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Environmentally Responsible. Smart for Business.

Environmentally Responsible. Smart for Business. Environmentally Responsible. Smart for Business.Environmentally Responsible. Smart for Business.

TJX is committed to pursuing initiatives that are environmentally responsible and smart for our business. Our global environmental sustainability program includes a wide range of initiatives that work toward reducing the environmental impacts of our operations as well as certain products and packaging. We focus our program’s strategy and goals in three areas: climate and energy, waste management, and responsible sourcing.

To learn more about our environmental sustainability data and reporting, including our response to the CDP Climate Change Questionnaire, visit Reporting | TJX.com.

Global Goals

As part of our global efforts, we are aiming to:

AREAS OF FOCUS

We are committed to making progress within our key focus areas by collaborating across the organization to drive our global and regional environmental sustainability initiatives and targets forward.

Climate and energy

Our approach to managing the climate-related impacts of our own operations uses industry guidance, research, and models that are aligned with the United Nations’ Paris Agreement guidelines and support an emissions growth path aimed at limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. We have set science-based goals and defined initiatives that support a decarbonization pathway for our global operations, including our goal to achieve net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in our direct operations (Scopes 1 and 2) by 2040. Along the way, we intend to reach a 55% absolute reduction in GHG emissions from our direct operations (against a Fiscal 2017 baseline), as well as source 100% renewable energy1 for use in our operations by 2030.

Learn more about Climate and Energy


WASTE MANAGEMENT

Teams throughout our business are working towards our goal to divert 85% of our global operational waste from landfill by 2027 by eliminating waste, where possible, and maximizing the reuse and recycling of materials used in our stores, distribution centers, and corporate offices.

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RESPONSIBLE SOURCING: SOURCING MORE SUSTAINABLY

There are many initiatives that make up our responsible sourcing efforts. As we source merchandise, product packaging, and supplies for our own operations, we may find more opportunities to procure materials with sustainable attributes. As some of our first steps along this journey, we aim to shift 100% of the packaging for products developed in-house by our product design team to be reusable, recyclable, or contain sustainable materials by 2030. Chemicals management is another workstream within our responsible sourcing focus area. Our Chemicals Management Program includes our approach to addressing select chemicals of concern in our operations as well as in certain products that we sell.

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FY22 HIGHLIGHTS2
28%

absolute reduction in global GHG emissions from our direct operations from FY17 (50% of our target achieved)

25%

of our electricity in our global direct operations came from renewable sources

67%

of global operational waste diverted from landfill

A-

score received on the CDP 2021 Climate Change Questionnaire

28%

absolute reduction in global GHG emissions from our direct operations from FY17 (50% of our target achieved)

25%

of our electricity in our global direct operations came from renewable sources

67%

of global operational waste diverted from landfill

A-

score received on the CDP 2021 Climate Change Questionnaire

TJX Sustainable Development Goals 13 Climate Action and 7 Affordable Clean EnergyTJX Sustainable Development Goals 13 Climate Action and 7 Affordable Clean Energy

1Purchased electricity only.
2Please note that references to items accomplished or completed in this section denote TJX's Fiscal 2022, which ended January 29, 2022.

Updated February 2023