{"id":18489,"date":"2026-04-14T19:11:47","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T00:11:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1reason.com\/re\/americold-cuts-emissions-improves-energy-efficiency-and-strengthens-facility-reliability-across-its-global-network\/18489\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T14:11:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T19:11:48","slug":"americold-cuts-emissions-improves-energy-efficiency-and-strengthens-facility-reliability-across-its-global-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1reason.com\/re\/americold-cuts-emissions-improves-energy-efficiency-and-strengthens-facility-reliability-across-its-global-network\/18489\/","title":{"rendered":"Americold Cuts Emissions, Improves Energy Efficiency and Strengthens Facility Reliability Across Its Global Network"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Customers depend on Americold\u2019s network every day to protect food and keep their supply chains moving. The 2025 report reflects how disciplined operations, engineering-led execution, and targeted capital investment in facilities are working together to ensure reliability.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Leading companies today treat sustainability not as a reporting exercise, but as a resiliency strategy,&#8221; said Rob Chambers, Chief Executive Officer. &#8220;At Americold, that means managing energy, innovation, safety, and risk with the same discipline we bring to every customer commitment. For our customers and shareholders, that translates into a dependable network that consistently fulfills our mission-critical promise to deliver food safely and reliably.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>2025 Performance Highlights:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>During 2025, Americold made measurable progress across several key operational and sustainability metrics, including:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li style=\"margin-bottom:8pt\">21.0% reduction in Scope 1 and Scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions from 2021 baseline<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom:8pt\">30,822 MWh of renewable energy generated, with 46 facilities sourcing 100% carbon-free electricity<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom:8pt\">More than $23 million invested in energy efficiency and facility improvement initiatives, including LED lighting upgrades, automated refrigeration controls, and energy-optimization projects<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom:8pt\">912 Energy Waste Walks completed, reinforcing consistent, site-level energy and performance management<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom:8pt\">24.4% waste diversion rate, exceeding internal targets<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom:8pt\">Continued improvement in associate safety, with TotalRecordableIncidentRate(TRIR), DaysAway,Restricted orTransferred (DART), and LostTimeIncidentRate (LTIR) each more than 40% below U.S. refrigerated warehousing industry averages<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As mission critical infrastructure for the flow of food and other critical goods around the world, the cold chain must operate continuously, safely and efficiently \u2013 and data plays a key role. More than 90% of Americold facilities capture real-time utility data, enabling targeted efficiency improvements and consistent performance tracking across regions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReliability and efficiency are core to how we design and operate our facilities,\u201d said Brian Dunn, Senior Vice President, Facilities &amp; Engineering. &#8220;Our engineering teams are constantly analyzing where performance and sustainability intersect \u2013 optimizing refrigeration, deploying automation, and maintaining energy discipline in environments that must operate safely and continuously, 24\/7.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Benchmarking, Governance and Transparency<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Americold benchmarks its sustainability performance against industry peers using established third-party frameworks, including the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB). In 2025, the Company was recognized as a GRESB Sector Leader for the Americas in the Industrial \u2013 Standing Investments category, reflecting portfolio-wide execution in energy management, governance, and operational resilience.<\/p>\n<p>The 2025 Sustainability Report references leading global disclosure frameworks, including GRI, SASB, TCFD, and ISSB IFRS S2, and includes independently assured environmental data.<\/p>\n<p>The full 2025 Sustainability Report is available at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/Tracker?data=hHMpJ0lJuRLqtBXsR7KdhnOY4hNY3-O6yoV7yagwAbkV2RKivoTiOwh5VVr6McW3AFRe6FvFmBS1kfjyCpNLqGulGH3BcootIYvwhDGPkuJ0sxqvX_XbiSiH_xRXcGTde-BBTYNtJ32Qi5avvkbIWoBhsRMOoAD_nkwct5UpmrS-zOCpd3VDcSXRajbSjVYr\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"www.americold.com\/culture-values\/sustainability\/\">www.americold.com\/culture-values\/sustainability\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Americold Realty Trust, Inc.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Americold (NYSE: COLD) is a global leader in temperature-controlled logistics and real estate, with a more than 120-year legacy of innovation and reliability. With more than 230 facilities across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and South America \u2013 totaling approximately 1.4 billion refrigerated cubic feet \u2013 Americold ensures the safe, efficient movement of refrigerated products worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>Our facilities are an integral part of the global food supply chain, connecting producers, processors, distributors, and retailers with tailored, value-added services supported by responsive and reliable supply chains. Leveraging deep industry expertise, smart technology, and sustainable practices, Americold delivers world-class service that creates lasting value for our customers and the communities we serve. Visitwww.americold.com to learn more.<\/p>\n<p>Contacts:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/Tracker?data=TbxgDQWom_x0j2-mzZ69UWs8gY_sFXogIJ3Cy_91kD0Qf6eiYK4--aiwtAZOYM0OV6pmOQwzMDrZzrUfczrBf0i7NxbyLKWXKp65c23hqitQVG7PpEwjmrDLC0ZZO-hh2nCKbTuqVIEA0NiSfS9wXg==\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"investor.relations@americold.com\">investor.relations@americold.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/Tracker?data=ohr1yzhB0FEpWx4y1SobXxrFrMB0zofcjRUP2gGx_cvvKrawrNJ4RQhQBfchKA_VWEIbAwaoglmdnzKktS3ypZiEroxCX3t5rGVGyEb2mbaPg1x-VN0FyGYNNp5W648v\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"mediarelations@americold.com\">mediarelations@americold.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/ml.globenewswire.com\/media\/ZDZkYzlhNzEtZjg5MS00NTg3LWE3MTEtMzU5ZWIzNDQ2NjYzLTEyMDE1NTctMjAyNi0wNC0xNC1lbg==\/tiny\/Americold-Realty-Trust.png\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Company releases 2025 Sustainability Report detailing operational performance, energy discipline, and engineering-led execution<\/p>\n<p>ATLANTA, April 14, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) &#8212; Americold Realty Trust (NYSE: COLD), a global leader in temperature-controlled logistics real estate and value-added services, today released its 2025 Sustainability Report, highlighting continued progress across energy efficiency, emissions reduction, safety performance, and facility resilience within its global cold storage network.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/1reason.com\/re\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18489"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/1reason.com\/re\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/1reason.com\/re\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1reason.com\/re\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1reason.com\/re\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18489"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/1reason.com\/re\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18489\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18497,"href":"https:\/\/1reason.com\/re\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18489\/revisions\/18497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/1reason.com\/re\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1reason.com\/re\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1reason.com\/re\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}