ESG Scorecard

Cargill’s purpose is to nourish 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 FY22
Climate change ____ Our targets contribute to the following SDGs:	Scope 1 and 2 (Operations)1: Reduce absolute operational greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions 10% by 2025		-5.5% reduction2 from 2017 baseline
	Scope 3 (Supply Chain): Reduce global GHG emissions from our global supply chain by 30% by 2030, measured per ton of product		-0.15M MT CO2e reduced3 through supply chain sustainability programs
Water resources ____ Our targets contribute to the following SDGs:	Priority watersheds: Achieve sustainable water use4 in all priority watersheds by 2030		Target met in 7 priority watersheds (6% progress)
	Operations: Implement water stewardship practices at all priority facilities by 2025		77% average implementation of water stewardship practices across all priority facilities
Land use ____ Our targets contribute to the following 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	Please see the Sustainable Supply Chains section of Cargill’s ESG report for detailed land use reporting. Each of our priority supply chains provides a dashboard of progress against key land use metrics.

SOCIAL
	Strategic commitments and targets		Progress by end of FY22
Farmer livelihoods ____ Our targets contribute to the following SDGs:	Work alongside farmers to increase the economic, social and climate resilience of farming households and communities	Global attendance at our farmer trainings for sustainable agricultural practices since 2017, with a goal of 10 million by 2030	5.6M since 2017
		To improve the nutrition and economic livelihoods of 100 million people through the production, promotion and consumption of poultry by 2030	14.6M people reached
Global impact contributions ____ Our targets contribute to the following 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 communities5	More than $163M donated across 57 countries
Diversity, equity, and inclusion ____ Our targets contribute to the following SDGs:	To be a respected global leader in diversity, equity, and inclusion	Achieve gender parity in leadership by 2030 globally	33.69% 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 2021 results. Our Scope 1 and 2 GHG inventory was verified at a limited level of assurance by Optera. Please see Cargill’s 2022 CDP Climate Response for more information.
³ Cargill will report a percent reduction against baseline once we complete our full Scope 3 inventory. Please see Cargill’s 2022 CDP Climate Response for more information.
⁴ Cargill defines sustainable water use as eliminating unsustainable water impact in our operations and supply chains by 2030. The methodology to define unsustainable supply chain impact is described in the case study published by World Resources Institute (WRI).
⁵ Based on global, consolidated pre-tax earnings over a three-year trailing average.