ROSEMONT, IL - US Foods Holding Corp. – one of America’s leading foodservice distributors – announced the release of the company’s 2024 Sustainability Report. Within the comprehensive report, US Foods highlights progress across its sustainable product offerings, support for associates and communities, and initiatives to reduce the environmental impact of its operations.

“Being a responsible company is an integral part of our strategy and plays a central role in how we grow our business, strengthen customer relationships, maximize associate engagement and inclusion, and contribute to a better planet,” said Martha Ha, executive vice president, general counsel, and sustainability lead, US Foods, in a recent press release. “I am proud of the work we accomplished in 2024 to further align our approach to sustainability with the Company’s strategy and operating model and our continued focus on addressing pressing challenges in order to continue to deliver business value.”

The report shares progress highlights for each of the company’s key sustainability focus areas: Products, People, and Planet.

• Products: Supporting an ethical, sustainable, and resilient supply chain by prioritizing responsible sourcing practices and offering customers a best-in-class portfolio of differentiated products.
  • Maintained growth of the company’s local, sustainable, and well-being product offerings, with more than 5,000 differentiated products available today.
  • Generated $1 billion in annual revenue in 2024 for the first time for Serve Good® and Progress Check® products that are developed in partnership with suppliers committed to US Foods’ defined standards for responsible practices or are Exclusive Brands seafood products that are on their way to meeting the company’s Serve Good sustainability standards.
  • Updated the US Foods Seafood Policy to expand the company’s responsible seafood sourcing commitments and introduced new responsible seafood targets.
  • Expanded the company’s Exclusive Brands Serve You™ product portfolio, which includes a total of 4,100 Exclusive Brands products with simple ingredients not found on the US Foods Unpronounceables List®1, plant-forward attributes, or products that are certified gluten-free.

• People: Embracing a culture that is safe, supportive, and responsible to contribute to making US Foods the best place to work.
  • Improved injury and accident rates by 19% compared to 2023.
  • Donated more than $14.5 million in products, volunteer time, and monetary contributions to support communities in need.
  • Provided nearly 70,000 unique associate professional development opportunities, and associates completed more than one million hours of training.
  • Transitioned Employee Resource Groups to Employee Business Resource Groups to highlight their contributions towards driving business success, in addition to providing supportive networks that foster inclusion, a sense of community, and career development.

• Planet: Measuring, monitoring, and minimizing our environmental impact, including action to respond to climate change by increasing fleet and facilities efficiency, and engaging the company’s supply chain.
  • Reduced absolute Scope 1 and Scope 2 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 16% since 20192 in support of the company’s formal goal to reduce absolute Scopes 1 and 2 GHG emissions by 32.5% by 2032 from a 2019 base year.
  • Implemented three fully refrigerated straight trucks featuring electric transport refrigeration units, among the first in both the foodservice and transportation industries.
  • Added 47 electric vehicles to the company’s fleet and installed 65 fast-charging stations at eight different US Foods locations.
  • Continued efforts to reduce the risk of deforestation and land conversion in the company’s supply chain, including mapping 96% of the palm oil used in US Foods Exclusive Brands products to the mill level.

The US Foods 2024 Sustainability Report uses recognized reporting standards, including the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) and Sustainability Accounting Standards Board’s (SASB) Food Retailers & Distributors.

To view the US Foods 2024 Sustainability Report, visit the company’s website at usfoods.com/sustainability.