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We strive to conserve fuel, reduce travel time, and decrease the number of trucks on the road.
We use a variety of strategies and technologies to support this initiative, for example, using modeling software to improve the efficiency of our store delivery network, increasing utilization of trailer space, and testing new alternative fuel vehicles.
Other efforts include: / We engage directly with our logistics partners and indirectly through third parties (such as U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) SmartWay Transport Partnership and Natural Resource Canada’s FleetSmart program) to identify opportunities to reduce fuel consumption and increase fuel effic...
/ Where feasible, we use rail and intermodal for shipping merchandise, which is generally more fuel efficient and produces fewer emissions than trucking.
We estimate that in Fiscal shipping resulted in 450,000 fewer metric tons of CO2e emissions than shipping the same volume by truck only.
In the U.K. and Ireland, we work to reduce and conserve fuels in our owned fleet vehicles, and our agreement with our carrier for our trucking and store delivery trucks has a “sustainability” clause relating to achievement of key environmental goals.
In Europe, our carbon footprint has been assessed by the Carbon Trust since 2006.
Building our European “Forever Home” As we planned and constructed our new European headquarters in England, Corporate Responsibility was an aspect of our decision making, and we were proud that we achieved an “Excellent” BREEAM certification (Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method, an environm...
We chose updated fixtures in our bathrooms to help use less water.
/ LED lighting has been installed throughout campus and can adjust on and off and by level automatically. / Enhanced waste sortation program.
WASTE MANAGEMENT Teams throughout our business work to implement cost-effective strategies and processes to manage the many different types of waste materials resulting from our operations.
We focus on eliminating operational waste, where feasible, and maximizing the reuse and recycling of materials in our stores, distribution centers, and corporate offices.
These efforts support our global goal of working to divert operational waste from landfill by 2027.
Our global approach to managing operational waste includes efforts to: / Maximize reuse and recycling of operational waste, of which the majority is corrugate boxes from vendors / Collaborate with our waste-haulers and vendors on solutions that improve our ability to divert operational waste materials from landfill / U...
We have many programs across our global business that support our efforts to reuse and recycle our operational waste in our stores, distribution centers, and home offices.
For example, as our global waste stakeholders have identified polystyrene (Styrofoam) as a key area of focus, we have leveraged the ARRC to pilot strategies to improve our management and recycling of polystyrene packaging material.
Thanks to efforts like this and many others, we estimate the ARRCs have helped divert more than metric tons of waste from landfills since Fiscal 2017.
We recognize there are environmental concerns created by textile waste, and we continue to explore how we can contribute to scalable solutions that support a more circular economy.
Reducing Water Consumption Although our business operations are not water intensive, we believe reducing water usage is consistent with both our commitment to environmental sustainability and our low-cost operating philosophy.
To that end, we work to monitor our water usage and identify opportunities to improve water efficiency where possible across our operations.
For instance, our Energy Management groups in the U.S. and U.K.
monitor water usage across our home office buildings to identify opportunities to conserve water including time-sensor technologies to control faucets in many of our restrooms.
Additionally, our TJX Vendor Code of Conduct strongly encourages our merchandise vendors to conserve and protect resources, such as water and energy, and also take into consideration environmental issues that may impact their local communities.
Environmental concerns are incorporated into our merchandise vendor social compliance training materials as well, introducing high-level concepts of environmental sustainability, like water conservation.
Our training includes specific cost-saving, water-conservation recommendations for our suppliers that they may consider implementing at their production facilities.
We plan to continue including similar relevant water facts during future training sessions.
Plastics Cleanup Efforts As part of our efforts, TJX Europe has supported a number of projects committed to reducing plastic and waste including: / Ocean Clean Up: a non-profit organization with a mission to clean the world’s oceans of plastic.
They expect to clean up to pollution levels by 2040 (since 2018).
/ Plastic Collective: a project that helps turns plastic waste into income for Pacific Island communities, creating employment by training residents to operate the machinery.
Our support has funded two shruder machines in Bali to help recycle plastic waste and help create valuable income. / Neighbourly: an organization that promotes grassroots, environmental clean-up projects in the U.K. Through our partnership, we’re supporting environmental and clean-up initiatives in our U.K. local commu...
Our donations have enabled 43,000 people and resulting in 103 tons of litter and waste removed.
We’ve joined forces with environmental behaviour change charity to fund their Plastic Pioneers Project.
ASSOCIATE ENGAGEMENT Corporate responsibility, including environmental sustainability, is important to both current and prospective Associates.
We welcome ideas that could help enable our business to reduce our environmental footprint, use less energy, and create less waste in our operations.
Additionally, we have organized global cross-functional teams focused on supporting the implementation of our environmental sustainability programs, goals and initiatives.
Specifically, we have created teams that address key strategies focused on the following topics: Carbon and Energy, Waste Management, Green IT (Information Technology), and Sustainable Merchandise and Packaging.
We use various internal communications platforms across all our regions to share information and training opportunities with our Associates about our environmental sustainability focus areas, goals, and initiatives.
In Fiscal about TJX’s environmental sustainability programs with our store, distribution center, and office Associates.
/ Planted a tree through American Forests, a national forest restoration and conservation organization, for everyone in the U.S. home office who committed to doing something environmentally friendly, such as carpooling, composting, or using a sustainable product.
In Europe, the T.K. Maxx and Homesense Foundation Community Fund expanded its application criteria to include environmental charities, meaning Associates can now nominate charities which focus on issues such as climate change education, reducing the impact of waste, or preserving or promoting biodiversity.
As our environmental sustainability strategy and program continue to evolve, teams throughout our business are coming together to collaborate and align with our corporate sustainability priorities to further drive this progress.
To that end, Green IT, is an initiative focused on managing and leveraging technology to reduce the TJX Global IT team’s environmental footprint.
The Green IT Committee is sponsored by senior members of TJX’s Global IT leadership team and works to: / Identify, track, and monitor current IT initiatives that support TJX’s environmental sustainability strategy.
/ Compile research and measurements to help inform Green IT strategies and communications.
Reduce our energy usage by sourcing energy efficient devices and related software solutions.
We strive to responsibly manage our broken or obsolete hardware and accessories by working to identify new ways and/or partnerships that lead to increases in safe and secure recycling of or reductions in technology-related waste.
These include our long-standing Global Social Compliance Program, as well as newer initiatives related to the environmental impact of certain products and packaging and chemicals management within our operations.
We are taking initial steps to determine ways that we may reduce the environmental impact of certain products and product packaging.
Examples include Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)-certified materials; Global Recycled Standard (GRS)-certified products; OEKO-TEX-certified products; and products made from organic cotton.
Chemicals management has been identified as a strategic priority by our Global Environmental Sustainability Committee (GESC), a team of subject matter experts from each of our major geographies who lead the strategic direction of our environmental sustainability program, and a sub-committee of that group is leading the...
Chemicals management oversight is led by our Chief Risk and Compliance Officer and our Vice President of Sustainability, who regularly provide updates to the SEVP, Group President, who was asked to lead and oversee TJX’s environmental sustainability initiatives, among other ESG initiatives.
We are members of the Green Chemistry and Commerce Council (GCthe area of chemical management.
/ We believe that the innovative solutions resulting from this effort could benefit the environment in many ways and could ultimately limit the amount of plastic waste generated from retail point-of-sale bags, and associated harmful chemicals, from entering the environment.
Learn more about our efforts to reduce single-use plastics in Waste Management.
/ Leaders within our global Environmental Sustainability team have engaged with some of our larger merchandise vendors and other large retailers to discuss their chemicals management plans and actions.
Our Global Environmental Sustainability Committee (GESC), a team of subject matter experts from each of our major geographies, has collaborated to identify a list of third-party certifications for wood/paper and textile products that represent safer chemical management.
Companies are required to do additional diligence about the source and chain of custody of those minerals that may have originated in the covered region to determine if they came from sources that benefited armed forces in the region.
We are also committed to continuous improvement in the ethical sourcing of products intended for sale in our businesses, and as part of our ongoing considerations regarding animal welfare, we incorporated information about our fur practices into our social compliance training in 2018.
Importantly, at all times, TJX is committed to conducting business in compliance with all applicable laws, rules, and regulations, including but not limited to, animal protection laws.
We contract with both leading independent auditors (including UL, Intertek, and Omega) and other third parties (such as our buying agent) to conduct these social compliance audits and we also accept audit reports from recognized audit sources, including BSCI, WRAP, and SEDEX.
When we accept factory audit reports from recognized third party audit sources, the audit report is evaluated against our own internal audit requirements to determine the factory’s audit score.
Our TJX Global Code of Conduct prohibits behavior that creates an intimidating or hostile work environment, and it requires TJX Associates to obey all applicable laws and regulations of the countries in which we operate, including wage and hour rules.
TJX reviews reported concerns and takes appropriate action depending on the nature and severity of the violation.
We reviewed more than were either conducted by our third-party auditors or accepted from accredited, third-party sources, like amfori’s Business Social Compliance Initiative (BSCI), Worldwide Responsible Accredited Production (WRAP), and Sedex Information Exchange Limited (SEDEX).
and accepting audits from accredited sources is beneficial in that it helps reduce audit fatigue among factories, while helping companies obtain important information to evaluate their supply chain.
These audits generally include one to two full working days at each audited factory, whether in-person or remote, and include the following components: / Interview with factory management / Policy, payroll, and documentation review, including confirmation that factory management has verified the ages of job applicants ...
In keeping with our commitment to protect the environment, audits conducted on behalf of TJX include a review of factory policies, practices, and procedures concerning the handling of chemicals and other hazardous waste, and a review of whether the factory is in compliance with applicable environmental laws and regulat...
Our Vendor Code of Conduct strongly encourages our vendors to share our commitment to protecting the environment by operating in a sustainable manner where possible, for example by conserving and protecting resources, such as water and energy, and taking into consideration environmental issues that may impact local com...
Our social compliance training program has been expanded to include coverage of the protection and conservation of water, as well as an overview of the legal requirements on the use of chemicals and hazardous materials in the regions where products are both manufactured and sold.
management, and required environmental permits / Business ethics / TJX’s policy against forced and involuntary labor, including slavery and human trafficking / Fire safety / Water conservation recommendations / TJX’s fur practices / Factory compliance best practices and preventative actions / Case studies to help demon...
Those basic principles include a commitment to act in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations; respect for the human rights and well-being of all people; and consideration of one’s impact on the environment.
THE TJX COMPANIES, INC. VENDOR CODE OF CONDUCT TJX requires that all products offered for sale in our stores be produced in facilities that meet specific criteria, as set forth below: COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAWS AND REGULATIONS Our vendors and the factories in which the merchandise they sell us is manufactured must...
ENVIRONMENT Our vendors must be in compliance with all applicable environmental laws and regulations, including maintaining current environmental permits.
Our vendors must adopt reasonable practices, where possible, to conserve and protect resources, such as water and energy; and mitigate negative environmental impacts to local communities.
Additionally, each retail chain has a website that highlights important information (including our COVID-health and wellness protocols), seasonal offerings, store locations, and contact information for Customer Service groups, and for some of our retail chains, the ability to shop online.
Held mostly in virtual formats in fiscal the investor community regarding our Company’s financial performance and on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) matters.
This in-store program is focused on supporting the integral parts of our culture at TJX Canada as we strive to create an overall positive environment by recognizing store Associates for “spreading joy” through random acts of kindness, such as encouraging a co-worker for a job well done or assisting a customer.
Inclusion and diversity have long been a priority at TJX.
The value we place on diversity extends into all aspects of our organization, including our supplier relationships.
Our Supplier Diversity Program is dedicated to broadening supplier options for not-for-resale goods and services.
All diverse-owned businesses are encouraged to register on our supplier diversity portal.
As a global company with hundreds of thousands of Associates and operations on four continents, we consider inclusion and diversity to be part of who we are and core to our culture.
The Committee considers a range of factors when considering individual candidates, including personal and professional ethics, integrity, and values; independence; and diversity, including gender, ethnic, racial, age, and geographic.
Code Source (CR report unless where noted) Energy Management in Retail and Distribution ((2) percentage grid electricity, (3) percentage renewable Quantitative Megawatt hours (MWh) and percentage (%) CG-MR-130a.1 Pg.
Workforce Diversity and Inclusion Percentage of gender and racial/ethnic group representation for (1) management and (2) all other employees Quantitative Percentage (%) CG-MR-330a.1 Pg.
Our corporate responsibility program is based on four pillars: Our Workplace, Our Communities, Environmental Sustainability, and Responsible Business.
We purchased energy certificates (RECs), onsite solar power purchase agreements (PPAs), and utility-supplied renewable energy in Fiscal 2022 than in Fiscal 2021.
3Data on ethnic and racial diversity for the U.S. only.
The certificate represents a reduction in GHG emissions created by a project, for example, planting acres of trees.
Companies can purchase these certificates to “offset” GHG emissions in their operations.
All statements that address activities, events or developments that we intend, expect, or believe may occur in the future are forward-looking statements, including, among others, statements regarding the Company’s business plans and prospects, as well as commitments, goals, initiatives, objectives, programs, and target...
We also offer solar powered lighting solutions to the rail sector.
Last year, we introduced Charter’s first Environmental, Social and Governance (“ESG”) report and responded to the CDP Climate Change Questionnaire for the first time.
Since our last report, we commenced our multiyear, multibillion dollar rural construction initiative, launched our philanthropic initiative to revitalize community centers in the com- munities we serve, and developed strategies to realize our carbon neutral goal related to electric energy efficiency, renewable energy, ...
As a leading broadband connectivity company and cable operator, we create long-term value for our stakeholders through the efficient delivery of our services across our 41-state footprint.
The charter of the Compensation and Benefits Committee (the “Committee”) delegates to the Committee the oversight of diversity and inclusion.
The Committee and our Board receive annual updates from our Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer.
Through our Education Assistance Program, Charter will pay up to $pursuing a degree at an accredited college, university, or trade school when the program is related to the full-time employee’s current role or will prepare them for a future role at Charter.
People leaders are evaluated on managing and developing their teams, with those at the Director level and above also measured on supporting diversity and inclusion initiatives.
The diversity of the communities we serve is reflected in our workforce, and our success in serving these communities requires a commitment to diversity and inclusion in every aspect of our business.