{"success":true,"data":{"pressRelease":{"id":"83853","rtpr_id":"nBw47g6WDa","ticker":"FAST","exchange":"NASDAQ","all_tickers":["FAST"],"title":"Fastenal Releases its 2026 Impact Report","author":"Business Wire","published_at":"2026-07-08T20:35:00.085Z","article_body":"Fastenal Releases its 2026 Impact Report\n\nFastenal Company\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastenal.com%2F&esheet=54567470&newsitemid=20260708454907&lan=en-US&anchor=Fastenal+Company&index=1&md5=4d1c96a1242ff0f7635d85b6e50146c5)\n(NASDAQ: FAST) is proud to announce the publication of its 2026 Impact Report.\nThe report, which covers the year ended December 31, 2025, highlights\nFastenal's initiatives and impacts in pursuit of three objectives: empowering\npeople, preserving our world, and serving as a trusted partner.\n\nThe report reflects the creativity and hard work of Fastenal's team members as\nthey continually push for improvements in areas like sustainability,\ngovernance, safety, employee development, customer solutions, and community\nengagement.\n\nA central theme is Fastenal's maturing greenhouse gas (GHG) reporting\ncapabilities. In 2025, the team achieved important milestones in the journey\nto improve the completeness, accuracy, and scope of the company's carbon\ninventory.\n\nSome highlights from the report:\n\n\n * We obtained limited assurance over our 2025 scope 1 and 2 (location- and\nmarket-based) GHG emissions in early 2026.\n\n * We expanded our GHG inventory to include select material scope 3 categories\nwhere we now have reliable data.\n\n * Our Wallingford, Connecticut manufacturing facility achieved certification to\nthe SCS Certification Standard for Zero Waste – a first for a Fastenal\nbuilding.\n\n * We surpassed one million pounds of plastic material collected and recycled\nthrough our Trex Plastic partnership.\n\n * Thanks to these and other efforts, we again improved our EcoVadis score to\nearn a third consecutive silver medal.\n\n\"Many of the initiatives covered in the report are new, but they reflect what\nFastenal has always been: a people-centered, community-focused,\nresource-conscious organization,\" said Jeff Watts, Fastenal's president and\nchief sales officer (who is scheduled to step into his new role as Fastenal's\nchief executive officer on July 16, 2026). \"Fastenal's 'Blue Team' is working\nhard to make a positive difference – for our customers, in our communities,\nand across the planet. We're proud to share our story.\"\n\nVIEW THE REPORT HERE: www.fastenal.com/fast/esg\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastenal.com%2Ffast%2Fesg&esheet=54567470&newsitemid=20260708454907&lan=en-US&anchor=www.fastenal.com%2Ffast%2Fesg&index=2&md5=44e8b46b0b8009eeff5c4865bdfea2c6)\n\nThe report was produced with reference to the Global Reporting Initiative\n(GRI) standards and reference to the reporting framework established by the\nTask Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD, now part of the\nIFRS Foundation).\n\nAbout Fastenal\n\nOrganizations around the world rely on Fastenal to help them simplify and\nsecure the supply chain for a broad range of industrial products. To\nunderstand our customers' challenges and provide services and solutions that\nfit their unique needs, we've built out the most extensive presence in our\nindustry, with a vast network of local teams and embedded technology. At the\nheart of it all is a simple commitment: great people, close to the customer,\nbacked by world-class logistics, technology, and resources.\n\nAdditional information regarding Fastenal is available on our website at\nwww.fastenal.com\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastenal.com&esheet=54567470&newsitemid=20260708454907&lan=en-US&anchor=www.fastenal.com&index=3&md5=439808e1fa3e86efa31eb433d405e6ac)\n.\n\nFAST-G\n\nCautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements\n\nThis release and the Impact Report referenced herein include forward-looking\nstatements, which are subject to risks and uncertainties. These\nforward-looking statements are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of\nthe Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements can be\nidentified by the use of terminology such as anticipate, believe, should,\nestimate, expect, intend, may, will, plan, goal, project, hope, trend, target,\nopportunity, and similar words or expressions, or by references to typical\noutcomes. Fastenal's sustainability goals, projects, plans, pace, aspirations,\ncommitments, and strategies are long-term and aspirational and by their nature\ninclude forward-looking statements. As such, no forward looking statement can\nbe guaranteed and actual results may differ materially from those set forth in\nthe forward-looking statements due to a variety of factors, including those\ndescribed in Fastenal's Impact Reports and filings with the Securities and\nExchange Commission. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on\nthese forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date on which\nthey are made. Fastenal undertakes no obligation to update or revise any\nforward-looking statements.\n\n\n\nView source version on businesswire.com:\nhttps://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260708454907/en/\n(https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260708454907/en/)\n\nMedia Contact: \n\nJennifer Harnisch\n\nBrand and Media Strategist\n\n507.453.8259\n\njharnisc@fastenal.com (mailto:jharnisc@fastenal.com)\n\nInvestor Contact: \n\nDray Schreiber\n\nAccounting Manager\n\n507.313.7324\n\n\nCopyright Business Wire 2026","article_body_html":"","raw_payload":{"data":{"id":"nBw47g6WDa","title":"Fastenal Releases its 2026 Impact Report","author":"Business Wire","ticker":"FAST","created":"2026-07-08T20:35:00.085Z","tickers":["FAST"],"exchange":"NASDAQ","article_body":"Fastenal Releases its 2026 Impact Report\n\nFastenal Company\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastenal.com%2F&esheet=54567470&newsitemid=20260708454907&lan=en-US&anchor=Fastenal+Company&index=1&md5=4d1c96a1242ff0f7635d85b6e50146c5)\n(NASDAQ: FAST) is proud to announce the publication of its 2026 Impact Report.\nThe report, which covers the year ended December 31, 2025, highlights\nFastenal's initiatives and impacts in pursuit of three objectives: empowering\npeople, preserving our world, and serving as a trusted partner.\n\nThe report reflects the creativity and hard work of Fastenal's team members as\nthey continually push for improvements in areas like sustainability,\ngovernance, safety, employee development, customer solutions, and community\nengagement.\n\nA central theme is Fastenal's maturing greenhouse gas (GHG) reporting\ncapabilities. In 2025, the team achieved important milestones in the journey\nto improve the completeness, accuracy, and scope of the company's carbon\ninventory.\n\nSome highlights from the report:\n\n\n * We obtained limited assurance over our 2025 scope 1 and 2 (location- and\nmarket-based) GHG emissions in early 2026.\n\n * We expanded our GHG inventory to include select material scope 3 categories\nwhere we now have reliable data.\n\n * Our Wallingford, Connecticut manufacturing facility achieved certification to\nthe SCS Certification Standard for Zero Waste – a first for a Fastenal\nbuilding.\n\n * We surpassed one million pounds of plastic material collected and recycled\nthrough our Trex Plastic partnership.\n\n * Thanks to these and other efforts, we again improved our EcoVadis score to\nearn a third consecutive silver medal.\n\n\"Many of the initiatives covered in the report are new, but they reflect what\nFastenal has always been: a people-centered, community-focused,\nresource-conscious organization,\" said Jeff Watts, Fastenal's president and\nchief sales officer (who is scheduled to step into his new role as Fastenal's\nchief executive officer on July 16, 2026). \"Fastenal's 'Blue Team' is working\nhard to make a positive difference – for our customers, in our communities,\nand across the planet. We're proud to share our story.\"\n\nVIEW THE REPORT HERE: www.fastenal.com/fast/esg\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastenal.com%2Ffast%2Fesg&esheet=54567470&newsitemid=20260708454907&lan=en-US&anchor=www.fastenal.com%2Ffast%2Fesg&index=2&md5=44e8b46b0b8009eeff5c4865bdfea2c6)\n\nThe report was produced with reference to the Global Reporting Initiative\n(GRI) standards and reference to the reporting framework established by the\nTask Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD, now part of the\nIFRS Foundation).\n\nAbout Fastenal\n\nOrganizations around the world rely on Fastenal to help them simplify and\nsecure the supply chain for a broad range of industrial products. To\nunderstand our customers' challenges and provide services and solutions that\nfit their unique needs, we've built out the most extensive presence in our\nindustry, with a vast network of local teams and embedded technology. At the\nheart of it all is a simple commitment: great people, close to the customer,\nbacked by world-class logistics, technology, and resources.\n\nAdditional information regarding Fastenal is available on our website at\nwww.fastenal.com\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastenal.com&esheet=54567470&newsitemid=20260708454907&lan=en-US&anchor=www.fastenal.com&index=3&md5=439808e1fa3e86efa31eb433d405e6ac)\n.\n\nFAST-G\n\nCautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements\n\nThis release and the Impact Report referenced herein include forward-looking\nstatements, which are subject to risks and uncertainties. These\nforward-looking statements are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of\nthe Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements can be\nidentified by the use of terminology such as anticipate, believe, should,\nestimate, expect, intend, may, will, plan, goal, project, hope, trend, target,\nopportunity, and similar words or expressions, or by references to typical\noutcomes. Fastenal's sustainability goals, projects, plans, pace, aspirations,\ncommitments, and strategies are long-term and aspirational and by their nature\ninclude forward-looking statements. As such, no forward looking statement can\nbe guaranteed and actual results may differ materially from those set forth in\nthe forward-looking statements due to a variety of factors, including those\ndescribed in Fastenal's Impact Reports and filings with the Securities and\nExchange Commission. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on\nthese forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date on which\nthey are made. Fastenal undertakes no obligation to update or revise any\nforward-looking statements.\n\n\n\nView source version on businesswire.com:\nhttps://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260708454907/en/\n(https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260708454907/en/)\n\nMedia Contact: \n\nJennifer Harnisch\n\nBrand and Media Strategist\n\n507.453.8259\n\njharnisc@fastenal.com (mailto:jharnisc@fastenal.com)\n\nInvestor Contact: \n\nDray Schreiber\n\nAccounting Manager\n\n507.313.7324\n\n\nCopyright Business Wire 2026"},"type":"article","timestamp":"2026-07-08T20:35:00.132637028Z","server_sent_at_ms":1783542900132},"received_at":"2026-07-08T20:35:00.200Z","source_url":"https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260708454907/en/"},"analysis":{"id":"72913","press_release_id":"83853","analysis_json":{"industry":{"label":"Trading Companies & Distributors","sector":"Industrials"},"redFlags":[],"eventType":"operations_update","narrative":"Fastenal published its 2026 Impact Report, covering the year ended December 31, 2025, with a focus on sustainability, governance, and community engagement.\n\nOperational highlights included obtaining limited assurance for Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions, achieving Zero Waste certification at its Wallingford facility, and recycling over one million pounds of plastic via the Trex partnership.\n\nThe release also noted that Jeff Watts, currently president and chief sales officer, is scheduled to become chief executive officer on July 16, 2026.","sentiment":"bullish","agentHooks":{"shouldPost":false,"suggestedAngle":"ESG report details sustainability progress and confirms July 16 CEO transition date."},"keyFigures":{"customDimensions":{"reporting_year_end":"December 31, 2025","ghg_scope_assurance":"1 and 2","plastic_recycled_lbs":"1 million pounds"}},"quotedText":"Many of the initiatives covered in the report are new, but they reflect what Fastenal has always been: a people-centered, community-focused, resource-conscious organization","namedEntities":{"people":[{"name":"Jeff Watts","role":"President and Chief Sales Officer; incoming CEO"},{"name":"Jennifer Harnisch","role":"Brand and Media Strategist"},{"name":"Dray Schreiber","role":"Accounting Manager (Investor Contact)"}],"products":[],"companies":[{"name":"Trex","relationship":"partner"},{"name":"Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)","relationship":"standard setter"},{"name":"Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD)","relationship":"standard setter"},{"name":"IFRS Foundation","relationship":"organization"},{"name":"SCS Certification","relationship":"certifier"}],"dollarAmounts":[]},"materialImpact":{"score":1,"reasoning":"Routine publication of an annual ESG/Impact Report detailing sustainability and governance metrics. 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