Better Health for All

The company's safety record shows severe issues, with 21 fatal crashes and 210 injury crashes reported between March 2023 and March 2025.

Additionally, there were two fatalities in a recent Lockport accident and three OSHA-investigated workplace accidents in New York State in the past two years, involving serious injuries. The company also accumulated numerous vehicle maintenance, driving, hazardous materials, and hours-of-service violations. These incidents reflect a significant negative health impact from the company's core freight transportation services. Furthermore, XPO faces substantial negative health externalities, including a $7.9 million hazardous waste violation in 2024 and over $14 million in total environmental penalties. The company has not disclosed greenhouse gas emissions data since 2021 and lacks new emission reduction targets in its 2024 ESG report. Despite these concerns, XPO demonstrated a strong global health crisis response during the COVID-19 pandemic by moving critical medical supplies and personal protective equipment , partnering with New York City Emergency Management for emergency distribution , providing Pandemic Paid Sick Leave , covering COVID-19 testing , and offering free telemedicine and a 24/7 nurse hotline. For mental health, the company provides free counseling sessions for all US employees and their dependents during crises , online stress management programs in seven languages , and access to mental health practitioners for new parents and expectant mothers through a partnership.

Fair Pay & Worker Respect

XPO Inc. had 14 substantiated labor-law violations, including wage and hour, labor relations, and workplace safety infractions, in the past three years (2022-2024).

For the 2024 fiscal year, the CEO's total compensation was $14,042,700, while the median employee pay was $84,000, resulting in a CEO to median employee pay ratio of 167:1.

Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing

XPO Inc. is a freight transportation services provider, primarily focusing on less-than-truckload (LTL) and truck brokerage. As such, the company does not procure physical commodities that would be classified as high-risk materials, leading to a score of N/A for the materials risk index. For all other KPIs related to fair trade and ethical sourcing, no quantitative data or specific evidence was found in the provided articles. The articles discuss XPO's commitment to ethical conduct

, supplier codes of conduct , modern slavery statements , and supplier diversity initiatives , but they do not provide specific metrics such as the percentage of fair-trade certified spend, audit frequencies, number of substantiated forced or child labor incidents, traceability coverage, remediation speed, ethical clause coverage in supplier contracts, or the percentage of procurement budget directed to diverse suppliers.

Honest & Fair Business

XPO's board comprises 8 directors, with 7 (87.5%) identified as independent.

The company has a formal whistleblower protection policy, updated April 29, 2024, which covers employees, executives, contractors, subcontractors, and suppliers across its European subsidiaries, the UK, Ireland, and Morocco, as well as generally for XPO. This policy provides multiple reporting channels, including an online EthicsPoint system, email, and country-specific ethics hotlines, and explicitly prohibits retaliation. For the Czech Republic, initial reports are investigated within 30 days, extendable up to 60 days in complex cases.

Kind to Animals

XPO Inc. is a freight transportation service provider, and its core business model does not involve animal-derived products, animal testing, animal husbandry, or animal agriculture. Consequently, several KPIs such as cruelty-free certification, alternative testing usage, humane certifications for operations, ethical input substitution, supplier audits for welfare, cage-free sourcing, animal testing policy and volume, innovation investment in animal-free technologies, animal agriculture ethics, and animal-free R&D collaboration are not applicable to its operations. The company is implementing a 'Nature Network' project to enhance biodiversity around its sites in the UK and Ireland.

This includes sowing 20 varieties of wildflowers across two acres and planting 50 native trees at its Crick headquarters, with plans to expand to five beehives. Similar initiatives are underway at its Leicester site, including transforming one acre of land, planting trees and shrubs, and installing bird and bat boxes. The project is planned for rollout across multiple sites in 2025. However, the provided evidence does not include the percentage of revenue invested in these initiatives or specific, measurable biodiversity impact metrics (e.g., species recovery, population increases, biodiversity indices) required by the rubric to score the 'wildlife_conservation_impact' KPI. Regarding public policy engagement, XPO Logistics recognizes the role of supply chain leaders in promoting environmental sustainability and aligns its Nature Network project with its broader ESG strategy. These statements are too general and do not provide specific evidence of active engagement in animal welfare policy improvement or advocacy for higher animal welfare standards, thus preventing a score for the 'public_policy_engagement' KPI.

No War, No Weapons

XPO Logistics reported $0 in lobbying expenditures for the "Misc Transport" industry in 2023, 2022, and prior years.

The company also did not contribute to any political candidates, parties, campaigns, committees, or ballot measures in 2022, 2023, and 2024.

Planet-Friendly Business

XPO Inc. reported total Scope 1, 2, and partial Scope 3 emissions of 2,200,296 tCO2e in 2023

, showing year-on-year declines in reported Scope 1, 2, and some Scope 3 categories since 2021 . However, the company has no emissions or climate-related targets , including science-based targets, and has not declared a net-zero target year . XPO does not use climate scenario analysis , has not developed a climate transition plan , and does not provide TCFD disclosures or quantify the financial effects of environmental risks or opportunities . The company does not invest in low-carbon R&D , nor does it identify capital expenditure aligned with the EU Sustainable Taxonomy . XPO does not engage with its value chain on environmental issues beyond customers , indicating a lack of supply chain climate transparency and no reported SBTi targets for suppliers . Furthermore, XPO has not taken actions to progress biodiversity-related commitments , use biodiversity indicators , or assess activities near important biodiversity areas . The company was sued for environmental violations related to underground fuel tanks, hazardous waste, hazardous materials, and above-ground storage tanks across multiple California counties , resulting in a $7.9 million civil penalty and a settlement involving 20 District Attorney's offices . XPO does not conduct lifecycle impact assessments for its products .

Respect for Cultures & Communities

The provided articles primarily focus on XPO's internal diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) initiatives, such as gender and racial diversity within its workforce, and general accessibility for people with disabilities. They also discuss internal training programs like allyship training.

However, the articles do not contain specific, quantifiable data related to external community engagement, cultural preservation, indigenous relations, or local economic contributions as defined by the 'Respect for Cultures & Communities' value. Consequently, there is no evidence to score any of the specified KPIs.

Safe & Smart Tech

XPO has not experienced any cybersecurity threats or incidents that have materially affected the company, as reported in its February 2026 10-K filing and December 2023 investor report.

The company demonstrates strong vulnerability management, with a mean time to resolution (MTTR) for cybersecurity incidents in 2021 of less than one day, which was below the industry average of 1.73 days. XPO explicitly states compliance with GDPR and details CCPA rights for California residents, and its information security is regularly evaluated by internal and external experts, with a third-party security health check finding it exceeds industry peers. The company uses Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) for encrypting information and states it retains personal information only as long as necessary for the purpose of collection, with options for de-identification or aggregation. Users are provided with standard regulatory rights for data control, including access, rectification, opposition, portability, erasure, and restriction of processing.

Zero Waste & Sustainable Products

XPO achieved an 82% waste recycling rate across its European operations

. In 2022, the company reduced waste generation across its facilities by 22% and recycled 68,500 metric tons of materials . A project in Satolas-et-Bonce, France, repurposed 134 m³ of polystyrene packaging , winning the 2020 Shared Value Creation prize . XPO also operates three certified carbon neutral sites in the UK , with the Leicester site claiming "zero waste in landfills." However, XPO, Inc. and XPO Logistics faced multiple violations related to hazardous waste and hazardous materials management, as well as underground and above-ground storage tanks . These violations resulted in a civil suit and a $7.9 million settlement , requiring XPO to pay civil penalties and maintain a California environmental compliance manager for a minimum of five years .