ConAgra Foods Shares Progress on Sustainability and Citizenship Goals
October 27 2016 - 2:07PM
Business Wire
Issues 2016 Corporate Citizenship
Report
ConAgra Foods, Inc., (NYSE:CAG) has shared its latest progress
surrounding citizenship and sustainability efforts in its 2016
Corporate Citizenship Report. Available online, the report tracks
the company’s progress against key environmental, social and
governance initiatives.
“Being a good corporate citizen is good business and I’m
incredibly proud of the progress we are making on the issues most
material to the food industry, our business and our stakeholders,”
said Sean Connolly, president and chief executive officer of
ConAgra Foods. “In the midst of a very transformative year, our
citizenship goals have remained a priority for ConAgra’s leadership
and employees alike.”
Highlights from the report include:
- Efforts to reduce environmental impact,
including employee-led projects that eliminated 16 tons of waste,
optimized and improved packaging while using 2.3 million pounds
less material, conserved more than 365 gallons of water and reduced
greenhouse gas emissions by more than 15,300 metric tons.
- Employee involvement in charitable
activities, including ConAgra’s annual month of service. Activities
throughout May 2016 brought together more than 2,100 passionate
employees who volunteered over 5,800 hours across 10 states to pack
620,000 meals for those suffering from food insecurity.
- External recognition of ConAgra Foods’
ongoing corporate responsibility commitment, including its
selection for the sixth consecutive year on the Dow Jones
Sustainability North America Index.
In preparing the 2016 Citizenship Report, ConAgra Foods followed
the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) G4 Sustainability Reporting
Guidelines and the Food Sector supplement. More information on the
GRI initiative is available at http://www.globalreporting.org. Data
in the report reflects ConAgra Foods' fiscal year 2016, which ended
May 31, 2016. The Citizenship Report covers nearly all
company-owned facilities, as well as some facilities owned through
joint ventures.
About ConAgra Foods
ConAgra Foods, Inc., (NYSE: CAG), is one of North America's
leading packaged food companies with recognized brands such as
Marie Callender's®, Healthy Choice®, Slim Jim®, Hebrew National®,
Orville Redenbacher's®, Peter Pan®, Reddi-wip®, PAM®, Snack Pack®,
Banquet®, Chef Boyardee®, Egg Beaters®, Hunt’s® and many other
ConAgra Foods brands found in grocery, convenience, mass
merchandise and club stores. ConAgra Foods also has a strong
business-to-business presence, supplying frozen potato and sweet
potato products as well as other vegetable products to a variety of
well-known restaurants, foodservice operators and commercial
customers. For more information, please visit us at
www.conagrafoods.com.
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