaining and increasing demand for UWC subscription program
  • Successfully implementing growth strategies
  • Risks and regulations related to credit card and debit card payments
  • Economic downturns impacting consumer spending
  • Maintaining and enhancing reputation and brand recognition
  • Opening and operating new locations in a timely and cost-effective manner
  • Identifying attractive acquisition targets
  • Changes in labor and chemical costs, interest rates, and inflation
  • Indebtedness
  • Restrictive covenants in Credit Facilities
  • Various laws and regulations
  • Environmental laws and regulations
  • Data security and privacy risks
  • LGP's significant ownership and potential conflicts of interest
  • Status as a controlled company
  • Reduced reporting requirements as an emerging growth company
Mitigation Strategies
  • Active programs to identify acquisition targets and greenfield expansion locations
  • Member-centric approach to UWC, adding dedicated lanes and RFID technology
  • Investments in training, technology, and innovation
  • Proactive measures to augment liquidity during COVID-19 pandemic
  • Extensive measures implemented in response to COVID-19
  • Marketing initiatives to maintain and enhance brand recognition
  • Data-driven approach to site selection for greenfield locations
  • Disciplined approach to acquisitions
  • Labor optimization model to drive maximum volume
  • Robust training and development programs
  • Dedicated regional support infrastructure
  • Sophisticated technology and proprietary products
  • Compliance programs and procedures
  • Data security measures
  • Not disclosed
  • Not disclosed
  • Not disclosed

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: Not disclosed

Responsible Procurement
  • Long-term relationships with key vendors
  • Leveraging scale and purchase quantities for competitive pricing

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks
  • Water availability impacted by climate change and drought
Transition Risks
  • New restrictions on GHG emissions
Opportunities
  • Not disclosed

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: Null

Certifications: Null

Third-party Assurance: Not disclosed

UN Sustainable Development Goals

  • Not disclosed

Not disclosed

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • Unity Chemistry
  • Dynamic Dry
  • HotShine wax system

Awards & Recognition

  • Not disclosed

Reporting Period: 2020

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

  • Sustainability
  • Employee Well-being
  • Water Conservation

Environmental Achievements

  • Reduced freshwater usage by an average of 11%
  • Recycled 33% of water, on average, during the wash process

Social Achievements

  • Raised average wages for non-managerial hourly workers by 5% in 2020 and 6% in Q1 2021
  • Established the Mister Cares Foundation, granting over $175,000 to over 200 employees
  • Reduced team member turnover in the first 30 days of employment by approximately 50% over the last three years
  • +55 Employee Net Promoter Score

Governance Achievements

  • Adopted a code of conduct applicable to all directors, officers, and employees

Climate Goals & Targets

Medium-term Goals:
  • Continue greenfield expansion, focusing on Express Exterior Locations
Short-term Goals:
  • Continue to grow comparable store sales by increasing UWC members, efficiency, throughput, marketing spend, and customer visitation frequency

Environmental Challenges

  • Increased competition in the car wash industry
  • Maintaining and increasing demand for the UWC subscription program
  • Successfully implementing growth strategies
  • Risks and regulations related to credit card and debit card payments
  • Economic downturns impacting consumer spending
  • Maintaining and enhancing reputation and brand recognition
  • Opening and operating new locations timely and cost-effectively
  • Identifying attractive acquisition targets
  • Changes in labor and chemical costs, interest rates, and inflation
  • Indebtedness
  • Restrictive covenants in Credit Facilities
  • Compliance with various laws and regulations
  • Environmental laws and regulations
  • Data security and privacy risks
  • LGP's controlling interest
  • Controlled company status and exemptions from corporate governance requirements
  • Emerging growth company status and reduced reporting requirements
  • Potential anti-takeover effects
  • Stock price volatility
  • Lack of securities analyst coverage
  • COVID-19 pandemic
Mitigation Strategies
  • Active programs to identify acquisition targets and greenfield expansion locations
  • Focus on operational excellence, innovation, data analytics, and positive industry trends to grow UWC membership
  • Disciplined approach to acquisitions and integration
  • Proactive measures to augment liquidity during COVID-19 (drawing on credit facilities, rent deferrals, etc.)
  • Extensive measures to respond to COVID-19 (protective gear, sanitizing, cashless transactions, etc.)
  • Investing in training, infrastructure, and technology to improve speed of service, quality, and sustainability
  • Developing a strong talent pipeline and robust training programs
  • Leveraging scale to drive operating leverage and generate robust free cash flow

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks
  • Drought conditions impacting water access
  • Severe weather events interrupting water service

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • Proprietary cleaning products
  • Unity Chemistry System
  • Dynamic Dry system
  • HotShine Carnauba wax waterfall

Reporting Period: 2022

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:Not disclosed
Scope 1 Emissions:Not disclosed
Scope 2 Emissions:Not disclosed
Scope 3 Emissions:Not disclosed
Renewable Energy Share:Not disclosed
Total Energy Consumption:Not disclosed
Water Consumption:Not disclosed
Waste Generated:Not disclosed
Carbon Intensity:Not disclosed

ESG Focus Areas

  • Not disclosed

Environmental Achievements

  • Not disclosed

Social Achievements

  • Refined staffing model to ensure wash locations run efficiently, allowing focus on competitive wages and benefits and investment in team member training and development, resulting in a 6% reduction in team members while adding 40 locations.

Governance Achievements

  • Not disclosed

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • Not disclosed
Medium-term Goals:
  • Not disclosed
Short-term Goals:
  • Not disclosed

Environmental Challenges

  • Overall decline in the health of the economy and other factors impacting consumer spending (natural disasters, recession, inflation, worsening economic conditions); inability to attract new customers, retain existing customers, and maintain or grow the number of Unlimited Wash Club members; failure to acquire, open, and operate new locations in a timely and cost-effective manner; inability to successfully implement growth strategies; risks and regulations related to credit card and debit card payments; supply chain disruptions and increased operating costs; difficulty hiring and retaining qualified personnel or increases in labor costs; leasing or subleasing land and buildings; indebtedness; various laws and regulations; environmental laws and regulations; data security and privacy risks; inability to adequately protect intellectual property; stock price volatility.
Mitigation Strategies
  • Enhanced sourcing procedures to identify alternative suppliers and avoid supply chain disruptions; refined staffing model; transition from LIBOR to SOFR; implemented ESG and sustainability strategies to reduce GHG emissions; conducting due diligence regarding potential exposure to environmental liabilities and overall regulatory compliance for acquired locations.

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: Not disclosed

Responsible Procurement
  • Not disclosed

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks
  • extreme weather events, including droughts, wildfires and flooding
Transition Risks
  • regulatory changes on greenhouse gas emissions
Opportunities
  • Not disclosed

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: Null

Certifications: Null

Third-party Assurance: Not disclosed

UN Sustainable Development Goals

  • Not disclosed

Not disclosed

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • Not disclosed

Awards & Recognition

  • Not disclosed

Reporting Period: 2023

Environmental Metrics

Social Achievements

  • Increased team members by 4% to approximately 6,600, primarily due to adding 40 net locations.

Governance Achievements

  • Adopted a Compensation Clawback Policy on December 1, 2023.

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

  • Inflationary pressures on operating costs and administrative expenses.
  • Potential for reduced consumer demand for car washes during economic downturns.
  • Difficulty hiring and retaining qualified personnel, resulting in higher labor costs.
  • Risks related to credit card and debit card payments.
  • Dependence on a limited number of suppliers for equipment and supplies.
  • Data security and privacy risks.
  • Increasingly complex privacy and security laws and regulations.
  • Potential for infringement claims related to intellectual property.
  • Evolving global climate change regulations and effects of greenhouse gas emissions.
  • Government regulations and weather conditions affecting water availability.
Mitigation Strategies
  • Enhanced sourcing procedures to identify alternative suppliers and avoid supply chain disruptions.
  • Implemented a risk-based cybersecurity program with multiple layers of security controls.
  • Considering and implementing sustainability strategies to reduce GHG emissions.
  • Refining staffing model to ensure efficient operation of wash locations and competitive wages and benefits.

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks
  • Extreme weather events, including droughts, wildfires, and flooding.
Transition Risks
  • New federal or state legislation or regulations on greenhouse gas emissions.