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  • Sustainability
    • Sustainable Supply Chains
      • Sustainable Animal Nutrition & Feed
      • Aquaculture
      • SeaFurtherâ„¢ Sustainability
        • Source: Transforming supply chains
        • Optimize: Innovating and enhancing
        • Care: Safeguarding farmed fish
      • Sustainable Beef
      • Sustainable Cocoa
        • Empowering Cocoa Growing Communities in West Africa
          • Changing Cocoa Communities by Empowering Women
          • Improving Access to Education for Children in West Africa
          • Ensuring Traceability in the Cocoa Supply Chain
          • Partnering to Improve Community Well-being in West Africa
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ESG Scorecard

Our ambition is to help build the most sustainable food supply chains in the world. Our commitments drive us forward.

Transparency in Focus

Cargill’s purpose is to be the leader in nourishing the world in a safe, responsible and sustainable way. We have set science-based targets and invested in bold action to deliver on our ambition. We are committed to reporting progress against those goals, and to expanding transparency about the impacts of our operations, products and services, and supply chains around the world.

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ENVIRONMENTAL
 

Strategic Commitments and Targets

Progress by end of FY21

Climate
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Our targets contribute
to the following SDGs:

Climate Change SDGs

Scope 1 and 2 (Operations)1: Reduce absolute operational greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions 10% by 2025 On track icon plus arrow-3.97% reduction2 from FY17 baseline
Scope 3 (Supply Chain): Reduce global GHG emissions from our global supply chain by 30% by 2030, measured per ton of product On track icon plus arrow0.06M MT CO2e reduced3

Water
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Our targets contribute
to the following SDGs:

Water Resources SDGs

Priority watersheds: Achieve sustainable water management4 in all priority watersheds by 2030 On track iconTarget met in 4 priority watersheds (3% progress)
Operations: Implement water stewardship practices at all priority facilities by 2025  On track icon52% average implementation of water stewardship practices across all priority facilities

Land
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Our targets contribute
to the following SDGs:

Land Use SDGs

Transform our agricultural supply chains to be deforestation-free by 2030 Achieve zero deforestation across our priority supply chains of palm, soy and cocoa Needs attention iconPlease visit our Reporting Hub for detailed land use reporting on our priority supply chains
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Strategic Commitments and Targets

Progress by end of FY21

Farmer Livelihoods
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Our targets contribute to the following SDGs:

Farmer Livelihoods SDGs

Work alongside farmers to increase the economic, social and climate resilience of farming households and communities Train 10 million farmers in sustainable agricultural practices by 2030 On track icon4.1M farmers attended training
To improve the nutrition and economic livelihoods of 100 million people through the production, promotion and consumption of poultry by 2030 On track icon11.49M people reached

Global Impact Contributions
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Our targets contribute to the following SDGs:

Global Impact Contributions SDGs

Build vibrant communities through partnerships, philanthropy, economic development and employee volunteerism Invest 2% global pre-tax earnings to advance social and environmental impact priorities and support local communities Achieved icon$110.5M donated across 56 countries5

Inclusion & Diversity
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Our targets contribute to the following SDGs:

Inclusion & Diversity SDGs

To be a respected global leader in inclusion and diversity Achieve gender parity in leadership by 2030 globally Needs attention icon31.76% women in leadership roles

1 Scope 1 and 2 refer to GHG emissions from our operations and from energy purchased from the grid, respectively. Scope 3 refers to upstream and downstream supply chain emissions.
2 Calendar year 2020 results. Cargill’s Scope 1 and 2 GHG inventory for calendar year 2020 was verified at a limited level of assurance by Optera. Please see Cargill’s 2021 CDP Climate response for more information.
3 Cargill will report a % reduction against baseline by end of FY2022

4 We define sustainable water management as effectively balancing and addressing the shared water challenges of availability, quality and access to safe drinking water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), using an approach that is informed by local context.
5 Based on global, consolidated pre-tax earnings over a three-year trailing average

 

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