2026 Climate-friendly Supermarket Scorecard

Today the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) released its 2026 Climate-Friendly Supermarkets Scorecard, which tracks major U.S. food retailer efforts to address hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) – superpollutant refrigerants used across the food retail sector – just one week after the Trump Administration’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rolled back requirements on refrigerant use in the sector in a move condemned by environmental and industry groups. 

EIA’s scorecard is a call-to-action for companies to practice greater public disclosure on progress to reduce HFC emissions along with stronger measures to ensure implementation across their operations, and to accelerate the transition to natural, HFC-free refrigerants. While the recent rollback extending HFC use in new equipment through 2032 may tempt some retailers to delay adopting alternatives, the sector cannot afford to wait as global HFC supply shrinks and prices rise.

Read the full results at climatefriendlysupermarkets.org