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
In 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.