Kellogg Company says it will responsibly source its top 10 ingredients and materials by 2020 as part of a new global sustainability commitment released by the company.
Kellogg is announcing commitments in two areas – responsible sourcing and natural resources.
Kellogg says when it comes to responsible sourcing it will:
- Responsibly source its top 10 ingredients and materials by 2020, and validate compliance across all direct suppliers by 2015.
- Continue to provide resources and education to key agricultural suppliers, millers and farmers to help them increase their resilience to climate change; optimise their use of fertiliser inputs; reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in their agricultural practices; optimise water use and enhance watershed quality; and improve soil health.
- Build programs to help women farmers and workers and small-scale producers improve their livelihoods by adapting to climate change and improving their agronomic practices and business skills.
- Identify areas within Kellogg’s supply chain with a high prevalence of women farmers and workers and develop programs to provide resources and education that improve the livelihoods of these women, their families and their communities.
To conserve natural resources, Kellogg says it will:
- Further reduce energy and GHG emissions by an additional 15 per cent (per metric tonne of food produced) from 2015 performance.
- Expand use of low-carbon energy in plants by 50 per cent by 2020.
- Support watershed quality, implement water reuse projects in 25 per cent of plants by 2020, and further reduce water use by an additional 15 per cent (per metric tonne of food produced) from 2015 performance.
- Increase number of plants sending zero waste to landfill by 2016.
- Ensure that 100 per cent of timber-based packaging continues to be either recycled or from certified sustainable sources, while implementing resource-efficient packaging, as measured by improved performance for recycled content, recyclability and food-to-package ratios.
“This company was founded on the belief that there’s an inherent goodness in grains and that continues to hold true today,” said John Bryant, Kellogg Company chairman of the board and chief executive officer.
“We are committed to nourishing families so they can flourish and thrive. Our new sustainability goals will help us do this by delivering the highest-quality grains in a responsible way that enriches the lives of consumers and agricultural growers around the world.”
Rebecca Boustead, director, corporate communications and public affairs at Kellogg Australia said: “We have been working closely with Australian farmers, seed breeders and millers since 1928, when Kellogg commenced its operation in Australia. We continue this journey in development and sourcing of grain varieties, which will enable us to innovate great tasting, nutritious food that meets the needs of our consumers.”
Boustead said Kellogg is committed to minimising its environmental footprint and developing more sustainable manufacturing solutions.
“In Australia, one achievement we’re proud of is the reduction of waste to landfill from our manufacturing plants by more than 29 per cent between 2012 and 2013.
“Meanwhile, over 800,000 Kellogg wrappers and cereal box liners were recovered in 2013 through the REDcycle Program, of which Kellogg is a founding member. Kellogg Australia will continue looking for improvements that will help to deliver on our new global goals,” she said.
