Sustainability Performance
Since the launch of our Policy on Sustainable Palm Oil in 2014, we have made progress on our work toward a more traceable, transparent and sustainable palm oil supply chain.
We use key performance indicators (KPIs) to monitor progress toward our goals, as shown in the sustainability dashboard below. The 2025 progress column in the dashboard shows our progress compared to 2024, 2023 and the 2022 benchmark.
In regard to our Land KPI for Cargill’s palm refinery volumes, the transition from NDPE IRF 5.8 to 6.0 reflects a sector-wide shift toward more rigorous and comprehensive expectations. As a result, our score appears to decline – not because our practices have regressed, but because the updated framework raises the bar for what qualifies as “Delivering” under NDPE IRF.
| Pillar | Sub pillar | Year | Goal/KPI | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
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Climate |
Climate change |
2025 | Support our company-wide goal to reduce Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 10% against a 2017 baseline. | See Cargill's ESG Scorecard | See Cargill's ESG Scorecard | See Cargill's ESG Scorecard |
| 2030 | Support our company-wide goal to reduce Scope 3 GHG emissions by 30% per ton of product against 2017 baseline | See Cargill's ESG Scorecard | See Cargill's ESG Scorecard | See Cargill's ESG Scorecard | ||
| Land and water | Land use | 2025 | 100% Traceability to Plantation (TTP) | 72% | 77% | 74% |
| 2025 | All Cargill’s palm refiners' are in the “Delivering” category of the NDPE IRF | 54% delivering | 74% delivering | 89% delivering | ||
| Water | 2030 | Enable improved access to safe drinking water in our priority communities in Indonesia for 25,000 beneficiaries | 1,193 beneficiaries | 3,184 beneficiaries | 3,953 beneficiaries | |
| People | Farmer livelihoods1 | 2030 | 60,000 farmers supported through services and partnerships by 2030 | 27,167 | 36,817 | 40,173 |
| Number of farmers who received training | 23,149 | 30,850 | 35, 382 | |||
| Number of farmers who are certified/verified under a sustainability program | 9,837 | 15,652 | 15,312 | |||
| Number of landscape programs in which Cargill participates | 9 | 8 | 8 | |||
| Human rights | 2025 | 100% of Cargill-owned palm operations have implemented our HRDD process | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
| 100% of direct suppliers have human rights commitments in their NDPE policy | 72% | 82% | 79% |
1 Referring to all programs registered up to end of December 2024.