Friend,

Even if you don't recognize the name Sysco, chances are you've eaten the food it delivers wholesale to restaurants, hotels, schools and hospitals.

In fact, Sysco is the largest food distributor in the world. But too much of that food is packaged with wasteful and unnecessary single-use plastic -- and Sysco doesn't report any information about its plastic footprint and has not set any comprehensive goals for reducing its plastic use.

If we want Sysco to meaningfully reduce its plastic waste, we need to speak out. Will you join thousands of other citizen advocates in raising a call for Sysco to move beyond plastic?
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Thank you,

Faye Park
President
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From: U.S. PIRG <[email protected]>
Date: Mon, Jan 9, 2023
Subject: Add your name to help move the world's largest food distributor beyond plastic
To: Friend <[email protected]>

If Sysco, the world's largest food distributor, were to cut out wasteful single-use plastic across its operations, its impact would be twofold: less plastic polluting our world today, and the potential for more companies to step up tomorrow. Tell Sysco to move beyond plastic. TAKE ACTION:
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Friend,

Food distributor Sysco delivers food everywhere from schools to hospitals to hotels -- but in the process, it's also contributing to the mountains of single-use plastic waste piling up in our landfills, in our communities and in our open spaces.

While Sysco shareholders have overwhelmingly voted for the company to reduce its plastic use, it's far from a done deal -- Sysco itself still needs to actually make the commitment that its shareholders (and the public) are calling for.[1]

Add your name today to move the world's largest food distributor beyond plastic.
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Currently, Sysco doesn't report any information about its plastic footprint and has not set any comprehensive goals for reducing its plastic use. That's a problem -- when America alone throws out enough plastic every 16 hours to fill the Dallas Cowboys football stadium, we can't afford for huge corporate plastic users such as Sysco to stand on the sidelines.[2]

But the tide is turning: 92% of Sysco shareholders just voted for the company to substantially reduce its plastic packaging and be more transparent about the materials it uses. Given that packaging is our country's single largest contributor to the plastic pollution crisis, this is a huge step in the right direction.[3]

Still, there's technically nothing stopping Sysco from just ignoring the shareholder vote for the time being and continuing on with business as usual. If we want the world's largest food distributor to actually follow through and meaningfully reduce its plastic waste, we need to speak out.

Will you join thousands of other citizen advocates in raising a call too loud for Sysco to ignore?
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We've seen it time and again: When a major corporation (especially one near the top of its industry) starts to change its policies to prioritize health, sustainability and the public interest, other companies will follow suit.

That's where Sysco comes in. The multinational corporation isn't the only company that delivers wholesale food to restaurants, schools, hotels and hospitals -- but it's definitely the largest, which means its actions can influence the entire industry.

So if Sysco were to cut out wasteful single-use plastic across its operations, its impact would be twofold: less plastic polluting our world today, and the potential for more companies to step up tomorrow.

It's time for the world's largest food distributor to move beyond plastic. Send your message to Sysco today.
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Thank you,

Faye Park
President

1. Steve Blackledge, "Shareholders tell Sysco to reduce plastic packaging," Environment America, November 30, 2022.
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2. "Break The Waste Cycle," U.S. PIRG Education Fund, October 20, 2021.
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3. "Plastic pollution is growing relentlessly as waste management and recycling fall short, says OECD," Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, February 22, 2022.
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