Better Health for All

Expeditors International provides temperature-controlled logistics services for pharmaceuticals, biotech products, and medical devices, which are crucial for maintaining product efficacy and patient safety.

These services include GDP-compliant facilities, dedicated air services, and continuous monitoring to minimize temperature excursions during transit. The company partnered in 2017 to establish an MHRA-approved facility in southeast London to store pharmaceutical fluids and medical devices. This facility serves nearly 200 hospital wards, theaters, and critical care areas daily, thereby enhancing service delivery and patient safety. The company's business activities do not generate revenue from products or activities with direct negative health outcomes.

Fair Money & Economic Opportunity

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. is a logistics and supply chain management company and does not engage directly in financial services such as lending or deposit services to consumers.

The company's primary focus is on logistics and supply chain management, not financial activities. Therefore, all KPIs related to financial products, lending practices, fees, and financial inclusion initiatives are not applicable to its core business model.

Fair Pay & Worker Respect

Expeditors reported a Total Case Incident Rate (TCIR) of 0.33 in 2024

, with zero employee fatalities in 2022, 2023, and 2024 . The company's voluntary employee turnover rate was 12.4% in 2024 . The 2024 Employee Engagement Rate was 84%. In 2024, Expeditors settled allegations regarding employment practices with the Seattle Office of Labor Standards, agreeing to a financial remedy of $7,986.05 for rejecting a job applicant based on a criminal conviction without required analysis, and committed to policy improvements.

Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing

Expeditors reported zero substantiated forced or child labor incidents in its 2022 Modern Slavery Statement and its 2024 Sustainability Report.

The company conducts annual on-site risk reviews for key district service providers. As part of its contracting process, Expeditors includes prohibitions against the use of forced, compulsory, or trafficked labor, and requires service providers to follow anti-boycott, anti-bribery, and anti-corruption laws. All Expeditors Australia employees completed anti-human trafficking training, which is repeated annually. The company is committed to fostering relationships with small, minority-owned, women-owned, and veteran-owned businesses. As a logistics provider, Expeditors does not procure or trade physical commodities, nor does it have material sourcing of at-risk inputs.

Honest & Fair Business

Expeditors maintains a comprehensive anti-corruption policy, detailed in its Code of Business Conduct, which addresses anti-corruption, conflicts of interest, and data protection.

All employees are required to undergo annual training on this Code, with additional mandatory courses specifically on anti-corruption. The company conducts annual, monthly, and daily risk assessments for its business ethics program. Expeditors has been a TRACE Multinational Member since 2014, which requires adherence to anti-bribery policies, training, and commitment to international anti-bribery laws. For whistleblowing, an ethics helpline is available 24/7, 365, operated by an independent third party, allowing for anonymous reporting of ethics or compliance concerns. The Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer reviews all submissions and reports findings annually to the Audit Committee, which also establishes procedures for confidential, anonymous submission of accounting or auditing concerns.

Kind to Animals

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. is a logistics company whose service conditions generally do not accept live animals for transportation, with exceptions for certain lab animals (mice, rats, toads, frogs, or leeches) for medical laboratories in North America.

The company disclaims liability for the welfare of animals during transit. Its core business model does not involve product manufacturing, animal testing, or animal agriculture. While "animal welfare" is identified as a focus area within CSR activities, with a budget of at least 2% of average net profits allocated to overall CSR, specific measurable outcomes for wildlife conservation or animal welfare initiatives are not provided. The Kuala Lumpur team planted 600 trees for peatland protection and restoration. Supplier audits are conducted for security standards, not animal welfare compliance.

No War, No Weapons

Expeditors International is actively expanding its U.S. government contracting capacity

and handles thousands of defense, government, and military shipments annually , indicating 0% divestment from defense-related assets. The company also conducts shipment activity in regions such as Russia, Ukraine, Israel, the Gaza Strip, and the West Bank , using independent agents and claiming compliance with all applicable trade sanctions, laws, and regulations .

Planet-Friendly Business

Expeditors reported total Scope 1, 2, and partial Scope 3 emissions of 0.0476 million tCO2e in 2024, representing a 12.37% decline from 2023.

The company has set its own Scope 1 and 2 intensity-based emissions reduction targets (20% and 15% respectively by 2025 vs 2022 baseline), but these are not science-based or SBTi-validated. Approximately 1.5% of its 331 global facilities hold green building certifications like LEED Platinum, LEED Gold, or BREEAM Excellent. As a service provider, lifecycle impact analysis for products is not applicable. Biodiversity efforts are minimal, including planting 600 trees and a local avian conservation donation. Expeditors' reporting is guided by TCFD recommendations, and it considers different climate-related scenarios, including a 2°C or lower scenario, when assessing strategy resilience. Due to its non-asset-based business model, the company states it perceives no material stranded asset risks related to climate change.

Respect for Cultures & Communities

A comprehensive search revealed no specific information detailing Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.'s actions related to respecting cultures and communities, indigenous rights, cultural heritage, or local traditions in the provided articles.

Therefore, no KPIs can be scored based on the available evidence.

Safe & Smart Tech

No specific, quantifiable evidence was found in the provided articles to assess Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. against the defined Key Performance Indicators for the 'Safe & Smart Tech' ethical value. While the company invested $27.6 million in cybersecurity

and reported blocking 99.6% of potential cyber-attacks, these figures do not align with the specific quantitative thresholds required by the rubric, such as cybersecurity investment as a percentage of revenue or direct evidence of data breach occurrences and their severity.

Zero Waste & Sustainable Products

Expeditors has implemented extensive waste reduction initiatives, including a global paperless deployment project that saved over 26 million pages since 2015.

The company also runs numerous recycling programs for items like batteries, with Cargo Signal Solutions recycling over 6,000 batteries in 2022 and more than 25% of its full devices. Other efforts include recycling over 28,000 pounds of textiles in August 2023 and upcycling 500 kilograms of fabric into school kits. Hazardous waste is managed through responsible disposal of electronic equipment in compliance with WEEE and RoHS Directives, supported by job-specific training for EHS managers, local plans, and spill response. Expeditors has reported no waste disposal violations in the past three years. Supplier contracts require compliance with environmental regulations and include environmental criteria in the selection process. However, the company currently lacks specific, quantitative waste reduction targets, stating it plans to report on additional waste data and is evaluating appropriate targets for the future.