7-Eleven, Inc. (SEI) , our push to reduce the impact on the planet without compromising customer needs, quality or safety is a key driver of our innovation. The company’s programs to help make electric vehicle (EV) charging more convenient, reduce plastic usage and packaging material waste, reduce CO2 emissions from stores and ensure the procurement of sustainably sourced food ingredients make it easier for customers to do good simply by shopping with us. To enhance our role as a positive steward of the environment, SEI is a member of the Retail Industry Leaders Association’s Retail Sustainability Initiative (RSI). RSI is an industrywide educational forum for the largest U.S. retailers. It brings its members together to share leading practices, identify future trends, benchmark with peers, and collaborate on common industry environmental social governance challenges. Beginning in 2021, SEI joined the Clean Energy Buyers Alliance (CEBA). CEBA is a membership association bringing together over 200 stakeholders from the commercial and industrial sector, nonprofit organizations, and energy and energy-service providers. Their vision and mission is to create a resilient, zero-carbon energy system where every organization has a viable, expedient, and cost-effective pathway to renewable energy. SEI is committed to reducing energy consumption and improving efficiency and set a goal to reduce energy related CO2e emissions from stores by 50% by 2030, compared with FY2013 levels. In FY2021, through its emission reduction measures, SEI reduced its CO2e emissions by 147,600 MTCO2e year over year from FY2020 and by 375,300 MTCO2e from FY2013. SEI reduced CO2e emissions by 27% from FY2013 to FY2021. This is equivalent to greenhouse gas emissions from approximately 80,000 passenger vehicles for one year. SEI has adopted Honeywell Solstice N40 (R-448A) refrigerant as SEI’s standard for remote condensers supporting their refrigeration cases installed across the U.S. and Canada. Solstice N40 is the most widely accepted, lowest global warming potential (GWP), nonflammable replacement for R-404A in stores globally. Based on hydrofluoroolefin (HFO) technology, Solstice N40 offers GWP that is approximately 60% lower than legacy HFC refrigerants like R-404A. In addition, Solstice N40 also consumes less energy. In the U.S. and European supermarket trials, in comparison to R-404A, Solstice N40 demonstrated an average of 5% lower energy consumption in low-temperature applications. SEI’s LED lighting program is part of the company’s energy-efficient store design standard and is a significant contributor to the company’s CO2 reduction goal. As of December 2021, more than 7,700 stores featured LED lighting, helping to reduce energy consumption in stores. In addition to their energy-efficient benefits, LED lights eliminate the use of hazardous materials, comply with local regulations to reduce light pollution, support store safety measures and enhance the customer shopping experience.