15 WASTE MANAGEMENT CONT. FOOD WASTE At PFG, we recognize the immediate environmental and societal challenges that food waste represents and its impact on natural resources required for food production, including water, land and energy, as well as its contribution to greenhouse gas emissions and food insecurity. In fiscal 2021, we generated a total of 46,601,483 pounds of food waste. Of that, 18,261,239 pounds or 39% of our food waste generated, was diverted from landfills. To mitigate the risks associated with food loss and waste, PFG establishes and leverages partnerships with national and regional foodbanks that help us address food insecurity while also reducing our company’s carbon footprint. We also partner with our suppliers to ensure they employ environmental management policies and standards and are actively minimizing their waste generation within their production processes. For example, we work with some of our branded beef suppliers in improving the meat trimming specifications to decrease food waste generated at the restaurant level. This minimizes the amount of waste that ends up in the landfill, reducing carbon emissions associated with food decomposition. SUSTAINABLE PACKAGING & NON-FOOD PRODUCTS At PFG, we understand the environmental risk and impact that single-use plastics have on our oceans, soils, ecological habitats and on the climate. We have a strategy for reducing our contribution to packaging pollution and environmental degradation throughout the value chain by expanding our branded non-foods sustainable product offerings. This is only achievable by partnering with select non-food suppliers that provide recyclable, biodegradable and compostable foodservice items and have packaging design processes based on product lifecycle analysis and management, as well as systematic approaches to reducing water use, energy use, landfill waste and greenhouse gas emissions. As an example, in November 2020, our Vistar segment entered a partnership with Emerald Brand to expand the offering of sustainable disposables and essentials for our customers across the United States. Emerald Brand items include cutlery, cups, bowls and plates, containers, napkins, towels, toilet and facial tissue, and other essentials that are Tree-Free™ and free of petroleum- based plastic. The TreeFree™ items come from plant-based agricultural waste, providing an alternative to traditional paper products. As a sustainable alternative to petroleum-based plastics, Emerald Brand uses PLA or PHA which is compostable/biodegradable, BPA free, fluorocarbon free and USDA Certified BioBased. By partnering with Emerald Brand to provide products free of virgin wood fiber and petroleum- based plastics, in fiscal 2021 we were able to contribute to the following estimated environmental savings 2 : • 63,286 kWh of energy saved. • 54,378 pounds of greenhouse emissions saved, equivalent to 95,195 miles driven. • 950 total avoided trees, equivalent to saving 19,083 reams of copy paper. • 295,784 gallons of water saved, equivalent to 822 hours of lawn watering • Avoided 120,775 pound of plastic, equivalent to 10,869,779 plastic bags • Avoided 156,402 pounds of landfill waste, equivalent to 39 dumpsters. In January 2021, we also partnered with WestRock, one of our non-food items supplier partners for PFG-branded pizza boxes, to deliver the Sustainable Choices™ program with the aim of raising awareness around the recyclability of pizza boxes and their acceptance in residential recycling programs. Through this program, the pizza boxes provided to our customers include a QR code that leads to an online portal that allows consumers to look up their recycling guidelines by zip code as well as additional materials to bring clarity to the issue of corrugated pizza box recycling. For example, according to a study performed by WestRock, 73% of the U.S. population is estimated to have recycling programs available for pizza boxes, but many consumers are under the false impression that recycling pizza boxes is not allowed. By partnering with WestRock, we seek to clear this confusion, help customers make sustainable choices, and increase the volume of fiber returning to the circular economy. 2 Environmental savings estimates are provided by Emerald Brand and are based on conversion from products of the same weight made entirely of virgin wood fiber and/or petroleum-based plastic resin.