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Cool It for the Climate
Kroger has made progress on climate change – but much more needs to be done.
Despite consumer pressure leading to the adoption of natural refrigerants in new stores, over 2,500 existing locations still use climate-damaging HFCs.
Kroger's refrigerators use HFCs, potent climate pollutants.
Consumer pressure led Kroger to commit to natural refrigerants in new stores.
However, grocery chains are also considering HFOs. which create harmful PFAS "forever chemicals," as a false solution to HFCs.
With new leadership, Kroger can do more. Tell Kroger to use only natural refrigerants in all 2,700+ stores nationwide!
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Kroger must take greater action on climate change
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Megan
Shaffer
Kroger
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Mary
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Erin
Rolfes
Kroger
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Lisa
Zwack
Kroger
To: Kroger CEO Ron Sargent, Executive Team, and Investor Relations, Dear Mr. Sargent, I recently saw on social media Kroger is not doing enough to address climate change. So, I am writing you to urge your company to address hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) emissions through better refrigerant management and elimination of HFCs in your refrigeration systems. These harmful, human-made gasses are leaking out of your refrigeration systems and rapidly entering our atmosphere. Eliminating HFCs and adopting climate-friendly natural refrigerants is a major step towards addressing the climate crisis. Better cooling systems can help prevent 460 billion tons of greenhouse gas emissions over the next four decades. By continuing to leak refrigerant gases, your company is taking on unnecessary costs for your business. Beyond the sunk cost of refrigerants leaking out, supermarkets are susceptible to legal action and penalties for noncompliance with refrigerant regulations. And your competitors are taking action – ALDI has committed to using natural refrigerants across new and existing stores, and Meijer has the lowest refrigerant leak rate. I join Green America in asking your company to: -Implement upgrades for leak monitoring and repair best practices in all your stores, including a zero-leak tolerance policy which requires leaks to be repaired prior to adding more refrigerant and set leak detection systems to trigger an alarm at leaks of 2 parts per million (ppm) throughout stores; -Reduce corporate average refrigerant leak rate to EPA GreenChill best-in-class rate of <5% and publish progress towards this goal; -Institute criteria to retire and replace chronically leaking systems exceeding a 25% leak rate; -Build on Kroger’s public commitment to use ultra-low GWP refrigerants (<10 GWP) in all new stores by committing to use <10 GWP refrigerants in all retrofits and develop a plan to phase out use of all HFCs by 2035, with an interim target to heavily reduce HFC emissions by 2030; -Adopt natural refrigerants and rejecting HFOs as a false solution; -Reduce the overall climate footprint of cooling including through energy efficiency measures and easy-but-impactful steps, like adding doors or night shades to open cases, upgrading to LED lighting, and reducing leaks; -Enhance transparency by regularly publishing information quantifying current refrigerant emissions, all actions taken to adopt technology, reduce leaks, increase efficiency, as well as stating measurable future commitments to reduce use and emissions. Ultra-low GWP refrigerants and equipment to monitor leaks in stores are commercially available and cost effective and have been used successfully by many of your competitors. You must take steps to protect the communities you serve from the serious effects of climate change. Action is needed now – your employees, communities, and the environment cannot wait.
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