Loblaw Companies Limited
Greenhouse gas emissions & sustainability report data
Figures are as stated in the company's own report and may use different boundaries, units or methods (for example market-based vs location-based Scope 2), so compare with care.
📈 Emissions by Report Period
| Report period | Headline emissions figure reported |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 945.1K tonnes CO2e |
Each row is the headline figure extracted from a different report; scope coverage and methodology can change between years.
✅ Reported Environmental Achievements
- Transitioned away from hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) in all new stores since 2019, resulting in a yearly carbon reduction equivalent to keeping over 2,000 cars off Canadian roads.
- Achieved 64% compliance relative to the Golden Design Rules for control brand and in-store plastic packaging.
- 100% of eligible corporate, food franchise, associate-owned Shoppers Drug Mart® stores and distribution centres reduced their food waste sent to landfill by actively donating to food recovery programs.
- Completed 490 carbon reduction projects.
🎯 Climate & Sustainability Targets
🔜 Short-term
- Ensure all of our control brand and in-store plastic packaging is either reusable or recyclable by 2025
- Be Canada’s most diverse and inclusive employer and deploy inclusion training across our entire workforce by 2024
- Support the health of women and children, by feeding 1 million kids a year by 2025
📅 Medium-term
- Send zero food waste to landfill by the end of 2030
🔭 Long-term
- Achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions for our enterprise operations Scope 1 and Scope 2 by the end of 2040, and Scope 3 by 2050
- Donate 1 billion pounds of food to charities by 2028 through Feed More Families™
🌱 ESG Focus Areas
fighting climate changeadvancing social equity