Sustainability Commitment

Overview

The report covers Costco's FY2021 sustainability commitments across employees, communities, operations, merchandising and climate action. It reports 288,000 employees worldwide, 78.3% waste diversion, and 3,668,243,000 gal of estimated global operational water use. It also reports FY21 Scope 1 and 2 emissions of 2,647,132 tCO2e, verified by SCS Global Services, and sets a 20% cumulative Scope 1 and 2 reduction by 2030 from a 2020 base year.

Document

Report type: Sustainability Report
Class: Dedicated
Scope: Full report
Fiscal year: 2021
Period: 30 August 2020 – 29 August 2021
Language: English
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ESRS
Integrated Reporting Framework
GHG Protocol
EU Taxonomy
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Commitments

UN Global Compact
UN Guiding Principles
Science Based Targets initiative

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