Company: GWW
Filing Date: 2025-03-07
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-021496
Chunk: 30

Company: W.W. GRAINGER, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-03-07
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 30
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 talent strategy and programs. In turn, the Compensation Committee oversees the Company’s programs and policies for human capital management and assists the BANC in its oversight of the Company’s programs and policies with respect to employee engagement and leadership effectiveness. The Board consists of Directors with particular expertise in corporate sustainability and in environmental matters. In developing the Company’s ESG programs, the CEO leads a Leadership Council that sets the strategic direction of the Company’s ESG programs and identifies ways to incorporate these initiatives into operations and strategy. The Leadership Council’s strategy is implemented by cross-functional working groups comprised of subject matter experts focused on near-term priorities, material topics and reporting. Core initiatives relating to culture and talent are led by the Company’s Human Resources team in coordination with the Leadership Council. The Company is also committed to operating with ethics and integrity. The Company’s Business Conduct Guidelines define our shared expectations, consistent with the highest ethical and legal standards, of how we work together, serve customers and business partners, and honor our commitments to shareholders everywhere we do business. Grainger team members are required to complete Business Conduct Guidelines training and certification. We encourage the reporting of ethical concerns or complaints regarding Company or individual practices through the Company’s anonymous third-party hosted telephone hotline and web portal.

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Environmental The Company strives to operate its business and supply chain sustainably and provides sustainability solutions to help customers do the same. The Company’s sustainability solutions include a portfolio of Environmentally Preferable Products, Other Sustainability Related Products, and resources. The Company aims to reduce its environmental footprint and emissions through efforts such as improving supply chain efficiency, increasing solar energy usage, optimizing facility efficiency with building management systems, implementing high-efficiency life cycle replacements, and transitioning Powered Industrial Equipment batteries to hydrogen fuel cells. In October 2023, the Board approved updated emissions targets that seek to reduce global absolute scope 1 and scope 2 emissions by