Blue Apron Releases Inaugural ESG Report Outlining Key Priorities and 2021 Updates
13 Outubro 2022 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Better Living Roadmap Focuses on People,
Product and Progress
Today, Blue Apron (NYSE: APRN) released its Better Living
Roadmap, an inaugural environmental, social and governance (ESG)
report. The report details Blue Apron’s ESG accomplishments in 2021
against its internal goals and includes the company’s first
Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) report.
The company’s ESG work reflects its goals, values and
expectations of its employees, supply chain, community of customers
and investors. The work has focused on reducing food and packaging
waste in its fulfillment centers and products, becoming carbon
neutral, making a public commitment to sustainable packaging and
more.
“Our Better Living Roadmap, in conjunction with our SASB report,
demonstrates our commitment to transparency and our vision of
Better Living Through Better Food™,” said Linda Findley, Blue
Apron’s President and Chief Executive Officer. “While we are
pleased with the progress we have made thus far and are proud of
our example-setting standards, we know we can always improve and
build upon each milestone. We look forward to providing updates on
our progress in future reports.”
The Better Living Roadmap is a first step towards the company’s
planned regular annual ESG reporting, with the next installment
expected to be published in the first half of 2023.
Kelly Burton, Blue Apron’s Head of Sustainability and Social
Impact, added, “This report is key to tracking the progress of our
ESG initiatives, including social impact, diversity, equity and
inclusion (DE&I), responsible sourcing, operational food waste
reduction, packaging sustainability and reducing our carbon
footprint. Through this report, we are holding ourselves
accountable against all of our goals.”
The Better Living Roadmap outlines the company’s priorities in
three key categories: People, Product and Progress. 2021 highlights
include:
- People
- Blue Apron’s $18 minimum wage demonstrated a commitment to its
employees and has contributed to increased levels of productivity,
including higher perfect quality box scores and lower levels of
refunds.
- Internal programs such as Chef’s Table and Aprons for All
highlighted Blue Apron’s dedication to the DE&I of its
workforce.
- Since 2012, the company has partnered with regional food banks
to donate surplus food and, in 2021, donated 1.3 million
meals.*
- Product
- Blue Apron’s fulfillment centers are certified under the Safe
Quality Food (SQF) Food Safety Code, a standard the company has met
since 2018.
- The company continues to adhere to leading animal welfare and
sustainable seafood sourcing standards.
- A commitment to mitigating food waste led to food waste
representing an estimated 1% of Blue Apron’s calculated Scope 3
emissions in 2021.
- Blue Apron became a carbon-neutral company by offsetting its
estimated 2021 Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions.
- The company set a goal to achieve 100% recyclable, reusable or
compostable packaging in its meal kits by 2025 and has met
approximately 85% of that goal to date.
- Progress
- Blue Apron’s board of directors included 80% who identify as
female and 20% who identify as racially diverse at the end of
2021.
- In 2021, all its Class B common stock was converted into shares
of Class A common stock, and therefore the company is no longer a
“controlled company” under the New York Stock Exchange’s
guidelines.
- The company conducted its first ever sustainability materiality
assessment in the first quarter of 2022 and its first SASB report
is included as part of the Better Living Roadmap, creating a
foundation to track Blue Apron’s progress.
View the full report at investors.blueapron.com/ESG.
* Feeding America estimates that 12 pounds of food equals 10
meals.
About Blue Apron Blue Apron’s vision is Better Living
Through Better Food™. Launched in 2012, Blue Apron offers fresh,
chef-designed meals that empower home cooks to embrace their
culinary curiosity, challenge their abilities in the kitchen and
see what a difference cooking quality food can make in their lives.
Blue Apron is a carbon-neutral meal-kit company and is focused on
bringing incredible recipes to its customers, while promoting
planetary and dietary wellness for everyone.
Forward Looking Statements This press release includes
statements concerning Blue Apron Holdings, Inc. and its future
expectations, plans and prospects that constitute "forward-looking
statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. For this purpose, any statements contained
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terms or other similar expressions. Blue Apron has based these
forward-looking statements largely on its current expectations and
projections about future events and financial trends that it
believes may affect its business, financial condition and results
of operations. These forward-looking statements speak only as of
the date of this press release and are subject to a number of
risks, uncertainties and assumptions including, without limitation,
the company’s plans regarding environmental, sustainability and
corporate governance reporting on its anticipated timeframe or at
all, and other risks more fully described in the company’s Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 filed with
the SEC on February 25, 2022, the company’s Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2022 filed with the SEC
on May 9, 2022, the company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended June 30, 2022 filed with the SEC on August 8, 2022,
and in other filings that the company may make with the SEC in the
future. The company assumes no obligation to update any
forward-looking statements contained in this press release as a
result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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