Sustainability:
Taking Good Care

Sustainability:
Taking Good Care

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Climate Impact

Sprouts recognizes the impact that climate has within our supply chain and effects on our stores in terms of the occurrence and intensity of climate related weather events. We continually monitor and evaluate risks to our business stemming from climate change and are in the process of developing plans to mitigate some of these effects.

Our Scope 1 & 2 emissions come from our use of refrigeration to keep food at temperature and energy consumption to operate our stores and distribution centers. We have focused our carbon reduction efforts in designing and operating our stores in an energy efficient manner, retrofitting where appropriate, reducing use of high global warming potential (GWP) refrigerants and reducing leak rates.
  • Committed to a 25% Scope 1 & 2 emissions intensity reduction target per sq. ft. by 2033
  • 2% reduction in Scope 1 & 2 emissions achieved per sq. ft. from 2023 to 2024
  • Improved Scope 3.1 emissions tracking in 2024, resulting in more accurate mass based emissions results.

Energy Usage, Carbon Emissions, and Intensity

Metric 2023 2024 YOY Change
Revenue (Million USD) $6,837 $7,719 13%
Total Area (1,000 sq. ft.) 11,323 12,123 7%
Electricity (MWh) 353,145 385,904 9%
Natural Gas (Dth) 616,274 639,547 4%
Scope 1 (tonne CO2e) 139,735 122,833 -12%
Scope 2 (tonne CO2e) 127,131 137,952 9%
Scope 3 (tonne CO2e) 2,449,012 2,223,836 -9%
Scope 1 and 2 (tonne CO2e) 266,866 260,785 -2%
Total GHGs (tonne CO2e) 2,715,878 2,484,621 -9%
Intensity Metric 2023 2024 YOY Change
Total Carbon Emissions Intensity (Tonne CO2e / Million USD) 397 322 -19%
Total Carbon Emissions Intensity (tonne CO2e/1,000 sq. ft.) 240 205 -15%
S1 & S2 Carbon Emissions Intensity (tonne CO2e/1,000 sq. ft.) 24 22 -8%
Energy Use Intensity (MWh/1000sqft) 47 47 0%
Energy Use Intensity (kbtu/sqft) 161 161 0%