Americold Improves Sustainability Across Global Network

Company releases 2025 report highlighting emissions cuts, energy efficiency, and facility reliability.

Apr. 15, 2026 at 8:03am

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A highly detailed, photorealistic studio photograph of a polished metal cooling coil or refrigeration unit component, floating on a clean grey background and dramatically lit to convey the advanced engineering at the core of Americold's temperature-controlled logistics operations.Americold's engineering-led approach to facility design and operations underpins the company's sustainability progress and operational reliability.Atlanta Today

Americold Realty Trust, a global leader in temperature-controlled logistics real estate, has released its 2025 Sustainability Report detailing progress across energy efficiency, emissions reduction, safety performance, and facility resilience within its global cold storage network. The report highlights how disciplined operations, engineering-led execution, and targeted capital investment are working together to ensure reliability for Americold's customers.

Why it matters

As a critical part of the global food supply chain, Americold's cold storage facilities must operate continuously, safely, and efficiently. The company's sustainability efforts demonstrate its commitment to managing energy, innovation, safety, and risk to deliver dependable service for customers and value for shareholders.

The details

In 2025, Americold achieved a 21.0% reduction in Scope 1 and Scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions from a 2021 baseline. The company generated 30,822 MWh of renewable energy, with 46 facilities sourcing 100% carbon-free electricity. Americold also invested more than $23 million in energy efficiency and facility improvement initiatives, including LED lighting upgrades, automated refrigeration controls, and energy-optimization projects. The company completed 912 Energy Waste Walks to reinforce consistent, site-level energy and performance management. Americold's waste diversion rate exceeded 24.4%, and the company continued to improve associate safety, with key incident rates more than 40% below industry averages.

  • In 2025, Americold released its annual Sustainability Report.
  • The report covers the company's operational performance and sustainability metrics for the 2025 calendar year.

The players

Americold Realty Trust

A global leader in temperature-controlled logistics real estate and value-added services, operating a network of more than 230 facilities across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and South America.

Rob Chambers

Chief Executive Officer of Americold Realty Trust.

Brian Dunn

Senior Vice President of Facilities & Engineering at Americold Realty Trust.

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What they’re saying

“Leading companies today treat sustainability not as a reporting exercise, but as a resiliency strategy. 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.”

— Rob Chambers, Chief Executive Officer

“Reliability and efficiency are core to how we design and operate our facilities. Our engineering teams are constantly analyzing where performance and sustainability intersect – optimizing refrigeration, deploying automation, and maintaining energy discipline in environments that must operate safely and continuously, 24/7.”

— Brian Dunn, Senior Vice President, Facilities & Engineering

What’s next

Americold plans to continue investing in energy efficiency, renewable energy, and facility resilience initiatives to further improve the sustainability and reliability of its global cold storage network.

The takeaway

Americold's comprehensive sustainability efforts demonstrate how mission-critical infrastructure providers can prioritize environmental stewardship, operational excellence, and customer service as complementary business objectives. The company's focus on energy management, emissions reduction, and facility resilience sets an example for the temperature-controlled logistics industry.