exo-is/governance-reporting-on-listed-companies huggingface dataset:
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performance, and compensation ratios. Our benefits program seeks to support our employee- to put pre-tax dollars aside for medical co-payments,
partners’ holistic health, including their physical health, prescription co-pays, deductible payments, and other
mental health, and financial health, and includes: eligible health care expenses.
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Our employee-partners can reduce their health PARTNERS PLAN AND
insurance contributions by participating in confidential
RETIREMENT SUPPORT
annual personal health evaluations and health screening,
Our employee-partners are eligible for The Partners
including basic preventive blood tests.
Plan, a three-part retirement program including a
For many years, we’ve offered our Live Well program traditional 401(k) investment a
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but the impacted employee-partners are eligible for The allows parents or caregivers to direct pre-tax dollars to
Partners Plan to augment the defined plan benefits later Maternity and Parental Leave pay for eligible dependent expenses like day-care or
due to them. Cintas has a parental leave policy for all U.S.-based after-school program costs.
employee-partners that encompasses maternity leave,
More information about the assets and liabilities of We also offer to our U.S.-based employee-partners a
as well as parental leave.
Cintas’ existing defined benefits plans is available in commuter program to assist employee-partners who use
our FY’22 Cintas Form 10-K. Maternity leave is available to employee-partners who public transportation to work or those who must pay for
meet the eligibility for short-term disability leave after parking. This
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giving birth to a child. Employee-partners on maternity train tickets or parking permits with pre-tax dollars.
PAID TIME OFF AND LEAVE
leave are eligible for six weeks of 100% pay. Those
Cintas offers employee-partners several paid time off
employee-partners who have been approved for a
(PTO) and leave benefits to both enjoy time away from
maternity leave longer than six weeks are also eligible
work and attend to personal matters.
for short-term disability pay; they may use PTO in lieu
of short-term disability if they wish.
Paid Time Off
Eligible U.S.-based employee-partners may also take
All employee-partners are eligible for PTO, which is
unpaid leave through the Family Medical Leave Act
classified as vacation in Canada. The amount of time
(FMLA). Cintas affords employee-partners a total of
employee-partners are eligible to receive each
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90 Tax Policy 95 SPOTLIGHT: First Aid & Safety Product Regulation
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OVERVIEW AND our business in a way that is consistent with protecting
the environment and enhancing humanity while FY’23 BOARD OF DIRECTORS26
maintaining accountability for our actions and decisions.
APPROACH
Scott D. Farmer
As we consider our business decisions, we leverage
Executive Chairman
internal processes that include disciplined due diligence
Executive Committee
Strong and ethical governance is a primary foundation and risk assessment to evaluate potential outcomes. Our
of our Principal Objective: to exceed our customers’ Principal Objective and our strategic plans also factor Josep
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TAX POLICY TAX DISCLOSURES AND REPORTING Our tax implications and financial benefits available
from the government are regularly evaluated as part
All tax disclosures contained in our audited financial
of our normal business operations and strategic
statements are prepared in accordance with GAAP ASC
We have a responsibility to pay our fair share of taxes 740 and SEC reporting standards. decision-making.
and we do so transparently. We disclose the taxes we
pay, as well as our projected effective tax rate guidance, EY, our independent auditing firm, reviews all disclosures FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
on our financial reports and quarterly earnings calls, as part of its review of our annual SEC Form 10-K.
In our last three fully reported fiscal years – ending with
which are open to the public.
Th
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e company’s global taxation work is also managed by FY’21 – we received $5.8 million in tax relief from the
Cintas has instituted a compliance program to help the U.S.-based Tax Department. To help support proper U.S. government in the form of various federal and state
ensure that we comply with applicable tax-reporting tax reporting, the group seeks outside and third-party incentives and credits.
requirements worldwide. We review our tax strategy consultation and advice when necessary.
Three of the U.S. federal tax programs we participate in
under a low-risk methodology and do not engage in
are the:
any material global profit-shifting strategies. CONNECTION TO BUSINESS STRATEGY
• Work Opportunity Tax Credit: Our largest tax
The Tax Department regularly collaborates with our
The VP of Tax sets and implements Cintas’ tax strategy.
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All material tax planning is discussed and approved
between HR and our partners in the field. This credit
support our ongoing tax planning and strategy.
by the Chief Financial Officer throughout the year,
provides tax relief for the creation of meaningful
with updates presented to the Board of Directors’
These interactions help provide our business leaders employment opportunities for new employees from
Audit Committee.
with a deeper understanding of tax mechanisms needy families and welfare recipients, qualified
available to our business, their required connections veterans, ex-felons, designated community residents,
RISK ASSESSMENTS to our business, and the magnitude of their vocational rehabilitation participants, Supplemental
Cintas conducts ongoing ri
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prevent compliance concerns. The Tax Department Supplemental Security Income recipients, and the
They also allow our leaders opportunities to solicit
remains up to date with regulatory guidance and long-term unemployed.
counsel about potential tax impacts of various strategic
communicates regulatory policy and tax law changes to decisions as part of our business planning and overall • Indian Employment Credit: We received federal tax
executive management as part of the annual Enterprise risk assessment. credits for providing new employment opportunities
Risk Assessment. to more than 150 Native Americans who live on or
near an Indian reservation in the United States.
If tax-related risks are identified, they are communicated TAX ADVOCACY
to senior management to help ensure the
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efforts about tax policy.
Our Code of Conduct and Business Ethics supports
in those EZs, benefiting from tax credits.
our ongoing efforts to identify, analyze, and pay our
We also advocate for key legislation that is in the best
global tax obligations in a lawful and ethical manner. Additionally, in the same three-year period, Cintas
interest of our customers and our external stakeholders.
We encourage our partners or outside parties to benefited from a total of $19.9 million in U.S. tax
Most notably, this includes the continued impacts of
report any suspected irregularities through appropriate deductions from charitable donations.
the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, as well as evolving
stakeholder mechanisms.
impacts of ongoing federal and state legislation an
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Textiles.” arta1.com/life-cycle-assessments/. Accessed August 28, 2022. 24 Fair-market tax value of 5,535,000 pounds of repurposed products and garments donated to
Matthew 25: Ministries.
14 Ellen MacArthur Foundation, 2017, A New Textiles Economy: Redesigning Fashion’s Future.
A New Textiles Economy: Redesigning Fashion’s Future (ellenmacarthurfoundation.org). 25 The Cintas Partner Assistance Fund is tracked by calendar year, not by fiscal year. Cintas
Accessed by Accelerating Circularity in 2020. Partner Assistance Fund 2022 totals are disclosed through the end of Cintas’ FY’22, which
ended May 31, 2022.
15 The references to “almost” or “approximately” 43,000 employee-partners throughout this
report cite the 42,693 employee-partners based in roles in the United States and Canada, 26 More information about our Board members, in
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201-04 Financial assistance received from government Governance > Tax Policy
FY’22 Form 10-K (pg. 55)
202: Market Presence 2016
202-01 Ratios of standard entry level wage by gender compared to local minimum wage Social > Compensation and Benefits > Salaries and Wages
202-02 Proportion of senior management hired from the local community 100% of Cintas’ named executive officers are U.S.-born.
203: Indirect Economic Impacts 2016
203-01 Infrastructure investments and services supported FY’22 Form 10-K (pg. 49)
Social > Community Impact and Philanthropy
203-02 Significant indirect economic impacts Social > Community Impact and Philanthropy
204: Procurement Practices 2016
204-01 Proportion of spending on local suppliers In FY’22, Cintas spent $2,924,481,258 on Global Supply Chain suppliers based in the
United Stat
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207: Tax 2016
207-01 Approach to tax Governance > Tax Policy
207-02 Tax governance, control, and risk management Governance > Tax Policy
207-03 Stakeholder engagement and management concerns related to tax Governance > Tax Policy
Our ESG Journey > Stakeholder Engagement
207-04 Country-by-country reporting Governance > Tax Policy
301: Materials 2016
301-02 Recycled input materials used Environment > Materials
Environment > Materials > Reducing, Reusing, Recycling, and Repurposing Our Textiles
301-03 Reclaimed products and their packaging materials Environment > Materials
Environment > Materials > Reducing, Reusing, Recycling, and Repurposing Our Textiles
302: Energy 2016
302-01 Energy consumption within the organization Environment > Energy Performa
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FY’22 HIGHLIGHTS Forward-Looking Statements
This Cintas Corporation 2022 Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG)
Report contains forward-looking statements. The Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995 provides a safe harbor from civil litigation for forward-
looking statements. Forward-looking statements may be identified by
Awards and
words such as “estimates,” “anticipates,” “predicts,” “projects,” “plans,”
“expects,” “intends,” “goal,” “target,” “forecast,” “believes,” “seeks,”
Recognition “ambition,” “could,” “should,” “may,” and “will,” or the negative versions
thereof and similar words, terms, and expressions and by the context in
which they are used. Such statements include, but are not limited to, the
goals, t
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are self-reported minorities Social, and Governance by 7.5% from FY’21 imply that the risk has not already materialized.
management structure The company goals presented in this ESG Report are aspirational and not
guarantees or promises that such goals will be met. Statistics and metrics
related to ESG matters are estimates and may be based on standards and
practices for measuring progress that are still developing, internal controls
and processes that continue to evolve and assumptions that are subject to
Launched change. Accordingly, such historical, current, and forward-looking statistics
and metrics may be subject to modifications in future reports due to such
developing standards, practices and controls, and processes.
This ESG Report does not cover all information about our business.
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OUR ESG JOURNEY SOCIAL
WELCOME
10 A Message from Our CEO 48 Overview and Approach
11 A Message from Our Vice President of ESG 49 Our People
and Chief Compliance Officer 51 Human Rights
Our 2022 Environmental, Social, and Governance 12 2022: Our Environmental Year in Review 53 Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
(ESG) Report shares stories and updates from our 13 Our Path to Net Zero 55 Workforce Data
ongoing ESG Journey – including our performance, 14 SPOTLIGHT: EV Pilot Hits the Road 56 Talent Recruitment and Retention
successes, and opportunities. 15 Stakeholder Engagement 58 Workforce Recruitment and Retention Data
In this ESG Report you will find an expanded depth 16 Impact Priorities 59 Compensation and Benefits
and breadth to our
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The core values of ESG have been Central to Cintas GOVERNANCE
32 Energy Data
since our origins. But we are excited to continue our
85 Overview and Approach
formal journey and we are excited to see where the 33 SPOTLIGHT: Facility-Focused Energy Reductions
86 ESG Governance and Oversight
34 Water Stewardship
future takes us.
88 Ethics and Integrity
38 Water Data
90 Tax Policy
39 SPOTLIGHT: Pursuing Greater Water Reuse
91 Public Policy and Advocacy
40 Chemical Safety
93 Cybersecurity and Data Privacy
41 Waste
94 Regulatory Compliance
CONTENTS 42 SPOTLIGHT: Zero Waste Project
43 SPOTLIGHT: Technology’s Role Managing 95 SPOTLIGHT: First Aid & Safety Product Regulation
Waste Materials
ABOUT CINTAS
44 Materials APPENDIX
4 About This Report
46 SPOTLIGHT: Reducing, Reusing, Recycling,
97 Citations, Reference
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ABOUT THIS We have also provided a breakdown of how our This report also includes significant updates to
operations align with the United Nations Sustainable our environmental data as a result of our ongoing
Development Goals (UN SDGs). An update on our organizational review and baselining initiative. Our
REPORT
contributions to, and progress toward, selected UN SDG water data has also been expanded to include all Rental
goals is available in the Appendix. processing operations in the United States and Canada.
The 2022 Cintas ESG Report provides information Additional information is included to meet the needs Further, our previously reported FY’19 emissions,
about our ESG performance on an annual, fiscal-year of other parties, inc
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THIS IS CINTAS (including Uniform Rental and Facility Services), First These include programs that provide customers with:
Aid & Safety, Fire Protection, and Design Collective
• Workwear and apparel
(also referred to as our Uniform Direct Sale business).
Cintas Corporation helps more than 1 million businesses Customers range from small “Main Street” businesses • Mats
of all types and sizes get Ready for the Workday® to major corporations throughout North America that • Mops
with confidence. Our products and services help keep employ tens of thousands of people. With such a
• Towels
our customers’ facilities and employees clean, safe, diverse customer base, no single customer accounts for
and looking their best. We do so by operati
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ESG IS PART OF The modern-day Cintas evolved in 1968 when Richard Difference – a handbook describing how we run
“Dick” Farmer’s new uniform rental programs launched. our business.
The programs utilized an exclusive new fabric that
WHO WE ARE Over time, Dick’s central themes of collaboration and
extended the life of work uniforms, and cleaned them
common respect – for both our people and the world
in more efficient processes than families could at
around us – have led to:
home. On top of the customer-centric service model he
ESG concepts have been engrained in our company
developed, Dick’s uniform rental concept anchored the • Fantastic employee-partner engagement,
since its very beginnings.
company’s growth over the next 15 years,
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A MORE HOLISTIC Our business provides the consistency, flexibility, and
speed to accommodate customers as issues or concerns AWARDS,
arise, keeping them always Ready for the Workday®,
LOOK AT CINTAS
no matter what. And our dedication to positive
HONORS, AND
discontent means we always work together to strive to
be better than we are now and commit ourselves to
ESG principles are engrained in our past, integral to
ever greater impact. ACHIEVEMENTS
our present, and destined to drive our business in the
future. At Cintas, we:
REFRESHING OUR BRAND
• Focus on maximizing value for our key stakeholders Recently we have begun to shift our focus more to why Cintas and its employee-partners strive to operate
• Foster and preserve a defined c
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COVID-19 DRIVES EVOLVING OUR STRATEGY
In response to evolving customer needs alongside COVID-19 ACCELERATES
CINTAS’ BUSINESS health and safety concerns, we have continued HYGIENIC CERTIFICATION
to leverage our culture of innovation and positive
discontent to keep pushing ourselves – and our In the early stages of the pandemic, much about
EVOLUTION business – forward. COVID-19 was unknown. At the time, there was
concern about the virus’s viability on various
We introduced the Cintas Total Clean Program™ to surfaces, including clothing, garments, and fabrics.
Cintas is committed to the safety, well-being, and support our customers’ commitment to cleanliness
care of our customers. At the start of the COVID-19 and provide scheduled de
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OUR ESG JOURNEY
10 A Message from Our CEO 16 Impact Priorities
11 A Message from Our Vice President of ESG 17 Our Market Advantage: Sustainable Products
and Chief Compliance Officer and Services
12 2022: Our Environmental Year in Review 18 CORNERSTONE: The Spirit Is the Difference
13 Our Path to Net Zero 20 CORNERSTONE: Operational Excellence
14 SPOTLIGHT: EV Pilot Hits the Road and Reliability
15 Stakeholder Engagement
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A MESSAGE FROM We’ve placed a heavy emphasis on technology’s integration
and influence on our business. It’s helped us to create
tremendous efficiencies and to improve our customers’,
OUR CEO
shareholders’, and employee-part
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the communities we serve. As we continue our ESG be important as environmental, social, and governance
Journey, we need to not only maintain but also hasten issues gain greater awareness and attention from different
our conviction to evaluate every aspect of our business, groups. We believe Cintas, like other corporations, should
including every input and output. We believe even consider and undertake initiatives that support a better
greater things are ahead for us. tomorrow for us all.
We’ve begun expressing Cintas’ ambitions in this space We’re proud of the work we’ve done to advance our ESG
as “A Shared Drive for Better.” With ESG priorities ambitions. This work has created better outcomes for
helping influence our strategic decisions, we have the us all, and we know our continued attention to affecting
opportunity to contribute to a be
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built a new governance structure to support our ESG
efforts and we expect our partners to continue to drive
progress through our programs designed to uncover
efficiencies in our existing process. This will only help us
further drive down our emissions and water intensities. Christy Nageleisen
VP of ESG and Chief
Compliance Officer
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2022: OUR Historically, our efforts to reduce our environmental Throughout the 2022 calendar year, we:
footprint in our production facilities grew from our
• Created and implemented an enterprise-wide ESG
positive discontent and the implementation of more
ENVIRONMENTAL governance structure that brings together experience
efficient practices thr
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OUR PATH PROGRAM FOCUSES
We believe there are three key functional business areas
TO NET ZERO we must address to remain on our Path to Net Zero.
In September 2021, Cintas announced its ambition
to achieve Net Zero GHG emissions by 2050.
When the company made this announcement, it
didn’t do so lightly. Cintas understood the decision
meant a reimagined operational framework that
would impact multiple generations of employee-
partners – current and future.
Before we could identify our Path to Net Zero,
we first needed to gain a better, more detailed
understanding of our company’s carbon footprint. Fleet Equipment, Locations, Supply Chain
We also needed to gain insight into how to best Our commercial fleet of more and Facilities More
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SPOTLIGHT
EV PILOT HITS • Work with original equipment manufacturers By focusing our pilot on a limited number of diverse
(OEMs) to identify opportunities, technologies, locations, we are optimizing both the training of
and use cases that can maximize EV utilization employee-partners and our charging infrastructure.
THE ROAD
• Experience vehicle options in real-world As we transition into the 2023 calendar year, we have
conditions, so we understand the expectations, plans to obtain and deploy additional EVs around
Cintas operates one of the largest corporate fleets in benefits, and challenges of EVs in our business our business footprint. We are continuing to pursue
North America, and this fleet is a significant source • Gain a cl
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STAKEHOLDER STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT Vendors
In addition, we consider the feedback and opinions of Our vendors are vital to our operations and help serve
ENGAGEMENT a diverse group of stakeholders whose perspectives as stewards in our continued efforts to foster an ethical,
matter to us and our business. These engagement sustainable supply chain as we progress along our Path
activities provide us with additional viewpoints from our to Net Zero.
value chain that help inform our business decisions.
OUR PRINCIPAL OBJECTIVE Local Communities
We have dedicated avenues through which we engage
Our Principal Objective clearly identifies the three We are civically active in the communities we serve, and
with each of these groups. Cintas repr
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IMPACT The results of this assessment helped us identify our SOCIAL
ESG Impact Priorities, which include:
• Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
PRIORITIES • Employee-partner development
ENVIRONMENT
• Safety and Health
• Reducing GHG emissions
In 2022, we initiated a third-party assessment of our • Water stewardship • Product and service safety, quality, and impacts
ESG priorities to help us better understand what topics
• Reducing waste As we continue along our ESG Journey, we expect
matter most to our stakeholders.
to identify and develop strategy, programming, and
The assessment used information and findings from Our three environmental Impact Priorities appear key initiatives to further support efforts relating to our
a variety of so
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OUR MARKET ADVANTAGE:
SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
COMPANY INITIATIVES UNIFORM RENTAL FACILITY SERVICES
• Supplier compliance programs set • Targeted recruiting and leadership- • Maintain and recycle wearers’ • Offer Green Seal-certified products
expectations of our vendors’ societal development programs expand and apparel to reduce customers’ overall • Provide Design for the Environment
impact and monitor compliance with retain workforce diversity material requirements (DfE) chemicals
those expectations • Competitive compensation, employee- • Wash chemistry utilizes U.S. • Refillable dispensers and package-
• New vehicle-routing program optimizes partner benefits, and retirement Environmental Protection Agency free products
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CORNERSTONE:
THE SPIRIT IS THE
DIFFERENCE
To best appreciate Cintas’ approach to our interactions
with the people and entities important to our business,
it’s important to understand the foundation upon which
we operate our business: our Corporate Culture.
Cintas’ guiding principles are carefully outlined in
The Spirit Is The Difference, a book based on the
personal insights of our Founder, Richard “Dick” Farmer.
The publication is frequently referenced by executive
leadership and management, and a printed copy is
given to new employee-partners on their first day
of work.
The Spirit Is The Difference explains how we continually
strive to:
• Prioritize the company’s long-term value
• Keep people involved and central to all our deci
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OUR CORPORATE CHARACTER
To truly understand how important Cintas considers
THE CHARACTERISTICS
people and the communities that we serve, we should
look more deeply at the second element of our
Corporate Culture: our corporate character.
Honesty and integrity in everything we do Professional appearance
Our Corporate Character defines the set of We don’t cheat each other, our customers, or We believe outward appearances – of our people,
characteristics and behaviors we believe are incumbent our communities. We give honest answers and our facilities, and our vehicles – say a lot about us
on our employee-partners in our pursuit of our Principal are accountable. and our company.
Objective: “We will exceed our customers’ expectations
to
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CORNERSTONE: While Operational Excellence programs support
process improvements, our Reliability program supports
mechanical and engineering efficiencies throughout
OPERATIONAL
our organization. While they are separate pursuits
that originated through different needs, Operational
EXCELLENCE AND Excellence and Reliability are equally important in
driving efficiency gains and helping to improve our Our Ambition
environmental performance. This is especially true in our Operational Be smarter
RELIABILITY Reliability
Rental division’s operations, which currently account for Excellence and more efficient
approximately 19% of our company’s estimated GHG in everything we do
emissions and use the company’s largest percentages of
At Cintas,
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Operational Excellence at Cintas Redefining Reliability Uptime accolades for Best Leadership for Reliability in
2019 and special recognition for Safety in Maintenance
Operational Excellence is a core principle at Cintas. Cintas’ Reliability program centers on a four-part
in 2017.
equation that supports equipment safety, product
Integrated, cross-collaborative teams move process
quality, process efficiencies, and environmental
We’re beginning to evolve our Reliability program to
improvement initiatives from concept to fruition.
compliance. Together, they help extend the usable life
help us achieve alignment with our emissions targets
Our Quality and Engineering Team works together
of some of our most capital-intensive equipment.
al
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MONITORING EFFICIENCY EFFORTS
Before we formalized our Operational Excellence THE IMPACT OF PRECISION
initiatives several years ago, Cintas exercised its efficiency
Our most recent Operational Excellence initiative
initiatives through a quality lens. We knew the higher
focuses on loading our soiled wash slings more
the quality of our processes, the more consistent our
precisely and more repeatably.
outcomes would be – which meant we were operating
better and more efficiently. Our new team of partners – Optimized wash load weights help us improve the
the Operational Excellence Team – was first established overall efficiency of our wash alley, optimize our
late in FY’20 and formalized in FY’21 to define our existing plants and equip
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ENVIRONMENT
24 Overview and Approach 38 Water Data
26 Climate, Emissions, and Energy 39 SPOTLIGHT: Pursuing Greater Water Reuse
28 SPOTLIGHT: SmartTruck Routing Cintas 40 Chemical Safety
into the Future 41 Waste
29 Emissions Performance 42 SPOTLIGHT: Zero Waste Project
30 Emissions Data 43 SPOTLIGHT: Technology’s Role Managing
31 Energy Performance Waste Materials
32 Energy Data 44 Materials
33 SPOTLIGHT: Facility-Focused Energy Reductions 46 SPOTLIGHT: Reducing, Reusing, Recycling,
34 Water Stewardship and Repurposing Our Textiles
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OVERVIEW AND As we continue to seek out opportunities to do more
with less, we also make investments in our b
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ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY AND POSITIONS TRAINING AND MONITORING Managers, Maintenance Supervisors, and Maintenance
Technicians. Further, these groups must take annual
As an enterprise, we utilize systemic checks and We stress that all employee-partners must understand
learning modules on environmental compliance and
balances to help us achieve our environmental our environmental positions and expectations, and
water optimization. These specific leaders engage daily
goals and drive efficiencies. And our evolving we expect them to perform their jobs with a “Reduce,
with our production partners and are on-the-ground
policies, coupled with our investment in training and Reuse, Recycle, Repurpose” mentality.
experts about our production pro
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CLIMATE, Our suppliers account for the largest percentage of The PACE Team evaluates our operations and identifies
our Scope 3 totals – which make up more than 60% opportunities to reduce our use of natural resources
of our total GHG emissions. As we seek to lessen that contribute to climate change. With insight and
EMISSIONS,
our own business’s impact on the environment, we experience across our organization, this group evaluates
look to influence, educate, and help them reduce how changes and adjustments in certain areas of our
AND ENERGY their emissions. This approach plays directly into business can have added and amplified effects in other
Cintas’ holistic “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Repurpose” areas. They also continue to prior
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STRATEGY INITIATIVES
Our current decarbonization strategy is a result of Most of the energy we use includes electricity (primarily RECLAIMING HEAT
the cooperative efforts of our Board of Directors, our for lighting and process equipment) and fuel – including
Our processing plants use water and energy to
executive leadership, our PACE Team, and various natural gas and propane, among other natural energy
help transform dirty laundry into clean uniforms
internal subject matter experts and leaders. Our sources – for facility heat, as well as dryers, boilers, and
and textiles.
deep review of our company’s operations resulted steam tunnels in our processing plants. We also use fuel,
in a strategy that prioritizes the innovation and prim
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S t After SmartTruck was fully implemented, the
mart ruck
Rental business grew to accommodate more
than 5% more stops along our routes. However,
ROUTING CINTAS
with SmartTruck data supporting our routing, we
increased the number of routes by less than 2%.
INTO THE FUTURE We accommodated the increased business by
creating denser routes – adding an average of four
stops per route by the end of FY’22. By doing so,
Our service fleet is one of the most recognizable and by taking route optimization into account, we
Cintas brand symbols, as our vehicles make stops also cut the average distance between stops by
along millions of miles of roads across the United almost 5%.
States and Canada.
Our business growth led to ad
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EMISSIONS
PERFORMANCE
In FY’22, we focused on developing enterprise-wide
accounting of our carbon impact. In our previous ESG
report, we disclosed environmental data for our Rental
operations – both facilities and fleet – located only in
the United States. This year, we expanded both our
emissions and our energy data to widen the breadth
of our disclosures to reflect all of our operations in the
United States and Canada, including facilities, fleet, and
aviation. We have restated our FY’19 base year data to
reflect these inclusions. We are also reporting our Scope
3 emissions using the Greenhouse Gas Protocol.
EMISSIONS INTENSITY CONTINUES
DOWNWARD TREND
Our focus on operationalizing efficiencies throughout
our organization has re
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EMISSIONS DATA
CINTAS CORPORATION UNITS FY’19 FY’20 FY’21 FY’22
GHG Emissions Intensity7
Direct (Scope 1) + Indirect (Scope 2) Emissions Intensity MTCO2e/$M 113.1 104.6 89.3 82.6
Annual Emissions Intensity Change % -7.6 -14.6 -7.5
Change from Base Year (FY’19) % -7.6 -21.0 -27.0
Gross GHG Emissions
Scope 1 (Gross Direct) MTCO2e 621,440 598,511 521,720 547,631
Scope 2 (Indirect) MTCO2e 158,385 142,469 113,956 101,204
Total Scope 1 + 2 Emissions MTCO2e 779,825 740,980 635,677 648,834
Annual Scope 1 + 2 Emissions Change MTCO2e -38,845 -105,303 13,158
Annual Change in Scope 1 + 2 Emissions % -5.0 -14.2 2.1
Change from Base Year (FY’19) % -5.0 -18.5 -16.8
Scope 3 (Other Indirect) Emissions MTCO2e 1,037,864 1,011,245 1,075,443 1,172,146
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ENERGY use during that time. Our energy use reductions are
more impressive considering our business growth during
that same time. Since FY’19, revenues have increased
PERFORMANCE
13.9%, growing from $6.89 billion to $7.85 billion.
In the last four years, we’ve:
Our energy requirements have decreased in the wake
• Reduced our electricity use by almost 28%. In FY’22,
of our ongoing Operational Excellence and Reliability
we required 1,657,086 gigajoules of electricity to run
initiatives and facility enhancements. In the last four
our business, a decrease from 2,289,508 gigajoules
years, we have reduced energy intensity8 by almost
in FY’19
25%, from 2,362 GJ/$M in our FY’19 base year to
1,779 GJ/$M in FY’22. The annual decrease in our
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ENERGY DATA
CINTAS CORPORATION UNITS FY’19 FY’20 FY’21 FY’22
Energy Intensity7
Energy Intensity GJ/$M 2,362 2,166 1,931 1,779
Annual Energy Intensity Change % -8.3 -10.8 -7.9
Change from Base Year (FY’19) % -8.3 -18.2 -24.7
Gross Energy Consumption
Total Energy Consumption GJ 16,279,433 15,345,335 13,744,356 13,973,818
Annual Change from Base Year (FY’19) GJ -934,099 -2,535,078 -2,305,615
Change from Base Year (FY’19) % -5.7 -15.6 -14.2
Electricity GJ 2,289,508 2,100,953 1,798,348 1,657,086
Natural Gas GJ 8,964,314 8,328,817 7,847,789 7,887,877
Propane GJ 40,697 33,504 46,003 44,152
Gasoline and E85 GJ 3,320,931 3,465,858 3,048,074 3,384,761
Diesel GJ 1,663,983 1,416,202 1,004,141 999,942
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FACILITY- with the state of New Jersey, we identified the
opportunity to install our first solar-powered system
at our Rental location in Piscataway during FY’23.
FOCUSED ENERGY
Once the system is fully installed, we will evaluate
its capabilities and determine whether solar-
REDUCTIONS
powered systems are a viable option for other
Rental facilities. We anticipate that the data will
allow us to evaluate the system’s performance year-
Throughout the United States and Canada, our 475
round, as well as comparing the costs of operation
facilities of all sizes allow us to fulfill the needs of
against traditional utility-based energy sources.
our four business divisions. This total includes field
locations, distributi
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WATER
STEWARDSHIP
Water is a central resource to our business and is a
necessary input in one of our key business services.
Because of water’s importance in our operations, we
believe Cintas has a profound responsibility to be
mindful, considerate, and deliberate in our interactions
with this vital natural resource.
As a company, we recognize that water is already a scarce
resource, so we strive to be a responsible community
leader and respect our communities’ right to water.
To strengthen our resolve as a water consumer, we
continue to explore opportunities that help lessen our
water consumption. And as a responsible water steward,
we continuously monitor our operations and processes,
so we discharge water back to our local commu
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APPROACH AND STRATEGY Water Conservation
Cintas’ efforts to increase water conservation go back We’re proud of our legacy of water-conservation
decades. Decreasing our dependence on freshwater has efforts, and we know our ongoing commitment has
been an ongoing focus of our engineering efforts. produced a positive ripple effect throughout our
industry. Throughout the last few decades, we’ve
These efforts have also produced sound business
focused conservation efforts on minimizing our draw
practices by reducing our production costs and costs
from freshwater sources and reducing our overall
passed on to customers through our pricing models.
water needs.
The less water we use, the lower our costs – especially
in areas where water pric
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Water Reuse In the western region, legacy systems currently installed
at our Las Vegas and Denver-area locations have
We are continuing to identify ways to increase water- THE WASTEWATER-
provided contextual examples of how expanded reuse
reuse rates throughout our production facilities. We TREATMENT PROCESS
capabilities can positively affect water consumption.
have seen impressive reuse capabilities at a number of
our facilities with full reuse technology and complete Our wastewater-treatment process is consistent
As various reuse opportunities and technologies emerge
monitoring systems. Taking the cues and learnings throughout all processing plants in our company.
and evolve, we expect to prioritize the expansion of
from these l
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WATER PERFORMANCE AND DATA Lowering Water Requirements We expect our efforts to increase water-reuse
opportunities will bear additional impact in coming
Our Rental business is the overwhelming driver of our Our ongoing efforts to innovate, increase efficiency, and
years, further helping to lower our overall water
company’s water interactions. Our ongoing operational explore reuse opportunities have resulted in significant
withdrawal and consumption.
review has helped us more fully identify opportunities reductions in our water needs.
for how we work with water. The water data in this year’s
Our Operational Excellence and Reliability initiatives
report includes all of our Rental processing locations in Water-Stressed Regions
have h
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WATER DATA
CINTAS CORPORATION UNITS FY’19 FY’20 FY’21 FY’22
Water Intensity7
Water Intensity ML/$M 1.9 1.7 1.5 1.5
Annual Water Intensity Change % -12.0 -9.7 -0.4
Change from Base Year (FY’19) % -12.0 -20.5 -20.9
Water Withdrawal
Total Water Withdrawal ML 14,813 13,397 12,189 13,464
Annual Water Withdrawal Change ML -1,417 -1,208 1,275
Change from Base Year (FY’19) % -9.6 -17.7 -9.1
Stressed Regions Total Water Withdrawal ML 2,853 2,576 2,451 2,520
Percentage of Total Water Withdrawal from % 19.3 19.3 20.1 18.7
Stressed Regions
Water Discharge
Total Water Discharge ML 13,281 12,010 10,898 11,975
Annual Water Discharge Change ML -1,270 -1,113 1,077
Annual Change in Water Discharge % -9.6 -9.3 9.9
Change from Base Year (FY’19) % -9.
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PURSUING GREATER WATER REUSE
Our water journey has been full of advances and We also completed an assessment of each type of we have worked with our vendors to standardize the
successes, and as a water-intensive business, we water-treatment and -reuse system currently utilized design of our DAF systems and incorporate the latest
must keep innovating solutions that lessen our use by Cintas to identify opportunities for improvement technological advancements into our plants.
of natural resources. For that reason, we continue and expansion. Further, we continued evaluating
to view our water-reuse initiatives as a tremendous advances in wastewater-treatment technology
WHAT’S AHEAD
opportunity to reduce our total wat
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CHEMICAL SAFETY In addition to chemicals we introduce through our
processes and operations, we also work with customers
ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY
to understand what chemicals, if any, could come into
WASH MIXES
The use of chemicals, chemical formulations, and contact with our products. We implement precautions
chemical-containing products is an important element necessary to handle products that meet any chemicals Instead of using harsh dry-cleaning solvents,
of our work. originating at a customer’s place of business. This we use NPE10-free detergents that are more
process begins at the earliest stage of a new customer environmentally friendly.
Our Uniform Rental business requires the use of
relationship, starting during the sales
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WASTE Operationally, we have other inputs that support our CURRENT WASTE-
waste-minimization goals. We leverage technology
MANAGEMENT INITIATIVES
throughout our supply chain and have increased visibility
As we continue formulating an updated enterprise-
From our very beginnings, our company reduced waste of and access to our stockrooms and distribution
wide waste-minimization strategy and complementary
and found new ways to extend the life of products. centers around the country. This allows us to manage
policies and programs, we expect to centralize existing
Today, our business strategy is based on the concepts our available inventory more effectively and reduce the
smaller-scale programs. These current programs –
of “Reduce, Reu
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ZERO WASTE our distribution centers participate in our Zero FY’22 Results
Waste Program, and they continue to remain TRUE
Our Scranton distribution center posted our highest
Certified by Green Business Certification, Inc. This
PROJECT diversion rate of 96.8%. The eight participating
means they divert at least 90% of their waste from
locations produced an overall average diversion rate
landfills each year.
of 93.16%. Together these locations divert a total of
2,428.00 tons of waste from landfills, including:
Cintas has established several waste-reduction The success of our Zero Waste Program is defined
programs throughout its operations. These initiatives by our employee-partners’ commitment to our
• 1,894.40 ton
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TECHNOLOGY’S Holistically, the technology integrations allow us
to better leverage products we already have in
our system and reduce our need to order new
ROLE MANAGING
products. They also mean we avoid increased
waste and added costs generated by outdated
WASTE excess products and inventory.
MATERIALS AUTOMATED SORTING SYSTEMS
Automated sorting systems aren’t new to Cintas,
but we are exploring new uses for them.
We have made significant strides in leveraging
We have had auto-sort systems in our laundering
emerging technologies to help manage our
processing plants for years. These complex systems
inventory. This has provided greater visibility to our
of rails, clips, hangers, barcodes, and scanners
product supp
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MATERIALS This division has been our champion of fabric and Sustainable fabrics in our product portfolio include:
materials innovation and continues to imagine ways
• Cintas’ proprietary ComfortFLEX®
to create a more circular economy and, potentially, an
Because of the nature of our business, we work with entirely closed-loop system for our apparel. Its efforts • DuPont Sorona®
a significant amount of material – especially textiles. are also central to our company’s ongoing aim to • Bamboo
Being responsible with the materials we source and create a broader circular economy for our garment and
• Organic cotton
how we use them makes a lot of business sense. apparel products.
• Recycled polyester (rPET)
As our business grows, so too
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UPCYCLING AND As we continue exploring various recycling and
repurposing technologies, we also wish to gain a better
REPURPOSING GARMENTS RECYCLING FIRE
understanding of how these products perform and their
We are active in recycling end-of-life garments from PROTECTION EQUIPMENT
new-form lifespans.
our customers. Once we collect these garments, they Our uniforms and garments aren’t the only
can be transformed – or upcycled – into other apparel As we investigate potential opportunities, we will always products subject to recycling. Our Fire Protection
and products. Not only does this divert the garments keep our customers’ expectations and needs central to division has also found ways to recycle
from landfills, but it also gives l
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REDUCING, ACCELERATING WHAT’S NEXT
CIRCULARITY PROGRAM We expect our efforts to identify new uses for end-
REUSING, In FY’22, we joined Accelerating Circularity, a not- of-life products or incorporate other sustainably
for-profit organizations that hopes to re-envision the made products into our company inventory
textile industry’s supply chain and use the value in will continue.
RECYCLING, AND
existing textiles for new products. The organization
Our market presence and our company footprint,
brings together members from some of North
coupled with our heritage incorporating a “Reduce,
REPURPOSING America’s largest clothing and apparel retailers,
Reuse, Recycle, Repurpose” mindset, affords
textile producers, and
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SOCIAL
48 Overview and Approach 68 SPOTLIGHT: PBRGs: Supporting Partner
49 Our People Development
51 Human Rights 69 Employee-Partner Engagement
53 Diversity, Equity & Inclusion 70 Safety and Health
55 Workforce Data 74 SPOTLIGHT: Ergo Excellence
56 Talent Recruitment and Retention 75 Global Supply Chain and Supplier Relations
58 Talent Recruitment and Retention Data 77 Supplier Diversity
59 Compensation and Benefits 78 Community Impact and Philanthropy
63 Performance and Advancement 82 SPOTLIGHT: Cintas Partner Assistance Fund
65 Training and Development 83 Impacts of Our Products and Services
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OVERVIEW AND every day and help our customers