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Read the 2024 Wesco Sustainability Report here<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sustainability Approach<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wesco is recognized as a premier distribution and supply chain services company with a history of success in meeting our customer needs and integrating sustainability into our operations. For over a decade, we have been committed to operating responsibly with our customers, suppliers, and the communities in which we operate. Our approach to sustainability is focused on minimizing our own environmental impact and empowering our partners to make sustainable choices.<\/p>\n

We set ambitious environmental goals in 2016, and by 2021, we had achieved the majority of these goals. Following the transformational combination with Anixter in 2020, our team set new goals in 2022 for our combined organization looking toward 2030. This included reducing our greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) and minimizing waste. We are constantly improving our data collection and aligning our efforts with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs), ensuring our actions have a meaningful impact.<\/p>\n

Recognizing the urgency of climate change, we conducted our first Climate Risk Assessment in 2022. This comprehensive assessment helped us understand the potential risks and opportunities associated with climate change, and we expanded our alignment with the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) to ensure transparency and accountability. Our TCFD Index can be found at the back of this report. In 2023, we began internal efforts to further align climate-risk reporting to the International Financial Reporting Standards Foundation Climate Standard (IFRS S2).<\/p>\n

Lean process management and driving continual improvement are integral to Wesco\u2019s corporate values. These principles are reinforced every day – through daily management in our warehouses, to improvement of functional programs, to kaizens (a Japanese word for continuous improvement) events conducted by cross- functional teams. In 2023, nearly 4,000 employees held at least an introductory white belt in Lean, 199 team members earned a more advanced yellow or green belt certification, and 10 employees were trained and certified as Lean Six Sigma Black Belts. In total, Yellow, Green and Black Belts conducted and reported over 800 kaizens.<\/p>\n

The Lean principles contribute to our Wesco sustainability programs as employees practice continuous improvement. This applies to operations at our own facilities to the products and services we offer to our customers in support of their sustainability efforts and our supplier relationships as we support them in addressing their sustainability challenges and opportunities.<\/p>\n

Report Highlights<\/strong><\/p>\n

In 2023 Wesco continued to make very good progress on our goals.<\/p>\n