Costco Wholesale Corp (COST) operating KPIs
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Financials through Q4 FY2026, quarter ended Aug 30, 2026Last filing: 10-K on Oct 7, 2026Score 17/3057% above fair value
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Costco Wholesale global operational waste diversion rate (%) (%)
Costco 2025 Sustainability Report (Tables 2, 23–29)
Latest, FY2025
82.8%
Period ended Aug 31, 2025
Change on a year earlier
+0.7 pts
82.1% in FY2024
History
3 years
Since FY2023
Sources
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Costco 2025 Sustainability Report & SASB Index
Annual history
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| Period | Ended | Global operational waste diversion rate (%) (%) | Year on year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Aug 31, 2025 | 82.8% | +0.7 pts | Costco 2025 Sustainability Report & SASB Index ↗ |
| FY2024 | Sep 1, 2024 | 82.1% | +1.6 pts | Costco 2025 Sustainability Report & SASB Index ↗ |
| FY2023 | Sep 3, 2023 | 80.5% | – | Costco 2025 Sustainability Report & SASB Index ↗ |
Breakdown
What makes up global operational waste diversion rate (%)
- Waste diverted from landfill / incineration (million U.S. tons)1.70 · FY2025
- Waste sent to landfill / incineration (thousand U.S. tons)23 · FY2025
- Estimated global water usage (billion gallons)4.70 · FY2025
- Global water intensity (thousand gallons per $M net sales)17 · FY2025
- Share of facilities with operational water monitoring systems (%)98.8% · FY2025
- Global food donations (million pounds)223 · FY2025
- Global meals donated (millions)186 · FY2025
- Warehouses and depots donating food globally932 · FY2025
- Global non-food donations ($M)97 · FY2025
- Annual amount donated to U.S. charitable organizations ($M)97 · FY2025
- Amount raised for Children's Miracle Network Hospitals ($M)53.7 · FY2025
- Kirkland Signature U.S. plastic packaging footprint (thousand MT)276 · FY2025
- Post-consumer recycled (PCR) content in KS plastic packaging (%)17.5% · FY2025
- Share of U.S. Kirkland Signature products with How2Recycle labeling (%)71.0% · FY2025
- U.S. Kirkland Signature products with How2Recycle labeling (count)1,100 · FY2025
- Costco Smart Screening (CSS) chemical testing reports managed (thousands)9 · FY2025
- Share of CSS product & packaging reports with zero Chemicals of Concern (%)88.7% · FY2025
Cite this data
StockData. (2026). Costco Wholesale Global operational waste diversion rate (%) (%), annual FY2023–FY2025 [Data set]. Compiled from Costco Wholesale SEC filings and investor materials. https://stockdatahq.com/stocks/cost/kpis/esg-waste-diversion-pct
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