Cargill has been working on reducing our environmental footprint for a long time. We’ve pursued operational excellence throughout our nearly 150-year long history. We’ve learned that using energy and water efficiently and reducing waste is good for the environment, our communities and our business.

Cargill’s vision is to be the global leader in nourishing people. In order to nourish a growing world population, we know we must produce food, feed and fuel in the most sustainable and efficient way possible. We set these goals to ensure we are a leader in continuously improving our efforts to ensure the vitality and conservation of our natural resources. 

Cargill first set comprehensive environmental goals nearly a decade ago, in 2001. New goals are established every five years.

2015 environmental goals 

• Improve energy efficiency by 5 percent from our fiscal 2010 baseline.
• Improve greenhouse gas intensity by 5 percent from our fiscal 2010 baseline.
• Increase renewable energy use to 12.5 percent of our energy portfolio. 
• Improve freshwater efficiency by 5 percent from our fiscal 2010 baseline.

Additional efforts on greenhouse gas emissions 

We also made a voluntary, but legally binding commitment to reduce absolute greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from our U.S. locations by joining the Chicago Climate Exchange® (CCX®). In 2010, we exceeded our commitment of a 6% reduction from baseline by achieving a 11% reduction.