Cintas Corporation (Cintas, Company, we, us or our), a Washington corporation, helps more than one million businesses of all types and sizes, primarily in the United States (U.S.), as well as Canada and Latin America, get READY™ to open their doors with confidence every day by providing a wide range of products and services that enhance our customers’ image and help keep their facilities and employees clean, safe and looking their best.
−Removed: With products and services including uniforms, mats, mops, restroom supplies, first aid and safety products, fire extinguishers and testing, and safety training, Cintas helps customers get Ready for the Workday ® .
+Added: With products and services including uniforms, mats, mops, shop towels, restroom supplies, workplace water services, first aid and safety products, eye-wash stations, safety training, fire extinguishers, sprinkler systems and alarm testing, Cintas helps customers get Ready for the Workday ® .
Cintas was founded in 1968 by Richard T.
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In addition to these rental items, restroom cleaning services and supplies and the sale of items from our catalogs to our customers on route are included within this reportable operating segment.
−Removed: The First Aid and Safety Services reportable operating segment consists of first aid and safety products and services.
+Added: The First Aid and Safety Services reportable operating segment consists of first aid and safety products and services, as well as workplace water services.
The remainder of Cintas’ business, which consists of the Fire Protection Services operating segment and the Uniform Direct Sale operating segment, is included in All Other.
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The SEC maintains an internet site located at www.sec.gov that contains reports, proxy and information statements and other information regarding issuers, such as Cintas, that file electronically with the SEC.
−Removed: Cintas' SEC filings can be found on the Investor Relations page of its website at www.cintas.com/investors/financial-reports and its Code of Conduct and Business Ethics can be found under the Impact page of its website at www.cintas.com/company/esg.
+Added: Cintas' SEC filings can be found on the Investor Relations page of its website at www.cintas.com/investors/financial-reports and its Code of Conduct and Business Ethics can be found under the About - Who We Are page of its website at www.cintas.com/company.
Cintas intends to post any amendments or waivers to its Code of Conduct and Business Ethics on its website within four business days after approval.
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The content on any website referred to in this Annual Report on Form 10-K is not incorporated herein by reference unless expressly noted.
−Removed: Sustainability
−Removed: In fiscal 2024, Cintas published its fourth annual sustainability report and reported on Cintas’ continued strategy of a Shared Drive for Better.
−Removed: The report included information on Cintas’ efforts in areas of climate and energy initiatives, water interactions, materials and waste, sustainable supply chain, diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, employee-partner development, safety and health strategy, human rights and labor rights positions and governance, ethics and integrity foundations.
−Removed: Cintas' most recent sustainability report can be found on our website at www.cintas.com/company/esg.
Human Capital
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Talent Development
−Removed: Cintas is committed to the continued development of its employee-partners.
+Added: Cintas is committed to actively recruiting, retaining, developing and advancing a diverse and talented workforce.
We provide numerous training opportunities for our employee-partners, with a focus on continuous learning and development and methodologies to manage performance, provide feedback and develop talent.
We offer a wide array of training solutions (classroom, hands-on and e-learning) for our employee-partners.
−Removed: Our talent development programs strive to provide
−Removed: employee-partners resources to achieve career goals and build management and leadership skills.
−Removed: We offer mentoring programs, a management trainee program and executive leadership programs to support the professional growth of our employee-partners and ensure we have the right succession plans in place.
+Added: Our talent development programs strive to provide employee-partners resources to achieve career goals and build management and leadership skills.
+Added: We also have multiple Employee-Partner Business Resource Groups which help foster inclusion among all employee-partners to build awareness, recruit and retain a diverse workforce and support the overall success of Cintas.
+Added: In addition, we offer mentoring programs, a management trainee program and executive leadership programs to support the professional growth of our employee-partners and ensure we have the right succession plans in place.
Health and Safety
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To align with internationally recognized standards, we have implemented an occupational health and safety management system in accordance with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) that is modeled after the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 45001 and OSHA Voluntary Protection Program (VPP).
−Removed: Employee-partners, contractors, vendors and visitors are all covered by the system, which focuses on hazard prevention, training, management commitment and worker involvement.
−Removed: We are also committed to continuously improving performance through our Health and Safety Improvement Committees in every operation, while corporate health and safety employee-partners conduct annual reviews of our operations.
+Added: Employee-partners, contractors, vendors and visitors are all covered by the system, which focuses on worksite analysis, hazard prevention, training, management commitment and worker involvement.
+Added: We are also committed to continuously improving performance through our employee-partner-driven Health and Safety Improvement Committees in every operation, while corporate health and safety employee-partners conduct annual reviews of our operations.
Additionally, every year our employee-partners receive online, on-the-job and classroom training on over 50 health and safety topics, and all maintenance staff must complete our award-winning Maintenance Safety Certification process.
Every Cintas driver completes monthly driver safety training courses and/or on-the-road skills evaluations.
−Removed: All production-related managers attend OSHA’s 10-hour Safety Improvement course, and each member of our Senior Management team takes the Management and Leadership Skills for Environmental Health and Safety Professionals Course, part of the Harvard T.H.
+Added: All production-related managers attend OSHA’s 10-hour safety training course, and each member of our Senior Management team takes the Management and Leadership Skills for Environmental Health and Safety Professionals Course, part of the Harvard T.H.
Chan School of Public Health safety and health curriculum.
In addition, we provide several channels for all employee-partners to speak up, ask for guidance and report concerns related to ethics or safety violations, and we seek to address those concerns and take appropriate actions to uphold our Cintas values and health and safety culture.
−Removed: Through these efforts, Cintas has reduced our recordable injury rate by over 80% since 2008, has been awarded 128 OSHA Star sites in the VPP, which is more than triple any other company in the U.S.
−Removed: and has received numerous safety, health and ergonomics awards from national and international groups.
+Added: Through these efforts, Cintas has reduced our recordable injury rate by over 80% since 2008, has been awarded 140 OSHA VPP Star sites in the VPP, which is more than triple any other U.S.
+Added: company, and has received numerous safety, health and ergonomics awards from national and international groups.
Employee-Partner Wellness
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We provide free annual biometric screening and health assessments at work or offsite, annual free flu shots, a tobacco cessation program, weight management programs and an employee-partner assistance program, which offers advice on mental health, legal and financial issues.
−Removed: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
−Removed: Cintas supports diversity, equity and inclusion by fostering a respectful, creative and productive environment where all employee-partners can reach their full potential without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.
−Removed: We actively recruit, retain, develop and advance a diverse and talented workforce.
−Removed: We have six Employee-Partner Business Resource Groups, focused on Women, African Americans, Hispanic and Latin Americans, Asian American/Pacific Islanders, LGBTQ+ and Military and Veteran employee-partners.
−Removed: These groups provide platforms for our employee-partners to showcase skills, experiences and perspectives.
−Removed: The Employee-Partner Business Resource Groups also help foster inclusion among all employee-partners to build awareness, recruit and retain a diverse workforce and support the overall success of Cintas.
−Removed: We also have a diverse Management Trainee program that helps Cintas find and develop the best talent for our leadership pipeline, and we monitor representation across management positions.
−Removed: Cintas’ diversity, equity and inclusion efforts are led by our Senior Vice President of Human Resources and Chief Diversity Officer.
−Removed: This position reports to our Chief Executive Officer and works to help achieve our goals and obtain a diverse and talented workforce, which is critical to our success.
Compensation Programs and Employee Benefits
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