Kraft Heinz Releases Inaugural Corporate Social Responsibility Report
Report Unveils Company's CSR Strategy, Global Commitment to Cage-free Eggs and Progress on Citizenship Goals
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"At Kraft Heinz, we're focused on addressing the most critical
environmental and societal challenges affecting our industry and global
communities, and finding ways to drive meaningful change - today and in
the future," said
The Kraft Heinz CSR strategy prioritizes the issues that matter most to the Company's business and stakeholders and focuses on the areas where it can have the greatest impact. It includes four key pillars:
- Better Supply Chain - creating a sustainable, global supply chain by establishing responsible farm-to-market ingredient and material sourcing policies;
- Better Environment - promoting environmental sustainability by managing and reducing the Company's resource needs to minimize its impact on the planet and preserve natural resources;
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Better Products - meeting the needs and demands of today's
consumers by improving the nutritional and wellness profiles of
Kraft Heinz products; and - Better Communities - strengthening communities around the world by making a sustainable difference in the fight to end global hunger and malnutrition.
The strategy also builds upon CSR goals and policies
In the report,
"We congratulate
Additionally,
Additional highlights from the report include:
- Sourcing 100 percent RSPO-certified sustainable palm oil, more than 90 percent of which is traceable to the mill;
- Delivering training and resources to more than 2,000 Honduran coffee farmers to help them increase their yields and incomes;
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Ending the use of fish aggregating devices (FAD) for all tuna sourcing
activities in
Australia , putting the Company on track to use 100 percent FAD-free tuna in all Greenseas products by the end of 2017; - Reducing waste-to-landfill by 9.5 percent;
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Achieving landfill-free operations at six
Kraft Heinz facilities:Albany andNew Ulm inMinnesota ; Ft. Smith, Ark.;Suffolk, Va. ;Mt. Royal ,Quebec, Canada ; and Pudliszki,Poland ; - Reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 5.1 percent;
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Implementing renewable energy projects at three manufacturing sites:
Fresno, Calif. ;Albany, Minn. ; and Aligarh,India ; -
Reformulating Kraft Macaroni & Cheese and
Oscar Mayer hot dogs to remove artificial flavors, dyes and/or preservatives; -
Reducing sodium and sugar levels across the Company's
U.K. product portfolio, improving the nutritional profiles of core products like Heinz Cream of Tomato Soup (34 percent less sugar and 62 percent less sodium) and Heinz Beanz (27 percent less sugar and 52 percent less sodium); and -
Supporting the donation of more than 124 million meals to people in
need, including 24 million meals to
U.S. food banks.
Kraft Heinz's complete 2017 CSR Report can be viewed here.
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