Climate Change Data

Pool Corporation

Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2021, 2022)

Reporting Period: 2021

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:8,600 metric tons of carbon emissions (MtCO2e)
Water Consumption:36 gallons of water per day per employee (estimate)
Waste Generated:4,000 tons diverted in 2021

ESG Focus Areas

  • Environmental
  • Social
  • Governance

Environmental Achievements

  • Increased electronic documentation to 65%
  • Diverted 4,000 tons of material
  • Prevented 1,700 tons of plastic and 2,100 tons of cardboard from entering landfills
  • Offset 5,700 MtCO2e (66%) through landfill diversion program and tree planting efforts
  • Reforestation of over 150 acres

Social Achievements

  • Launched A Splash of Joy™ program, providing swimming lessons to over 9,000 children and training for 450 lifeguards
  • 60,000 hours of employee training
  • Established a diversity and inclusiveness team and Women’s Interactive Network (WIN)
  • Implemented a new performance management process
  • Nearly 11% of workforce received a promotion

Governance Achievements

  • Established a diversity and inclusiveness team
  • Expanded existing content in core employee development programs, adding a DE&I module to all new manager training
  • Implemented annual ethics and compliance training
  • Compliance with Nasdaq Rule 5605(f) regarding board diversity

Climate Goals & Targets

Short-term Goals:
  • Reduce water usage by 5% over the next five years
  • Reduce carbon footprint 5% by 2025

Environmental Challenges

  • Supply chain disruptions
  • Reducing water usage at sales centers
  • Reducing carbon footprint
Mitigation Strategies
  • Improving fleet fuel efficiency
  • Exploring alternative fuel vehicles
  • Working toward reducing water usage by 5% over the next five years
  • Improving fleet carbon emissions and increasing carbon offset efforts

Supply Chain Management

Responsible Procurement
  • Supplier Code of Conduct

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • Energy Star® certified pumps
  • Variable speed pumps
  • Eco Select® products
  • ReNew™ vinyl liners
  • Pool covers
  • Solar pool heating systems
  • LED and solar landscape lighting
  • Battery-operated power equipment
  • Propane gas zero-turn mowers

Reporting Period: 2022

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:35,189 MtCO2e (Scope 1 from North American fleet)
Scope 1 Emissions:35,189 MtCO2e
Scope 2 Emissions:Not disclosed
Scope 3 Emissions:Not disclosed
Renewable Energy Share:Not disclosed
Total Energy Consumption:32.9 million kW (North American facilities)
Water Consumption:63.8 million gallons (North American facilities)
Waste Generated:7,900 tons diverted (North America)
Carbon Intensity:Not disclosed

ESG Focus Areas

  • Environmental
  • Social
  • Governance

Environmental Achievements

  • Diverted 7,900 tons of waste materials, reducing landfill waste by 17%
  • Achieved target idling time of less than 10% across the fleet
  • Added eight electric vehicles to the fleet in 2022

Social Achievements

  • Launched DEI mentoring program
  • Introduced Women’s Interactive Network (WIN)
  • Donated over $3 million to YMCAs, funding swim lessons for over 30,000 children and training 2,000 lifeguards

Governance Achievements

  • Implemented annual ethics and compliance training for all employees
  • Completed an investor perception study to better understand shareholder priorities
  • Formed an ESG Oversight Committee

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • Not disclosed
Medium-term Goals:
  • Not disclosed
Short-term Goals:
  • 5% less net direct carbon emissions in 2025 than in 2021

Environmental Challenges

  • Increased carbon emissions from fleet growth (5% increase from 2021 to 2022)
  • Data limitations for comprehensive ESG metrics beyond North American operations
Mitigation Strategies
  • Carbon emissions offset efforts (estimated 18,067 MtCO2e offset in 2022 through landfill diversion and tree planting)
  • Modernizing fleet with alternative fuel vehicles (electric vehicles)
  • Ongoing efforts to improve data collection and reporting

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: Not disclosed

Responsible Procurement
  • Supplier Code of Conduct

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks
  • Not disclosed
Transition Risks
  • Not disclosed
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

  • Energy Star® certified pumps, variable speed pumps, Eco Select® products, ReNew™ vinyl liners, pool covers, solar pool heating systems, LED and solar landscape lighting, battery-operated power equipment

Awards & Recognition

  • 2022 C. Allen Favrot Humanitarian of the Year Award (YMCA)