exo-is/governance-reporting-on-listed-companies huggingface dataset:
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A MESSAGE FROM OUR CEO
The word “unprecedented” has become As a company, we believe this is a natural
“We believe this is an far too common in the last two years. next step for us since the business model
we have utilized for almost a century is
First, we have rallied against a global
excellent opportunity to based on sustainable business practices
pandemic that has challenged us to
talk about what we’ve focus on health and safety in new and
and a “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle” mindset.
innovative ways. Communities have come Given our business and industry, we
accomplished and the
together to withstand wave after wave of understand that achieving Net Zero is
a deadly virus as our global scientific and ambitious, but we are committed to
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The scientific and research communities Doc and Amelia Farmer’s story is central A FEW WORDS FROM OUR
are laser-focused on the same issues. We to our ESG story. Each of our leaders who “This will guide VICE PRESIDENT OF ESG AND CCO
believe Cintas can leverage their findings have followed has built on their ingenuity
us into the future ESG is a quickly evolving area with
and breakthroughs, combine them with and engrained sustainability and other
increasing attention from many different
our own innovations, and drive further ESG concepts deeper into our business.
and continue to stakeholders, and I’m honored to be
improvements on our environmental The innate connection between smart
tasked with leading Cintas’ activities
and societa
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ABOUT THIS REPORT
The 2021 Cintas ESG Report is the Data included in this report is updated • Further, water data has been
company’s second such report to be through the close of FY21, unless otherwise converted to megaliters (ML) for our
FURTHER INFORMATION
published and includes information and noted. Cintas is not obligated to update 2021 reporting after being reported in
performance data from June 1, 2020, the 2021 report after its initial release on kilogallons (kgal) in our 2020 report. • FY21 Cintas Form 10-K
through May 31, 2021, unless otherwise November 16, 2021, but reserves the right • Finally, we have created a new intensity
• 2021 Proxy Statement
stated. We intend to produce this to make edits if necessary. metric th
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Social and governance topics cover our has demonstrated continued
emissions calculations.
entire organization.
• Our reported energy and emissions
improvements from FY19 through FY21.
However, the COVID-19 pandemic’s effect
All financial references and data are data sets were expanded to include
on our performance and data cannot be
noted in U.S. dollars. We further define all U.S. Rental locations6 in operation
completely isolated from other efficiency
terms used and annotate additional during the reporting periods –
and process changes that contributed
references and reporting methodologies including branches. In 2020, we
to performance improvements. The
in the Appendix at the end of this report. reported environmental data only for
COVID-19 pandemic began in
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THIS IS CINTAS
Cintas Corporation helps more than Operating in North America, our
one million businesses of all types and customers range from small service
FY21 IN NUMBERS
sizes get Ready for the Workday® with and manufacturing companies to major 460
operational
confidence. Our products and services corporations employing thousands of
help keep our customers’ facilities and people. With such a diverse customer $ $7.11 billion in sales facilities
employees clean, safe, and looking base, no single customer accounts for Approximately
their best. more than 1% of our total revenue.
40,000
$ $1.11 billion net income
The origins of our family business We service our customers through four employee-
(see pg. 5) date back to 1929 and the
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THE SPIRIT IS THE DIFFERENCE
Our guiding principles are carefully partner describes the mutual trust and OUR PRINCIPAL OBJECTIVE This statement is woven throughout our
outlined in The Spirit Is The Difference, a respect we have for each other, and the entire company, gives our organization
Dick Farmer believed that organizations
book based on the personal insights of values and culture responsible for our direction, and clearly defines our
needed a guiding principle on which
our Founder Richard “Dick” Farmer. The accomplishments. Considering each expectations and standards for our
to base all decision-making and that
publication is referenced frequently by other as partners in our collective success management team. Decisions made
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OUR CORPORATE CHARACTER • Full compliance with all governmental • Professional appearance: We have • Positive discontent: We’re never
laws and regulations: After first a dress code at all our facilities and satisfied with the status quo, or
We’ve carefully considered the
making sure that we understand the believe outward appearances of our content to leave things as they are.
characteristics and behaviors we want
governmental laws and regulations that people, facilities, and vehicles say a lot We’re always seeking improvements
and aspire to exhibit to each other, to
our customers, and to the communities
we face in business, and our options in about us and our company. to our processes, systems, products,
in which we do business. T
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STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT
Our Principal Objective (see pg. 12) clearly identifies the three groups we consider our primary stakeholders: customers, employee-partners, and shareholders. At Cintas, each
is equal to one another. In addition, we have a diverse group of other stakeholders around the world that matter to us and our business. Their opinions and interactions with us
provide us with other viewpoints that inform our business decisions. These groups include the people who manufacture our products, the communities in which we do business, the
not-for-profit organizations we engage with, and the government officials who influence and set public policy. Below is an overview of our key stakeholder groups and our engagement
activiti
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• Social media Corporate Characteristics, • Social media monitoring • Governance issues
• Engagement surveys and Policies and Procedures and engagement • Our management of COVID-19-
• Listening sessions • Our ongoing management • cintas.com and cintascares.com related business practices
• Direct Line/Hotline (confidential and of COVID-19-related issues • Marketing efforts, including
third-party monitored) national television, radio, and online
• Cintas Spirit Day and other holiday ad campaigns
and milestone celebrations
and acknowledgments
• Volunteerism
• Local committee participation
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SHAREHOLDERS PHILANTHROPIC AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS
HOW WE ENGAGE TOPICS RAISED HOW WE ENGAGE TOPICS RAISED
• Annual meeting of shareholders • Financial perf
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• Quarterly earnings conference calls • Corporate governance and forums • Diverse and inclusive workforce
• Investor relations calls as requested • Executive compensation • Collaborations to advance and workplace
• Investor conferences and forums • ESG reporting shared priorities • Environmental impacts
• Dividends • Environmental impacts • Strategic relationships
• Media engagement • Diversity and inclusion • Philanthropic investments
• Facility tours and virtual tours • Human capital management • Community dialogues
• Proactive visits to shareholders • Human rights and labor practices
(in-person and virtually) • Supply chain management
• Data security and privacy
• Civic activity
• Community and philanthropic activities
• Our continuing response to COVID-19
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
SUPPLIERS AND PUBLI
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OUR CONTINUED COVID-19 RESPONSE
As the COVID-19 pandemic continued SUPPORTING OUR CUSTOMERS
throughout FY21, we expanded our
To remain a reliable partner in our
commitment to supporting our employee-
partners, our customers, and the
customers’ ability to get Ready for
the Workday®, we:
communities in which we do business.
Through our wide range of essential • Continued delivering essential
services and products, we were committed products and crucial services to
to doing our part to support our nation’s front-line businesses throughout
response to the pandemic. the pandemic, including hospitals,
laboratories, food suppliers, grocery
stores, and utility services
PROTECTING OUR EMPLOYEE-PARTNERS
• Accelerated production and expanded
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ENVIRONMENT
18 Environment
20 Climate and Energy
25 Water Stewardship
29 Waste and Materials Use
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ENVIRONMENT
Environmental consciousness is in our will identify strategies to reduce our vehicles that don’t consume carbon- effort to further lessen our overall water
roots, with our company origins in a Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions and based fuel, and we’re rolling out “Smart withdrawal rates. Our “Zero Waste
business practice that reclaimed and explore opportunities to reduce Scope 3 Truck” technology to improve our route Program” (see pg. 29) is helping to divert
reused shop rags from local factories. GHG emissions from our supply chain. planning, which wil
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THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON The effect of these temporary conditions
INTENSITY MEASURES increased the number of rinse cycles
RECALCULATING INTENSITY VALUES
necessary – as well as the water
In FY21, our emissions, energy, and
temperature required – to achieve At Cintas, we have begun calculating environmental performance. This
water intensities all saw reductions of
the necessary level of cleaning. This our environmental intensity values will help us identify the impacts of
at least 5.6% over our FY20 values when
increased both our water and our energy for energy, emissions, and water in operational improvements while we
indexed by our new revenue metric.
usage in FY21. While our total poundage relation to million dollars in revenue.
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CLIMATE AND ENERGY
We recognize climate change is a global EMISSIONS DATA AND PERFORMANCE
issue and is something businesses have to
consider and address moving forward. The
U.S. RENTAL FACILITIES AND FLEET17 UNITS FY19 FY20 FY21
risks we face at Cintas are broad and can
have both financial and physical impacts, Scope 1 (gross direct) MTCO2e 428,551 403,030 377,772
on both ourselves and our customers. Scope 2 (indirect) MTCO2e 116,005 103,285 88,857
With an interest in protecting the future Total Scope 1+2 Emissions MTCO2e 544,555 506,315 466,628
of our environment, our communities,
Annual Scope 1+2 Emissions Reductions MTCO2e n/a 38,240 39,687
and our business, we have implemented
% Annual Change in Scope 1+2 Emissions % n/a -7.0%
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SPOTLIGHT: SMART TRUCKTECHNOLOGY
With a service fleet as large as As Smart Truck technology was Our Smart Truck technology has
ours – which makes many stops along installed in our trucks and we began already demonstrated the potential
millions of miles – we explored how analyzing data, we observed reductions of efficiency gains from changing
small changes to routes and driver in idle times as our drivers were more behaviors. As we dig deeper into the
habits could have big impacts on our educated about the system. As the data from this technology, we expect to
outcomes. This work culminated in program becomes fully operational identify opportunities for even greater
our Smart Truck technology, launched across our Rental division an
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SPOTLIGHT: TRANSFORMING OURFLEET
With one of the largest corporate fleets by the California Air Resources Board, conditions, rather than the start- By January 2022, we expect to deploy
in North America, we have more than which requires that various types of and-stop situations our route-based 13 electric vehicles from three different
14,000 vehicles on the road, consisting vehicles must meet specific exhaust model presents. producers into service. Six Rental and
of our familiar white service trucks and emissions standards.
Additionally, prior efforts to use hybrid
two First Aid & Safety locations in the
vans and our lease-back employee- Northeast and Upper Midwest, and on
Welcoming Electric Vehicles vehicles also faced hurdles bec
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REDUCING ENERGY USE ENERGY DATA AND PERFORMANCE
Energy is vital to our business, and
using it efficiently is critical to our long- U.S. RENTAL FACILITIES AND FLEET UNITS FY19 FY20 FY21
term success. It is also part of our role
Total Energy Consumption GJ 8,102,045 7,615,622 7,093,273
as responsible corporate citizens to
% Change YOY % n/a -6.0% -6.9%
seek reductions in our overall energy
consumption and adopt more efficient Electricity GJ 934,117 886,558 799,575
practices so our energy goes further.
Natural Gas GJ 4,122,243 3,862,060 3,587,198
Our ongoing commitment to the
Propane GJ 17,577 14,146 19,507
environment and the communities in
which we do business is evident from Gasoline GJ 1,801,652 1,836,400 1,843,892
our processes
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SPOTLIGHT: MAKING THE SWITCH TO LEDLIGHTING
With almost 500 locations of all sizes With about 60% of the locations
across the United States and Canada, we participating in the current company-
have a lot of facility square footage that wide project already fully converted,
needs appropriate lighting. But that also the wide-scale LED lighting initiative
means we have significant energy use has reduced our GHG emissions by
from our lighting. almost 7,500 metric tons a year –
which represents a 5% reduction in
In FY19, we kicked off a company-wide
our electricity use and our Scope 2
project to lower our energy use at some
emissions. Our energy use should
of our most energy-intensive locations.
continue to decrease as the wide-scale
T
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WATER STEWARDSHIP
Water is a central resource to our Water Conservation vendor, WSI, to develop more efficient Wash chemistry developments like the
business, and a necessary input to We’re proud of our water-conservation wash formulas has been critical in helping Clearpath and, most recently, TRUpathTM
perform our services. Because of our efforts, and we know our commitment us lower our gallons-per-pound metric. formulations have helped us lower our
reliance on water, we recognize our has had a larger impact on the entire water usage even more. TRUpath™ alone
Early on in our journey, locations in
responsibility to minimize our water draw industry. Throughout the last few has helped us reduce our gallons-per-
water-stressed areas f
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Operational Improvements Just as Doc and Amelia Farmer proved While we have reuse capabilities our business in an entirely closed-loop
and Efficiencies during the Great Depression, a little integrated in some of our locations, water system, but we believe we can
Technology has propelled us far ingenuity goes a long way in making a challenges exist that limit greater leverage reuse technology to achieve a
along our water journey, but our big impact. As we continue to identify adoption within our wash process. We greater capacity than we do now.
improvements in water usage have and implement Operational Excellence, will never be able to reuse 100% of our
We’ve made fantastic advances in our
also been supported by traditional we less
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REDUCING OUR WATER NEEDS WATER USE DATA AND PERFORMANCE
While our laundry process is on average
84% more water efficient than traditional U.S. RENTAL FACILITIES UNITS FY19 FY20 FY21
at-home laundry processes,20 we are
Total Water Withdrawal ML 10,355 9,591 8,861
constantly working to reduce our
Total Water Withdrawal – Stressed Regions ML 2,308 2,139 2,021
water footprint.
Annual Change in Water Withdrawal ML n/a -764 -730
In FY21, our U.S. Rental operations
withdrew 8,861 megaliters21 (ML) of % Change YOY % n/a -7.4% -7.6%
freshwater – 7.6% less than FY20 and % Change from Base Year (FY19) % n/a -7.4% -14.4%
14.4% less than FY19.
Total Water Discharge ML 9,142 8,471 7,798
The water used in our U.S. Rental Total Water Discharge –
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MANAGING WASTEWATER
In FY21, we returned 7,798 ML – or 88% – SPOTLIGHT: OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE INACTION
of the freshwater we withdrew to local
water bodies.
While technology has played a key have considerably reduced our water The added information helps plant
Our laundering processes generate far
role in our water journey – and will still withdrawals and energy use. Being management identify potential
less wastewater than home laundering
be important as we continue honing precise in what we do and how we inefficiencies, holds capacity specialist
because we use less water to launder
conservation methods and innovating do it has had a major impact. We’ve employee-partners more accountable
the same amount of product. We use an
our r
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WASTE AND MATERIALS USE
Due to the nature of our business, Through our Design Collective business,
we work with a significant amount of we are developing new ways to reuse and
SPOTLIGHT: ZERO WASTEPROGRAM
material. Taking a responsible approach recycle material. Our goal is to develop
to the way we source, dispose of, circular – and even closed-loop –
and manage our inputs makes sound economies that reduce our reliance on
Our Zero Waste Program began in landfills. The Mason, Ohio, distribution
business sense. It is also key to our raw materials and meet growing interest
FY13 in an effort to decrease our center, which is attached to Cintas’
ongoing efforts to create a broader in sustainable garments (see pg. 30).
waste destined for
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SPOTLIGHT: MATERIALSINNOVATION
Our Design Collective business • Sustainable textiles: We are • Recycling apparel: In partnership • Cintas-branded closed-loop
(recorded as Uniform Direct Sales expanding the use of recycled with Martex Fiber, we collect apparel: We can imagine a future
in our financial filings) creates and polyester and eco-friendly, customers’ end-of-life garments to that includes Cintas-branded
sells custom uniform programs, with sustainable textiles, which are be repurposed into new commercial product lines produced entirely in a
customers that include some of the currently available in more than products. This type of marled closed-loop process. Stakeholders
world’s largest companies and travel 100 of our unifor
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SOCIAL
32 Our People
33 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
35 Talent Recruitment
36 Talent Retention
37 Compensation
38 P erformance and Advancement
39 Training and Development
41 E mployee-Partner Engagement
43 Labor Relations
45 Human Rights
46 Safety and Health
49 Global Supply Chain and Supplier Relations
51 Supplier Diversity
52 Local Communities
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OUR PEOPLE
At Cintas, our employee-partners are OUR CORPORATE CULTURE We believe our employee-partners and providing fulfilling professional
the heart of our company. Our policies AND CHARACTER are our best advocates and brand opportunities that create a path for
and procedures instruct and guide us
Our except
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DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION
We have five components to our overall WHY DIVERSITY IS IMPORTANT Almost our entire workforce – 99.3% – are transition service members to civilian
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion strategy full-time employees and almost 36% are life, including accommodations from G.I.
We believe bringing employee-partners
at Cintas:
together with different perspectives, life
female. Our company demographics are Jobs (Top Military-Friendly Employers)
also representative of the communities and Military Spouse (Top Military Spouse
• Employee-Partner Engagement – experiences, and backgrounds benefits
Recruitment, retention, development, everyone. We’ve found that when you
in which we operate, as almost 43% of Friendly
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• Governance – Inclusion policies that together, everyone benefits from the with disabilities have also garnered
provide equal opportunity for all sharing of perspectives and experiences, Our efforts on diversifying the racial recognition from the Disabled Equality
partners and applicants providing deeper insight, understanding, and ethnic make-up of our workforce Index as a “90 Score” company and the
• Corporate Citizenship – Grassroots empathy, and compassion. This leads to have been recognized with Cintas’ “Influencer Award” from Autism Speaks.
and corporate-sponsored improved ideas, solutions, and outcomes inclusion on Forbes’ “Best Employers for
Our Partner Business Resource Groups
philanthropy, volunteerism, and that better serve our customers, D
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EMPLOYEE-PARTNER DEMOGRAPHICS
WORKFORCE BREAKDOWNS BY GENDER TOTAL MALE FEMALE
Total Employee-Partners 40,099 25,723 14,376
Employment Type
Full-Time 39,814 25,565 14,249
Percentage of Workforce 99.3% 63.8% 35.5%
Part-Time and Other 285 158 127
Percentage of Workforce 0.7% 0.4% 0.3%
Employee-Partners by Age
Under 30 8,115 5,757 2,358
Percentage of Workforce 20.3% 14.4% 5.9%
30-50 22,051 15,138 6,913
Percentage of Workforce 55.0% 37.8% 17.2%
Over 50 9,933 4,828 5,105
Percentage of Workforce 24.7% 12.0% 12.7%
TOTAL WORKFORCE – BY EEO DEMOGRAPHICS PERCENTAGE
White 52.6%
Latinx/Hispanic 19.4%
Black/African American 13.3%
Asian 3.7%
Two or More Races 2.2%
Native American/Alaskan 0.4%
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0.3%
Not Specified
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TALENT RECRUITMENT
ATTRACTING THE BEST ON-CAMPUS RECRUITING: TALENT RECRUITMENT DATA
To generate a diverse and qualified
IDENTIFYING OUR FUTURE TALENT
applicant pool, we post our positions We use a broad on-campus recruiting FY21 NEW EMPLOYEE-PARTNER HIRES TOTAL PERCENTAGE
both internally and externally. We use network for some of our positions,
Male 5,923 67.1%
various popular job boards including including our Management Trainee (MT)
Female 2,904 32.9%
LinkedIn, Indeed, Snagajob, WayUp, and and internship programs. We’ve fostered
DirectEmployers Association, as well as relationships with many colleges and Total New Hires 8,827 100%
position-specific industry sites. We also universities around the United States
use social media p
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TALENT RETENTION
With approximately 40,000 employee- TALENT RETENTION DATA
partners company-wide, we have a FY21 Voluntary Turnover
dynamic and talented workforce with
skills and experience spanning hundreds
RATES VS. WORKFORCE TOTAL PERCENTAGE
of disciplines. Each person brings a
unique perspective and background to Male 4,515 11.3%
the job, and our goal is to keep talented Female 2,318 5.8%
employee-partners engaged and
Total Voluntary Turnover 6,883 17.1%
support their growth and development.
Our competitive salaries and
comprehensive benefits are attractive to BY AGE BRACKET TOTAL UNDER 30 30-50 OVER 50
prospective employees, but we stand out
Male 66.1% 23.9% 34.5% 7.7%
for our focus on professional development.
Female 33.9% 9
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COMPENSATION
Cintas offers competitive compensation Cintas provides access to multiple THE PARTNERS PLAN AND Cintas also makes annual discretionary
packages to its employee-partners, medical insurance plans to all employee- RETIREMENT SUPPORT contributions to employee-partners’
including salaries and wages, a partners, along with dental and vision individual retirement accounts in the
The vast majority of our employee-
comprehensive benefits package, insurance coverage. Employee-partners form of profit sharing and its ESOP.
partners are eligible for our three-part
and a generous retirement program. can choose to participate in plans Contributions are approved by the
retirement program, known as the
Employee-partners are paid weekl
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PERFORMANCE AND ADVANCEMENT
Our business relies on the passion, ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REVIEWS individual development plans. Managers skill gaps that have developed within
expertise, and dedication of our have access to a wide selection of the last year. For employee-partners,
Each year, every employee-partner takes
people, and our commitment to their developmental tools and resources to annual reviews and succession planning
part in our annual performance review
career development is vital to our help employee-partners improve in many help identify skill and knowledge
process. For all salaried partners, the
company’s success.
review process includes both a self-
different areas of leadership and other opportunities. For the company,
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TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT
Ongoing training and development are at Cintas. Common required courses Management Trainee Program based, and that the mentee’s needs are
major components of a Cintas employee- include Corporate Culture and Engaging Many of our top leaders began their the focus. We feel strongly that when a
partner’s career path. Every position has Leadership; Diversity & Inclusion training; career in our MT program. In fact, our formal mentoring process is followed, the
a required curriculum of specific trainings Six Sigma training and certification; and Executive Chairman, Scott Farmer, was mentee receives the greatest benefits
and/or certifications, which Cintas Meticulous Hiring. in the very first class of MTs in 1982,
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Partner Business Resource Groups to them. It’s a two-way dialogue that
Our employee-partner affinity groups we believe benefits everyone, including
are an important element in our overall our company.
human resources and human capital
Our PBRGs play a pivotal role in
strategy. We have four of these PBRGs.
developing employee-partners at various
These distinct groups align with our stages of their careers and connect
business objectives and help secure partners from similar backgrounds in
our continued competitiveness, while a supportive environment. While our
allowing the breadth of experience, skill mentor program is built on skill- and
sets, perspectives, and talents of our job-based criteria, our PBRGs are based
diverse employe
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EMPLOYEE-PARTNER ENGAGEMENT
We believe that our people reach their their specific worksites. The anonymous EMPLOYEE-PARTNER ENGAGEMENT SURVEY RESULTS
full potential in an inclusive environment, 50-question survey takes approximately
and that they do their best work when 20-30 minutes to complete, and also
METRIC 2015 2019
they are highly engaged with the provides opportunities to submit open-
company and their fellow employee- ended comments and feedback. Engagement Score 90% 90%
partners. As a service provider, we’ve Our employee-partner engagement Response Rate 82% 87%
seen the benefit of an engaged and
surveys have four key learning goals:
fulfilled workforce, and what it has meant
CINTAS INDEX VS. HIGH-PERFORMANCE NORMS
for ou
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WHAT WE’VE LEARNED After each survey was completed, Willis
Towers Watson analyzed the data and
Several individual themes emerged from
our management reviewed the results.
the responses.
Their evaluation was done with lenses
• Safety – We foster a safe workplace. on both the corporate and location
Our leaders address unsafe levels, with action plans developed to
conditions. Our employee-partners address opportunities identified by the
are comfortable raising concerns. survey results.
• Leadership – There is upward
Cintas’ index ranking against High
communication. They are interested
Performance Norms improved in eight
in our employee-partners’ well-being.
categories from the 2015 survey to the
They make decisions consistent with
ou
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LABOR RELATIONS
Cintas recognizes and respects the Our objection to this campaign was LOCATIONS IDENTIFIED AS RISKS MINIMUM NOTICE
principles of freedom of association not about blocking our employee-
Cintas has not identified any locations In cases where operational changes are
and our employee-partners’ right to partners’ efforts to unionize. It was
under our operation where our set to occur, we make every effort to
collective bargaining in accordance with that this particular campaign wanted
employee-partners’ right to freedom of provide as much notice as possible to our
applicable national laws. We strive to Cintas management to take away our
association and collective bargaining affected operations, given the scope of
adhere
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THE RIGHT TO SAY YES, AND keep us ahead of others in our industry, We promote world-class safety practices the growth and development of our
THE FREEDOM TO SAY NO and provide them with our company’s throughout our organization, and employee-partners, and our strong
In almost all instances, when our
competitive compensation (see pg. 37 we’ve been repeatedly recognized preference is to promote from within.
for more information). and honored for our processes
employee-partners have the opportunity We firmly believe that all of these
and commitment to a safe work
to cast their vote for association in In addition, every employee-partner reasons – and more – have provided a
environment – most notably with
a private, government-supervise
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HUMAN RIGHTS
Cintas is committed to upholding and Our requirements incorporate many key workers must be allowed a reasonable We participate in the American Apparel
promoting human rights and workplace International Labour Organization (ILO) amount of time off from their duties to & Footwear Association and Fair Labor
rights and safety, both in our own conventions, including: afford humane and productive working Association Commitment to Responsible
facilities and in those we do business conditions. We expect our Global Supply Recruitment, which requires that no
• Forced Labour Convention (No. 29)
with around the world.
• Freedom of Association and
Chain Suppliers to comply with all workers should pay for their jobs; workers
applic
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SAFETY AND HEALTH
SPOTLIGHT: VPPACHIEVEMENT
We’re immensely proud of our reputation As a result, we have lowered our incident
for our world-class management of – rates dramatically, working hand in hand Our commitment to OSHA’s VPP TOP 10 VPP STAR
and innovation in – employee health with our employee-partners to create a Program has set a new standard for SITE CERTIFICATIONS
and safety. It’s a commitment that’s safer workplace. Involving our frontline U.S. companies. A total of 117 Cintas
embedded deep within our culture and workers in our safety journey has proven sites were recognized by OSHA as
VPP
is also enumerated in our ambitious to be vital to our success. VPP Star certified as of August 31,
RANK COMPANY SITES
safety visio
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The VPP certification process is rigorous. Field locations have a designated needs. Through our partnerships, we To ensure we continually focus on
To achieve certification, businesses Safety and Improvement Committee offer enhanced driver training, on-the- improving our safety journey, each of our
must demonstrate that management (SIC), which includes trained employee- road evaluations, and driver drills to business divisions holds regular safety
and employees work cooperatively – partners from across the location’s better coach and assess driving skills. and health meetings with our S&H Team.
and proactively – to prevent workplace departments, as well as the local To reinforce our safe driving policies,
accidents. They must displ
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for their low-cost creativity for solving SHARING OUR SAFETY KNOWLEDGE
common work-related issues like lifting,
Our S&H Team isn’t just focused on our
reaching, pushing, or pulling. Winners
employee-partners’ daily routines. It’s also
are entered in national and international
a key resource during internal-use product
ergonomics competitions where they
and equipment reviews and installations,
compete against employees from other
and our process efficiency developments.
companies around the globe. Our
employee-partners have won Ergo Cups Our dedication to raising world-class safety
in various categories at the Applied and health standards doesn’t stop at our
Ergonomics Conference three times in doors. Members of our award-winning S
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GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN AND SUPPLIER RELATIONS
A critical component of our business is Our supply chain procures almost Our Vendor Code of Conduct also HUMAN RIGHTS STANDARDS
our global supply chain, which provides 90% of the finished products for our stipulates penalties – up to and
Our Vendor Code of Conduct promotes
our employee-partners with the goods uniform rental garments and our Design including the cancellation or denial of
Global Supply Chain Suppliers’
and products required to help our Collective garments. Our suppliers help Cintas business – should provisions be
compliance with standards regarding
customers get Ready for the Workday®. us both manufacture our owned brands violated. Global Supply Chain Suppliers
human rights
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Before the assessment process Once a supplier is certified as a Global the risk of child labor, human trafficking, including Global Supply Chain Suppliers,
begins, some situations – including Supply Chain Supplier, they are subject and modern slavery, as well as issues can raise concerns during the annual on-
geographic location or types of goods to annual compliance audits – similar concerning conflict minerals. site compliance audit, or through their
being manufactured – may also trigger to the initial assessment process – to established Cintas relationships with
Using real-life scenarios and referencing
a preliminary risk evaluation of the maintain our business. These audits category managers and field engineers,
current global
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SUPPLIER DIVERSITY
We believe a diverse supplier base To champion and promote our supplier SPEND ON DIVERSE SUPPLIERS
provides enhanced product offerings, diversity initiatives, we’ve created our
better meets customer needs, and Supplier Diversity Executive Steering
YEAR % OF U.S. SPEND DOLLAR SPEND ON DIVERSE SUPPLIERS
reflects the ever-changing demographics Committee, a group of more than 35
of the communities in which we do Cintas executives who serve as change FY17 11.7% $208.6M
business. It also provides increased agents and advocates for diverse FY18 12.1% $231.3M
competition, creativity, and flexibility in suppliers throughout our company. They
FY19 12.7% $277.9M
our supply chain. help educate employee-partners on
the value
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LOCAL COMMUNITIES
We’re immensely proud of the impact Managed at the corporate level through
we’ve had in our local communities the Corporate Affairs Department, these
through our corporate philanthropic six initiatives allow involvement from
activities. This includes monetary all of our U.S. locations and employee-
donations, in-kind donations, and active partners. Our Canadian employee-
fundraising on behalf of key charitable partners engage and support local
and not-for-profit organizations, organizations concerned with cancer,
which we collectively brand under the diabetes, and heart health.
banner of Cintas Cares, our corporate
A key component of our philanthropic
philanthropic arm.
success is the passion our employee-
As a c
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OUR CORPORATE PARTNERSHIPS
American Cancer Society resources, including the Road To American Diabetes Association The American Diabetes Association
At a corporate level, our relationship with Recovery® program, 24/7 live online Our relationship with the American provides free, confidential diabetes
the American Cancer Society began in patient support, live webinars about Diabetes Association began in 2019 risk-testing to our employee-partners
2020 and includes fundraising through cancer prevention with medical experts, and was established to raise awareness so they can understand their potential
national Relay for Life and Making and access to Hope Lodge if they must about diabetes among underserved for developing Type 2 diabetes.
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American Heart Association Each year, Cintas employee-partners National Fallen Firefighters Foundation September 11, 2001. The funds raised at
The American Heart Association (AHA) across the United States participate in We formalized our relationship with the those events support families of fallen
is one of our longest-standing corporate both the Heart Mini-Marathon & Walk National Fallen Firefighters Foundation firefighters and other New York City Fire
philanthropic relationships, dating back and the national Heart Walk. Almost 500 (NFFF), our latest corporate philanthropic Department programs.
to 2005. Cintas partners with the AHA employee-partners participated in the partner, in 2021. The NFFF works closely
The NFFF relationsh
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Matthew 25: Ministries In the past, we have also partnered with Cintas Partner Assistance Fund global efforts to mitigate climate change.
Our extensive partnership with Matthew Matthew 25: Ministries to bring Cintas We launched the Cintas Partner With catastrophic weather events rising
25: Ministries goes back to 1998 and employee-partners on mission trips to Assistance Fund (CPAF) in 2019 to across North America – with all types of
is our longest-standing corporate Haiti and the Appalachian area of West provide financial assistance to our own natural disasters causing greater harm
philanthropic relationship. Virginia, as part of our annual Clothe employee-partners who have been and damage – we recognize the need
the Kids campaign
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LOCAL PROGRAMS
In addition to these six programs, we also UNITED WAY DRESS FOR SUCCESS
have successful programs supported by
our corporate headquarters in Cincinnati.
These include relationships with Adopt
A Class, where teams of volunteer
employee-partners present weekly
lessons in local classrooms; the United
Way of Greater Cincinnati; and Dress for
Success in Cincinnati.
Our field locations across the United
States and Canada are also encouraged
to get involved in their local communities
and form relationships that are
meaningful to their businesses. We also
provide toolkits and support to locations
interested in initiating these types of
civic and community relationships in their
cities and towns.
ADOPT A CLASS
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GOVERNANCE
58 ESG Governance
60 Ethics and Integrity
61 Tax Policy
62 Public Policy
63 Cybersecurity, Data, and Customer Privacy
64 Regulatory Compliance
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ESG GOVERNANCE
GOVERNANCE APPROACH while maintaining accountability for More information about our Board,
We believe establishing strong and
our actions and decisions. including independent board leadership
FY22 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
responsibilities and its good governance
ethical governance is foundational to As we consider our business decisions,
positions, is available in our Corporate
achieving our Principal Objective: to we leverage internal processes that More information about our Board
Governance G
Keyword: governance
governance, and committee activities are
for our shareholders and employee- outcomes. Our Principal Objective is available in our FY21 Proxy Statement.
available in our FY21 Proxy Statement.
partners. This approach aligns and drives and our strategic plans also factor
Gerald S. Adolph
our financial and social performance heavily in our planning. Our business During the 2021 calendar year, our Board
Nominating and Corporate
and helps ensure accountability and activities involve fossil fuel, water, and underwent a few notable changes. Scott
Governance Committee Chairman
legitimacy for our stakeholders. raw material use, and generate GHG Farmer, who had served as both our CEO
emissions and waste, and we are aware and Chairman since June 2016, retired as
Keyword: governance
Our governance and management
of the risks these pose. We work with our CEO and transitioned to become our Audit Committee, Nominating and
structure are guided by our Code of
our Board of Directors, management, Executive Chairman as of June 1, 2021. Corporate Governance Committee
Conduct and Business Ethics, which
and stakeholders to run our business in On this same date, Todd Schneider was
establishes clear and consistent Melanie W. Barstad
a manner that aims to reduce, mitigate, appointed as our new President and
expectations for decision-making by Compensation Committee,
all Cintas Directors and employee-
or eliminate our impact in these areas. CEO, and joined the Board as a new
Nominating and Corporate
Director. In connection with his
partners. Our C
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Our governance is placed in the hands Audit Committee, Nominating and
company. Each Director, executive, After five years with a governance
of our Board of Directors, our highest Corporate Governance Committee
manager, and employee-partner is structure that included a joint role of
governing body. The Board is elected
required to undergo Code of Conduct Chairman and CEO, we will now operate Robert E. Coletti
annually by a one-for-one vote of
and Ethics training upon joining the under a structure that designates the Executiv
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Governance Guidelines.
separate individuals.
Joseph Scaminace (Lead Director)
We are committed to being a All members of the Nominating and
Today, the Board is made up of nine Compensation Committee,
responsible corporate citizen and strive Corporate Governance Committee, the
Directors – seven men and two women – Nominating and Corporate
to incorporate ESG principles and Audit Committee, and the
and 33% of the Board is diverse (in terms Governance Committee Chairman,
considerations into the daily operations Compensation Committee meet the
of gender, race, or ethnicity). The Board Executive Committee Chairman
of our business. Under the Board’s independence requirements that apply
has created four working committees to
direction of our strategic approa
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that is consistent with protecting the Governance Committee and Governance Committee
environment and enhancing humanity
Executive Committee.
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ESG OVERSIGHT The Vice President of ESG and CCO
will work with business and functional
Instead of delegating oversight of risk to REPORTING CONCERNS
leaders across our company to determine
a specific committee, our entire Board
oversees our risk management process.
our ongoing sustainability strategies, as Cintas is committed to maintaining an Both employee-partners and
well as policies and goals related to our ethical, responsible workplace. Our external parties have access to several
This includes our ESG-related strategies
and initiatives, given their importance to
corporate responsibility initia
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ETHICS AND INTEGRITY
“One of Cintas’ biggest TRAINING • Information Security Awareness – Further, our Risk & Compliance
Employee-partners who have Department ensures that all appropriate
strengths has always been Cintas employee-partners receive
training about our Code of Conduct and
computer access at work vendors working with our global supply
our insistence on honesty Business Ethics on their first official day • Anti-Corruption Training – Employee- chain are aware of our policies and
partners who could potentially interact expectations, which are spelled out
of employment with us. They also receive
and integrity from every
a booklet containing the Code at their
with a foreign official or representative in our Vendor Code of Co
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right way, perpetuating the highest levels various employee-partners, including: communicated to our governance body antitrust, including those that prohibit
and employee-partners, who receive collusion to manipulate a market. Topics
of ethics and integrity.
• AB1825 Training – Employee-partners
training on its contents. in this area are also included in our
who are California residents and
Code of Conduct and Business Ethics
employee-partners who work outside
annual training.
of California but manage employee-
partners located in California
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TAX POLICY
We are a transparent taxpayer. We are Our tax disclosures that appear in
open about the taxes we pay and our our audited financial statements are
projected effective tax rate guidance prepared in accordance with GAAP
on our f