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Fastenal Releases its 2026 Impact Report
Fastenal Releases its 2026 Impact
About this update from Fastenal Company
Fastenal Company (NASDAQ: FAST) is proud to announce the publication of its 2026 Impact Report. The report, which covers the year ended December 31, 2025, highlights Fastenal's initiatives and impacts in pursuit of three objectives: empowering people, preserving our world, and serving as a trusted partner. The report reflects the creativity and hard work of Fastenal's team members as they continually push for improvements in areas like sustainability, governance, safety, employee development, customer solutions, and community engagement. A central theme is Fastenal's maturing greenhouse gas (GHG) reporting capabilities. In 2025, the team achieved important milestones in the journey to improve the completeness, accuracy, and scope of the company's carbon inventory. Some highlights from the report: We obtained limited assurance over our 2025 scope 1 and 2 (location- and market-based) GHG emissions in early 2026. We expanded our GHG inventory to include select material scope 3 categories where we now have reliable data. Our Wallingford, Connecticut manufacturing facility achieved certification to the SCS Certification Standard for Zero Waste – a first for a Fastenal building. We surpassed one million pounds of plastic material collected and recycled through our Trex Plastic partnership. Thanks to these and other efforts, we again improved our EcoVadis score to earn a third consecutive silver medal. "Many of the initiatives covered in the report are new, but they reflect what Fastenal has always been: a people-centered, community-focused, resource-conscious organization," said Jeff Watts, Fastenal's president and chief sales officer (who is scheduled to step into his new role as Fastenal's chief executive officer on July 16, 2026). "Fastenal's 'Blue Team' is working hard to make a positive difference – for our customers, in our communities, and across the planet. We're proud to share our story." VIEW THE REPORT HERE: www.fastenal.com/fast/esg The report was produced with reference to the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) standards and reference to the reporting framework established by the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD, now part of the IFRS Foundation). About Fastenal Organizations around the world rely on Fastenal to help them simplify and secure the supply chain for a broad range of industrial products. To understand our customer...