Convenience store chain offering snacks, drinks and groceries
Environmentally-mindful sourcing and stocking commitments?: No
Promotes collections that help consumers make conscious decisions?: No / not found
Stocks any Commons top-rated sustainable brands? (proportion of rateable categories): Not analyzed yet
Has time-bound targets to improve its sourcing for owned-brand products?: Yes - but only partial coverage
On track for these targets?: Unknown - unclear or doesn't report progress
Certifications for owned-brands and products?: No
Heavy reliance on virgin petro plastic?: Yes
Shares info on ecommerce packaging?: N/A
Shares info on in-store and upstream packaging?: Yes - but reporting could be improved
Shares info on own-brand packaging?: Yes - but reporting could be improved
Petro-based plastics in packaging?: Yes - but working to reduce
Recycled plastic?: Partially Recycled
Uses environmentally-mindful materials (non-plastic) in packaging?: Yes
These materials include ones that are: FSC-certified, recyclable, bioplastics.
Targets for improving its packaging materials?: Yes - and reports on progress
Initiatives to reduce packaging volume / intensity?: Yes - vague / limited
Plastic waste reduction through partnerships?: No / not found:
Information on parent company (Seven & i Holdings Co.): Uses renewable energy in its supply chain and/or offices?: No / not found -
Uses renewable energy in its stores?: Yes - some (<50%)
Targets for increasing renewable energy?: Yes - nonspecific
On track for these targets?: No
Energy efficiency measures?: No / not found
Efforts to lower shipping emissions (e.g. EVs)?: Yes - specifics shared
Water conservation measures?: Yes - nonspecific
Refrigerant management strategy?: No / not found
Any EPA GreenChill certified stores?: No / not found
Alt models to promote consumer reuse and recycling?: No / not found
Packaging disposal guidance?: No / not found
Corporate waste reduction initiatives?: Other (incl general reducing landfill waste)
Corporate waste reporting?: No / not found
Food waste reduction initiatives?: Yes - thorough
Food waste reporting?: Yes - vague / limited
Promotes overconsumption?: Unsure / not found
Commons is still evaluating this brand's marketing emails.
Sustainability page on consumer site?: No / not found
Voluntary annual sustainability report?: Yes (through parent company)
Last published: 2024
Information on parent company (Seven & i Holdings Co.): Reports its emissions?: Yes
Breakdown in CO2e?: Yes
Last reported in: 2024
Estimated emissions footprint: 176,127,342 tons CO2e
Scope 1+2 emissions intensity compared to industry / competitor average: Average
Science-aligned emissions reduction targets?: Target is at the brand-level but is not science-aligned; limited to scope 1+2 for North America operations
Target timeframe: Long-term (10+ years)
Reports progress?: Yes - on track
Climate neutral certification?: No
Offsets emissions?: No / not found
Information on parent company (Seven & i Holdings Co.): Publishes supplier information for owned production?: No. 7-Eleven doesn't publish information about its supply chain partners.
Publishes supplier code of conduct?: Yes
Code of conduct: prohibits forced labor, prohibits child labor, includes environmental clauses
Code of conduct does not sufficiently: disallow unauthorized subcontracting, ensure the right to collective bargaining, ensure a living wage, establish grievance mechanisms
Code of Conduct covers all applicable suppliers (own-production and stocked-brand)?: Yes
Labor certifications in supply chain?: No
3rd-party criticisms of supply chain or labor conditions?: Yes - many
Discloses all trade association memberships?: Nothing to disclose
Climate-obstructive trade association memberships: None -
Pro-climate advocacy memberships?: No
Employs state lobbyists?: Yes
Percentage of lobbyists that are fossil-fuel aligned: Low 1-5.9%
Donated more than $100k to any candidates or PACs from 2018-2024?: Yes
Amount donated: $105k
How much more was given to obstructive candidates/PACs?: still under review
We avoid 7-Eleven because its sustainability reporting is incomplete or nonexistent. Large brands have outsized influence on their industries. When they neglect to act it undermines broader sustainability progress.
Most of 7-Eleven's sustainability initiatives appear to be within its parent company's Japanese operations - it's unclear what extends to North American operations. Since it uses a franchise model, comprehensive reporting is more difficult, and there's likely more variation in sourcing and materials.
7-Eleven does not have any commitments to stock brands that meet environmentally-mindful criteria. It uses primarily plastic packaging of a virgin or undisclosed source, which contributes greatly to waste production and excess energy use. Its parent company has initiatives to improve its packaging materials, but it's unclear if this applies to North American operations.
7-Eleven publicly shares its emissions measurements and has a non-science-aligned reduction target limited to its scope 1+2 North American operations. Though this target is unusually limited, it is on track. It uses some (<50%) renewable energy in its North American stores, but doesn't share targets for expanding this.
7-Eleven has initiatives to reduce waste in its corporate operations and food waste in its supply chain, but the majority of reported activity is within Japanese operations. Its reporting could be improved for both.
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https://www.7andi.com/library/dbps_data/_template_/_res/en/sustainability/sustainabilityreport/2024/pdf/2024_all_01.pdf
https://www.7andi.com/en/sustainability/overseas/us-sei.html
https://www.epa.gov/greenchill/greenchill-certified-stores
https://www.climatefriendlysupermarkets.org/scorecard
https://www.7andi.com/library/dbps_data/_template_/_res/en/sustainability/sustainabilityreport/2024/pdf/2024_all_01.pdf https://www.7andi.com/en/sustainability/overseas/us-sei.html
https://www.7andi.com/en/sustainability/report/2024.html
https://www.7andi.com/library/dbps_data/_template_/_res/en/sustainability/sustainabilityreport/2024/pdf/2024_24_01.pdf
https://sciencebasedtargets.org/target-dashboard https://www.7andi.com/en/sustainability/overseas/us-sei.html
https://www.7andi.com/en/sustainability/suppliers/guide.html
https://fminus.org/lobbyists/
https://www.fec.gov/data/browse-data/
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