Dollar Tree, Inc.

Current Sustainability Goals

• Working to set a science-based Net Zero target by June 30, 2024, which will cover the company’s entire value chain with the goal of reaching Net Zero emissions by 2050, with interim science-based goals for Scopes 1, 2 and 3 in the near term.

• The company is also in process of developing a comprehensive, enterprise-wide sustainability and social impact strategy. Set to be released later this year, the strategy will build on existing initiatives and progress made over the last several years with a focus on priority environmental and social topics. In addition, a comprehensive climate action plan will be developed as part of the strategy.

• In 2021, we set a commitment that 75% of our supplier spend would be with companies that have measurable greenhouse gas reduction or renewable energy targets by 2031. Currently, we are working with our supply chain and product sourcing vendors to better understand our scope 3 emissions beyond last year’s scope 3 screening. In 2022, 38% of our supplier spend was with companies that have measurable greenhouse gas reduction or renewable energy targets.
  

Highlights

• Invested $45 million in energy efficiency upgrades, including:
• LED lighting – our transition to LED lighting in our stores is nearly 100% complete and the transition of our distribution centers is over 50% complete. In 2022, we installed LEDs in 584 new stores.
• HVAC upgrades – we completed 426 HVAC replacements and have planned approximately 1,000 replacements for 2023. All new or replacement HVAC units are high-efficiency units where possible.
• Freezers/coolers – we have 1,400 stores scheduled for proactive replacements in 2023, totaling approximately 5,700 cases.
• EMS – In 2022, 584 new stores were equipped with EMS technology. Implementing a comprehensive EMS is a focus area for 2023.
• Performed our first environmental and social issue prioritization assessment. We engaged over 250 internal and external stakeholders through workshops, surveys and interviews to ensure these topics and our subsequent strategy represent the full range of stakeholder expectations.
• Completed our first climate risk assessment aligned to the TCFD.
• Disclosed our climate performance through CDP for the first time.
• Conducted a racial equity assessment to understand both our strengths and opportunities as they relate to DEI and our broader talent and community strategies.
• Became a Supporting Partner of the Consortium to Reinvent the Retail Bag, which convenes retailers aiming to identify, test and implement viable design models to create a system that serves the function of the current retail bag, providing customers with convenient, accessible and environmentally-sound solutions. 
• Implemented several waste reduction initiatives, including our recycling and composting efforts, our byproduct reuse efforts and our battery recycling partnership with Crown Battery. Approximately 2,000 stores have balers and actively bale and recycle old corrugated cardboard/containers (OCC). In 2022, roughly 75 new balers were installed.
• Recycled 370,679 tons of cardboard, paper, plastic and pallets.
• Over 900 Family Dollar stores backhaul their OCC to distribution centers where it is baled and recycled. Of the remaining stores in the chain, around 90% have commercial OCC recycling services in place. Additionally, we have active organics/compost services in CA and VT stores, as required by law.
• Further, in 2022, we launched our Chemical and Electronics Recycling Program (CERP) and aim to have the program active in all U.S. stores and distribution centers by the middle of 2023. 

2024

Joined the CEF member network in January!