Endnotes N O TI 1. The calculation excludes the following associate types: Home office, business such as product use, waste disposal, commuting and and reusable plastic bags globally. For the time frame of the private C U pharmacists, on-site-clinics, drivers, management trainees and, business travel. brands packaging survey, we instructed suppliers to use their latest D O temporary associates. or most recent 12-month period for which they have data available. NTR 3. On an adjusted basis between 2015 calendar year baseline and 2020, If they reported last year, use the same reporting period as the I 2. Annual scopes 1 and 2 GHG emissions and Carbon Intensities are Walmart reduced its absolute scope 1 and 2 emissions by 15.6%, initial/prior reporting year to avoid gaps or overlap with the prior updated from time to time for changes in emission factors or equivalent to 3.0 million metric tons of CO e. Adjustments may activity data when more accurate information become available. 2 year’s submissions. For suppliers that did not complete the survey Y include the effects of acquisitions and divestitures for the period in or provided unusable data, proxy data was substituted to provide T I This may result in updated emissions reported in the ESG Climate which they had an effect. N a full estimate of global private brand packaging. For the proxy TU Brief that may not correspond to results reported to CDP for our calculation, a market level approach was used. R annual Climate Change questionnaire. We engage Lucideon CICS 4. Packaging metrics are measured in weight and based on supplier O P to independently verify Walmart’s reported scope 1 and scope reports through a supplier survey. Proxy data were calculated to 7. U.S. metrics include all 50 states but exclude Puerto Rico. U.S. P O 2 emissions as reported to CDP annually, pursuant to ISO 14064- provide data for suppliers that did not complete the survey or management metrics include all salaried, exempt associates. 3 (the international standard for verification of Greenhouse Gas provided unusable data. Proxy data are meant to represent an Y inventories). We follow Walmart’s Greenhouse Gas Inventory estimate of how much packaging those suppliers / markets may 8. A diverse supplier is defined as a U.S. privately held company that T is recognized as 51% owned and operated by a woman, minority, I Methodology, which is attached to our CDP disclosures. Our utilize to provide an overall picture of Walmart’s entire packaging IL veteran, disabled veteran, person with a disability or member of the B methodology is consistent with the principles and guidance of footprint. The calculation is based on supplier participation in the A survey as a percentage of net sales and known packaging data. lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT) community. IN the World Resources Institute and the World Business Council for A Sustainable Development’s Greenhouse Gas Protocol Initiative Walmart private brand suppliers representing 73% of Walmart global ST 9. Calculated in accordance with Walmart’s Project Gigaton U private brand net sales reported packaging data in 2019; in 2020 the S (“The GHG Protocol”) for corporate GHG accounting and Accounting Methodology, available on the Walmart reporting. scope 2 (market-based) emissions include the carbon figure was 78% and in 2021 the figure was 80%. Sustainability Hub. Suppliers submit information during a Project reduction value of renewable electricity procured from onsite and TM Y 5. Walmart divested its business in Argentina in 2020 and its Gigaton reporting season; figures reported are for the reporting IT offsite projects. The GHG Protocol outlines three emissions sources businesses in the U.K. and Japan in 2021. Because of the sale season that took place during the corresponding fiscal year. N U (referred to as “scopes”) that provide the framework for operational of Walmart’s Argentina business in late 2020, we were unable Because Walmart does not restrict suppliers to reporting only on M boundaries. The three scopes are: to capture sufficient packaging data for the Argentina market; emissions avoidance and reduction efforts that are attributable to OM to represent this market’s business in 2020, we used the 2018- the suppliers’ business with Walmart, actions taken and reported C • Scope 1, “Direct Emissions,” represent emissions from the TM combustible fuels and other sources that occur directly on 2019 private brand packaging survey for Argentina. Walmart through Project Gigaton cannot be used to measure Walmart’s Y sites (e.g., refrigerants,) and mobile emissions sources.jj divested its businesses in the U.K. and Japan in early 2021; because scope 3 emissions, either absolutely or in year-over-year reductions. T I the businesses were divested early in the year, we did not proxy R 10. As of March 2022. G • Scope 2, “Indirect Emissions,” represent emissions that occur packaging data for the time Walmart owned those businesses and E off-site to produce electricity or steam purchased for use at the 2021 packaging figures represented here do not include the U.K. 11. Board metrics presented correspond with information reported in NT I corporate locations. or Japan. Walmart’s 2022 Annual Proxy Statement; director metrics are based & S on nominees for election at the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting for C I • Scope 3, “Other Indirect Emissions,” represents emissions 6. Calculation follows the 2021 Reporting Guidelines for The New each year. TH from activities down or upstream from a company’s core Plastics Global Commitment and includes all private brand primary, E secondary and tertiary plastic packaging, including single-use plastic 47