Climate Change Data

Aramark

Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2019-10 to 2020-09, 2021, 2022, 2023)

Reporting Period: 2019-10 to 2020-09

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:386355 tCO2e/year
Scope 1 Emissions:329942 tCO2e/year
Scope 2 Emissions:57423 tCO2e/year
Scope 3 Emissions:2505911 tCO2e/year
Total Energy Consumption:1712041.96 MWh/year
Carbon Intensity:0.00003011 tCO2e/USD revenue

ESG Focus Areas

  • Climate Change
  • Waste Reduction
  • Responsible Sourcing
  • Employee Wellbeing
  • Community Engagement

Environmental Achievements

  • Reduced greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. by 12% from FY19 levels (Note: Intensity increased due to revenue reduction)
  • Reduced plastic straws and stirrers by 59% (nearly 90 million)
  • Reduced over 25% of total waste pounds in U.S. food service operations since 2015

Social Achievements

  • Named to DiversityInc’s “Top 50 Companies for Diversity”, Forbes list of “America’s Best Employers for Diversity,” Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s “Best Place to Work for LGBTQ Equality”, and scored 100% on the Disability Equality Index.

Governance Achievements

  • Board-level oversight of climate-related issues
  • Incentives for management of climate-related issues
  • Annual training on anti-corruption, human rights, and workplace environment

Climate Goals & Targets

Medium-term Goals:
  • Reduce food loss and waste 50% by 2030
Short-term Goals:
  • Reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. by 15% from 2019 baseline by 2025

Environmental Challenges

  • Supply chain disruptions due to extreme weather events
  • Increased supplier costs due to climate change impacts on agriculture
  • Reputational risks related to climate change and deforestation
  • Increased capital expenditures due to extreme weather events
  • Decreased revenues due to reduced production capacity from extreme weather
Mitigation Strategies
  • Aramark Supply Chain monitors adverse weather conditions and works with suppliers to ensure business continuity
  • Implementation of a No-Deforestation Policy
  • Regular reviews with clients to align sustainability strategies
  • Continual benchmarking and updates for sustainability strategy
  • Investment in technology and route optimization to reduce fuel consumption

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: 41% of suppliers by spend in 2020

Responsible Procurement
  • No-Deforestation Policy
  • Sustainable Sourcing Framework
  • EcoVadis system for supplier assessments

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks
  • Rising mean temperatures
  • Changes in precipitation patterns
  • Increased severity and frequency of extreme weather events
Transition Risks
  • Increased stakeholder concern
  • Changes in regulation
Opportunities
  • Product efficiency improvements
  • Access to new markets through energy efficiency services

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: Greenhouse Gas Protocol

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • Bottle-less water coolers

Awards & Recognition

  • DiversityInc’s “Top 50 Companies for Diversity”, Forbes list of “America’s Best Employers for Diversity,” Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s “Best Place to Work for LGBTQ Equality”, 100% on the Disability Equality Index

Reporting Period: 2021

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:4,252,881 tCO2e/year
Scope 1 Emissions:314,901 tCO2e/year
Scope 2 Emissions:52,276 tCO2e/year
Scope 3 Emissions:3,885,704 tCO2e/year
Total Energy Consumption:836,684.66 MWh/year (U.S.)
Water Consumption:100 million gallons saved annually (Uniforms segment)
Waste Generated:16,262,188 pounds/year (U.S. food waste)

ESG Focus Areas

  • Employee Engagement
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Empowering Healthy Consumers
  • Building Local Communities
  • Sourcing Ethically, Inclusively, and Responsibly
  • Operating Efficiently
  • Minimizing Food Waste
  • Reducing Packaging
  • Integrity and Compliance

Environmental Achievements

  • Reduced absolute GHG emissions from fiscal 2019 baseline (though reduced business activity due to the pandemic also contributed)
  • 85% of contracted beef purchased from areas with no deforestation risk
  • 100% of soy used in contracted soy oils, margarines, and shortenings sourced from regions with no deforestation risk
  • Reduced fuel consumption by 5% year-over-year, exceeding 850,000 gallons
  • Pre-consumer food waste in U.S. food operations 74% lower than 2015 baseline (though pandemic impacted this metric)
  • Over 95% wood stirrers used in the U.S. by the end of fiscal 2021

Social Achievements

  • Increased Employee Resource Group (ERG) membership by more than 25% in six months
  • More than 122 ERG events or engagement activities in the past 12 months
  • Annual percentage of small businesses and diverse suppliers in North America exceeded 16%
  • Introduced an Employee Stock Purchase Program
  • Partnered with DailyPay to implement early wage access
  • Launched a new employee insights program
  • Improved year-over-year safety incident rate

Governance Achievements

  • Established a talent experience function
  • Launched an employee insights program
  • Established an Executive Diversity Council (EDC) chaired by the CEO
  • Quarterly EDC reports to the Board of Directors
  • ESG metrics tied to executive performance scorecards for fiscal 2022

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • Set enterprise-wide science-based targets aligned with the SBTi Net-Zero Standard, including a long-term target to reach net-zero value chain GHG emissions by 2050
Medium-term Goals:
  • Reduce GHG emissions in the U.S. by 15% from 2019 baseline by 2025
  • Achieve 25% of all U.S. spend with women and minority-owned and small/disadvantaged business enterprises by 2025
  • Reduce food waste in the U.S. by 50% from 2015 baseline by 2030
Short-term Goals:
  • Reduce fuel consumption by 8% from 2019 baseline by 2022
  • Achieve 100% recyclable and reusable packaging in Northern Europe by 2025
  • Transition 100% of U.S. contracted pork to group-housed by the end of 2022

Environmental Challenges

  • Supply chain disruptions due to the COVID-19 pandemic
  • Reduced business activity impacting emissions reduction progress
  • Challenges in achieving cage-free egg goals due to supply chain disruptions
Mitigation Strategies
  • Developed and implemented strategies to mitigate supply chain disruptions
  • Focused on operational improvements to drive emissions reductions
  • Set enterprise-wide science-based targets to reduce GHG emissions
  • Increased supplier engagement around beef sourcing and other sustainability initiatives
  • Developed regional plans to achieve global cage-free egg goal by 2025

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: Nearly 2,000 audits of food operations annually (pre-pandemic)

Responsible Procurement
  • FSS Supplier Code of Conduct
  • Sustainability policy requirements for suppliers
  • Sustainability questions in RFP process
  • Use of EcoVadis for supplier sustainability assessment

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: GRI, SASB, TCFD, UN SDGs

Certifications: ISO 14001, WRAP Gold (Monclova and San Pedro factories), UL’s Zero Waste to Landfill Gold (Monclova and San Pedro factories), STeP by OEKO-TEX® (Monclova factory)

UN Sustainable Development Goals

  • Goal 2: Zero Hunger
  • Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being
  • Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth
  • Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production
  • Goal 13: Climate Action
  • Goal 14: Life Below Water
  • Goal 15: Life On Land

The report details how Aramark's initiatives contribute to these goals through various programs and practices.

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • Plant-forward menu items
  • Reusable products (tumblers, cutlery, etc.)
  • Compostable snack food bags

Awards & Recognition

  • Top employer rankings from DiversityInc, Diversity Best Practices, Black Enterprise Magazine, Human Rights Campaign, and Disability Equality Index

Reporting Period: 2022

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

  • Animal Welfare
  • Antibiotics Stewardship
  • No-Deforestation
  • Sustainable Seafood
  • Single-Use Plastics
  • Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Environmental Achievements

  • Reduced usage of plastic straws and stirrers by 60% across US foodservice operations by the end of 2020
  • Sourced all contracted soy-based oils from regions with no deforestation risk in 2020
  • Ensured all specified margarines and shortenings contained soy from regions with no deforestation risk, and palm oil that meets RSPO standards in 2020
  • Achieved 90% of the goal to source 100% of contracted seafood from responsible sources by 2018

Social Achievements

  • Commitment to humane treatment of broiler chickens, including reducing stocking density, providing enriched environments, and using controlled stunning by 2024 (US & Canada)
  • Commitment to transitioning to cage-free eggs globally by the end of 2025

Governance Achievements

  • Established a Sustainable Sourcing Framework to guide Aramark’s end-to-end management of environmental and social impacts in its supply chain

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • Phase out routine use of antibiotics as growth promoters or disease prevention across poultry, beef, pork, and seafood
Medium-term Goals:
  • Transition to cage-free eggs globally by the end of 2025
  • Implement humane conditions for broiler chickens (transitioning to improved welfare strains) by 2026 (US & Canada)
  • Require European suppliers to meet European Chicken Commitment requirements by 2026
Short-term Goals:
  • Purchase 100% group-housed pork by the end of 2022
  • Transition to cage-free eggs in Canada by the end of 2022
  • Implement humane conditions for broiler chickens (reducing stocking density, enriched environments, controlled stunning) by 2024 (US & Canada)

Environmental Challenges

  • Covid-19 pandemic led to a surge in plastic waste due to increased takeout dining and PPE usage
  • Challenges in reducing or phasing out antibiotics across beef, pork, and seafood categories
  • Maintaining cage-free egg transition amidst business fluctuations
Mitigation Strategies
  • Included ‘opt-out’ options for disposable utensils in digital ordering platforms
  • Expanded usage of reusable takeout food containers
  • Working with suppliers to understand and prioritize improvements in antibiotic reduction across beef, pork, and seafood
  • Ongoing monitoring to ensure maintenance of cage-free shell egg transition

Supply Chain Management

Responsible Procurement
  • Aramark’s Supplier Code of Conduct
  • Incorporating principles and policies into contracts, RFIs, and RFPs
  • Sourcing from suppliers who identify and provide specific products that meet sourcing policies
  • Requiring suppliers to submit details on soy utilized for feed, palm oil sourcing, and product traceability

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Period: 2023

Environmental Metrics

Total Energy Consumption:140,428.29 MWh/year (U.S.)
Waste Generated:16,282,074 pounds/year (U.S. food waste)

ESG Focus Areas

  • Climate Change
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)
  • Responsible Sourcing
  • Food Waste Reduction
  • Circular Economy
  • Operational Efficiency
  • Governance
  • Employee Engagement
  • Community Building
  • Food Safety
  • Supply Chain Sustainability

Environmental Achievements

  • Science Based Targets initiative validated Aramark's near-term and net-zero targets.
  • Named one of America’s Greenest Companies by Newsweek.
  • Awarded Greenest Food Contractor by Green Restaurant Association.
  • Developed client-specific food emissions report.
  • Launched 5-year circularity strategy.
  • Reduced food waste by 73% from 2015 baseline in U.S. operations.
  • 83% of global client locations reached Target Zero (no work-related injuries).

Social Achievements

  • Celebrated 10th annual Aramark Building Community Day, engaging over 5,000 volunteers.
  • Launched myWholeSelf self-identification campaign to better understand workforce demographics.
  • Launched Pathways to Inclusive Hiring Practices training for managers.
  • Expanded Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) globally with a 20%+ increase in membership.
  • Introduced onboarding and exit life-cycle surveys in the U.S.
  • Provided inclusive hiring training and guides for managers.
  • Aramark Correctional Services’ IN2WORK program helped over 8,500 people transition back into their communities.

Governance Achievements

  • Integrated Persefoni carbon accounting software.
  • Implemented artificial intelligence policy and task force.
  • ESG metrics formally included in CEO and executive leadership’s incentive compensation.
  • Passed ISO 14001 and 45001 certification for corporate operations.

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • Achieve net-zero value chain emissions (all scopes) by 2050.
Medium-term Goals:
  • Substantially reduce indirect emissions (scope 3) by 2030.
Short-term Goals:
  • Reduce U.S. GHG emissions by more than 50% by 2030.
  • Reduce emissions from food by 25% by 2030 in the U.S.
  • Source 25% of U.S. spend through small and diverse suppliers by 2025.

Environmental Challenges

  • Supply chain disruptions
  • Global egg supply challenges
  • Reducing single-use plastics and other disposables
  • Managing climate-related risks across the value chain
Mitigation Strategies
  • Developed alternative sourcing strategies
  • Partnered with diverse suppliers
  • Launched 5-year circularity strategy with specific reduction targets
  • Developed decarbonization pathway guided by science-based targets
  • Implemented carbon accounting software (Persefoni)

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: More than 580 suppliers engaged globally, nearly 300 scored at the end of FY2023.

Responsible Procurement
  • Supplier Code of Conduct
  • Sustainability questionnaires
  • EcoVadis assessments
  • Partnerships with diverse supplier organizations

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks
  • Extreme weather events
Transition Risks
  • Regulatory changes
  • Market shifts
Opportunities
  • Development of energy-efficient products and services
  • Expansion of plant-based menu offerings

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: SASB: Restaurants Industry, GRI, TCFD

Certifications: ISO 14001, ISO 45001

UN Sustainable Development Goals

  • SDG 2: Zero Hunger
  • SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being
  • SDG 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth
  • SDG 10: Reduced Inequalities
  • SDG 12: Responsible Consumption and Production
  • SDG 13: Climate Action
  • SDG 14: Life Below Water
  • SDG 15: Life on Land

Aramark's initiatives contribute to these SDGs through various programs and policies.

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • Coolfood meals
  • Plant-forward menu items

Awards & Recognition

  • Newsweek America’s Greenest Companies
  • Green Restaurant Association Greenest Food Contractor