Cool It for the Climate

Dear Kroger: Ditch the Climate Pollutants in Your Stores

Kroger has a major problem with super-polluting, greenhouse gases called hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). These HFCs have thousands of times the warming capacity of carbon dioxide, and supermarkets are leaking millions of tons of them every year. Grocery stores are major HFC emitters and need to act fast to eliminate HFCs.

Kroger's recent Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Road Map falls short, projecting HFC emissions to increase before plateauing in 2025.

While other chains have taken action to reduce HFCs, Kroger has only committed to using HFC-free alternatives in 7 new stores. With nearly 2,800 existing stores, Kroger must do more to address HFCs.

Kroger needs to hear from YOU, its consumers. Whether you've taken action before or not, please take action now. Kroger needs to hear from us again.

HFCs account for 63% of Kroger's direct climate emissions, making it a top priority to lower its climate footprint. Despite knowing about the issue for years, Kroger's efforts have not met the urgency of the situation. It's time for Kroger to end its use of HFCs in all facilities and stores by 2030 and set a robust leak reduction goal for all stores.

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To: Kroger CEO Rodney McMullen & Executive Team

I am writing you today to urge you to address your HFC emissions through better refrigerant management and elimination of HFCs in your refrigeration systems. HFCs make up more than 60% of Kroger’s direct operational emissions and it is critical to act now to phase them out completely!

The climate crisis is actively harming communities and ecosystems worldwide and threatening hundreds of millions of lives. HFCs are potent greenhouse gasses that are rapidly rising and spurring climate change. If we don’t address the issue of HFCs the devasting effects of climate change will get even worse.

Kroger could be a leader on this issue; instead, it is dragging its heels and undermining efforts by the industry as a whole to move toward HFC-free alternatives. I join Green America and the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) in asking Kroger to set concrete commitments on phasing out HFCs from all stores, improving monitoring and repair of appliance leaks, and practicing responsible disposal of refrigerants to reduce emissions.

In 2016, the Consumer Goods Forum issued a voluntary resolution on behalf of its member companies, including Kroger, to adopt ultra-low global warming potential (GWP) refrigerants and replace current HFC systems rapidly. Kroger opposed the resolution.

Kroger needs to adopt ultra-low GWP refrigeration at all of its nearly 2,800 stores by 2030, and acknowledge that this requires transitioning to refrigerants with a GWP less than 150, not the 1,500 GWP standard the company has put forward.

These technologies are commercially available and cost effective, which is why your competitors are adopting them. A map of climate-friendly supermarkets shows me that I can shop at hundreds of HFC-free supermarkets across the country.

In the meantime, Kroger must adopt robust goals to further reduce leaks from existing HFC equipment.

I join investors and consumers nationwide that are urging Kroger to please take urgent action to eliminate your HFC emissions.

Thank you for your consideration.

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Dear Kroger: Ditch the Climate Pollutants in Your Stores

Kroger's recent Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Road Map falls short, projecting HFC emissions to increase before plateauing in 2025.

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