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Environmental Values

Hormel Foods is firmly committed to our environmental values. To this end, we have established an ongoing packaging reduction project with our brands to identify ways to reduce the amount of packaging used on our products.

In addition, 80 percent of our packaging was made from recyclable materials and/or was recyclable or biodegradable in FY2006. In fact, in FY2006, we reduced our packaging by:

  • 4.04 million tons of paper/paperboard;
  • 1.2 million tons of plastic-rigid;
  • And 754,000 tons of steel.

Environmental Goals

Environmental ValuesIn 2007, Hormel Foods established formal companywide goals for water, solid waste and energy. In doing so, we expanded the measurement of our greenhouse gas emissions and are close to measuring all 41 facilities.

Our water goal is to reduce water use by 10 percent total, two percent per year for the next five years.

Our solid waste goal is to increase recycling by 40 percent by November 2008 and to 50 percent by November 2011.

Our energy goal is to reduce energy use by 10 percent total, two percent per year for the next five years.