ADM Celebrates Earth Day with Launch of Sustainability Progress Tracker
April 22 2016 - 11:00AM
Business Wire
- Online tool provides information,
updates on company’s wide-ranging efforts to meet important
sustainability goals
Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE: ADM) has unveiled its
Sustainability Progress Tracker, an online tool to provide an
overview of the company’s goals and plans, as well as detailed
reports on progress, as it works toward full implementation of its
Commitment to No-Deforestation. The ADM Sustainability Progress
Tracker can be found at www.adm.com/progresstracker.
“As individuals, governments, companies and NGOs the world over
celebrate Earth Day, we are proud to unveil this online tool, which
underlines our continued commitment to achieving the important
sustainability goals we laid out when we issued our Commitment to
No-Deforestation last year,” said ADM Chairman and CEO Juan
Luciano. “Now, customers, partners and other stakeholders can see
the progress we’ve made, and just as importantly, our plans to
continue to implement our sustainability goals.”
Though—with rare exceptions—ADM is not a grower of crops, the
No-Deforestation policy aims to leverage the company’s role as a
major buyer of crops to help create more sustainable, traceable
agricultural supply chains that protect high carbon stock forests,
important natural ecosystems and peatlands, as well as the human
rights of individuals along the agricultural value chain. ADM has
partnered with The Forest Trust to implement the policy.
Working with The Forest Trust, ADM has made significant progress
since the company issued the No-Deforestation commitment last May.
The company has mapped its palm oil footprint, established baseline
traceability scores, and completed a review of all of its direct
suppliers. On the soy side, ADM is working to identify regions of
high risk, establish baseline scores, and review all of its
suppliers in order to create a detailed action plan for working
with suppliers to achieve the company’s goals.
“The Progress Tracker also highlights the important progress
we’ve made in implementing our 2014 Commitment to Respect Human
Rights,” said Ismael Roig, ADM’s chief sustainability officer.
“Last year, we completed our global analysis of human rights issues
and identification of high-risk geographies, and analyzed the risks
in our own supply chain. Now we’re moving forward with actions to
mitigate those risks.”
About ADM
For more than a century, the people of Archer Daniels Midland
Company (NYSE: ADM) have transformed crops into products that serve
the vital needs of a growing world. Today, we’re one of the world’s
largest agricultural processors and food ingredient providers, with
more than 32,300 employees serving customers in more than 160
countries. With a global value chain that includes 428 crop
procurement locations, 280 ingredient manufacturing facilities, 39
innovation centers and the world’s premier crop transportation
network, we connect the harvest to the home, making products for
food, animal feed, industrial and energy uses. Learn more at
www.adm.com.
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