Company: GWW
Filing Date: 2025-02-20
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0000277135-25-000010
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Company: W.W. GRAINGER, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-02-20
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1
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 used to inform programs and processes designed and implemented to enhance the culture Grainger aspires to achieve. 
Health and Safety
Grainger strives to provide a safe work environment in which team members are properly prepared to perform the many tasks required to support customers. The Company’s Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) program is designed to integrate EHS into Grainger’s business operations and comply with applicable regulations. To that end, the Company requires each of its locations to perform regular safety audits to confirm proper safety policies, programs and procedures. 
The Company is focused on promoting a culture of safety and education. Operational team members must complete routine training to fully understand the expectation of behaviors defined by the Company’s global EHS policy. Managing and reducing risks at DCs and other facilities remain a core objective and injury rates continue to be low. In 2024, the Company’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration Total Recordable Incident Rate in the U.S. was 1.3 and the Company’s Lost Time Incident Rate in the U.S. was 0.5 based upon the number of incidents per 100 team members (or per 200,000 work hours). 
Inclusive Workplace
Grainger believes a broad talent pool is essential to live its principles, foster innovation, build high-performing teams and drive business results. The Company understands that future business success requires a mix of current and new skill sets, multiple experiences, and a broad array of backgrounds and perspectives, and strives to reflect this in its hiring, retention and promotion practices. The Company aspires to increasingly promote a welcoming, inclusive culture that values all people.
Grainger's commitment to inclusion applies throughout the organization. As of December 31, 2024, the Company’s Board of Directors is comprised of approximately 31% female and 23% racially and ethnically diverse directors. Grainger also maintains this commitment with the executive leadership teams. Grainger's global executive leadership team is comprised of approximately 33% women leaders. The U.S. based executive leadership team is comprised of approximately 27% racially and ethnically diverse leaders. Within Grainger’s global workforce, approximately 42% of team members were women and approximately 39% of U.S. team members were racially and ethnically diverse. 
Talent Acquisition, Retention and Development
Grainger believes that a great customer experience starts with a great team member experience. The Company is committed to providing team members with resources designed to help them succeed. Grainger focuses on creating opportunities for team