2021 ESG Report Healthy Planet 500K empty miles eliminated in 2021 through our backhaul program. Since 2018, this program has eliminated more than 2 million empty miles. Minimizing our waste with our suppliers, especially within Metrics Excess waste represents a misuse beauty and personal care. of both business resources and of natural resources. In addition In 2021 we began working with 50% to keeping our colleagues and Southern California Edison as part of all waste diverted customers healthy and safe by of the Charge Ready program to recycling or reuse managing the cleanliness of facilities to install 100 charging stations and disposal of waste, we have to power electric transport initiatives in place to reduce the refrigeration units (TRUs) at our La amount of waste generated at our Habra, CA distribution center. Once $140M+ retail stores and other facilities. Our implemented in 2022, this shift in value of product donated approach optimizes the liquidation, from diesel fuel to electric power donation and recycling of will drastically reduce TRU idle unsalable products and works with time and the distribution center’s 12th year manufacturers and merchandising annual TRU carbon emissions. In teams to reduce the number of 2022, we are planning to pilot a EPA SmartWay Carrier these products that come into fully electric TRU in our La Habra, Partner for the 12th our stores. CA distribution center to address consecutive year and reduce idle time and carbon As our colleagues return to our emissions. corporate office spaces in 2022, we will be conducting baseline Our work to reduce the emissions waste audits of these buildings to of our delivery fleet earned us evaluate and develop a zero-waste recognition as an Environmental program. Protection Agency (EPA) Donation of excess food SmartWay Carrier Partner for the products Embedding sustainability 12th consecutive year. We have within our supply chain been recognized as a SmartWay In our operational facilities, including Transport Partner since 2011. our distribution centers, we are Approximately 81 percent of carriers actively engaging with suppliers under our management are a to identify options to reduce SmartWay partner, compared to the unnecessary packaging in items industry average of 78 percent. Landfill diversion of we receive. We have been focusing unsalable items especially on removing internal packaging like plastic wrap or extra cardboard and see an opportunity to reduce paper and plastic use 63
![ESG Report | CVS Health - Page 63](/cdn-cgi/image/width=600,quality=80,format=webp/https://cdn.relayto.com/images_originals/6305b65651f0b.jpeg)