Cargill partners with customers, farmers, suppliers, and other stakeholders on climate solutions that reduce emissions, strengthen supply chain resilience, and support global food security. Our approach centers on actions across food and agriculture systems that can create meaningful, measurable impact.
How is Cargill addressing climate change?
Cargill addresses climate change through a customer-led approach – partnering, investing and innovating to deliver solutions that help customers meet their climate goals and keep supply chains resilient. That means reducing emissions across our operations and supply chains, expanding renewable energy and efficiency, supporting farmers as they adopt climate-smart practices, and developing lower-emissions products and solutions.
Climate change and food security are deeply interconnected. As weather patterns shift and extreme events become more frequent, the global food system is being tested in unprecedented ways. Rising temperatures are intensifying weather extremes, disrupting growing seasons, and degrading soil health. Together, these changes threaten where and how food is produced, disrupt supply chain stability, and increase risks to global food security. While the global food system has shown resilience, sustaining progress will depend on efforts to reduce emissions and build long-term resilience.
We set the following ambitions to be both meaningful and achievable across our global footprint – so we can deliver measurable reductions while supporting what customers care about most: reliable supply, competitive cost, and credible emissions progress.
Scope 1 & 2 (Our Operations): We aim to reduce absolute Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 25% by 2035 (against a 2020 baseline).
Scope 3 (Our Value Chain): We aim to reduce absolute Scope 3 emissions by 25% by 2035 (against a 2020 baseline).
What progress did Cargill make against its 2025 Scope 1 and 2 ambition?
Cargill’s 2025 Scope 1 and 2 ambition was to reduce emissions by 10% by 2025 against a 2017 baseline. By the end of fiscal year 2025, we exceeded that by more than double – reducing Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 20.9% – supported by continued investments in operational efficiency and renewable energy across our global footprint.
Our fiscal year 2025 highlights include:
20.9%
reduction in Scope 1 and 2 emissions against a 2017 baseline
$69 million
invested in efficiency and sustainability-related capital projects within our operations
105 megawatts
of contracted renewable capacity added, increasing our overall portfolio by 14%
We will report progress against our 2035 climate ambitions annually going forward.
Where is Cargill focused on climate action?
Cargill focuses its climate action on prioritized sources of value chain emissions and key opportunities to strengthen resilience – including animal protein, row crops, land use change, and ocean transportation.
We’re advancing this work through four focus areas:
Reducing emissions and sequestering carbon
We take action across our operations and supply chains to lower greenhouse gas emissions and find innovative ways to sequester carbon.
Innovating new products and solutions
We collaborate with customers and suppliers to support their emissions reduction goals through product innovation and new climate solutions.
Investing in emerging markets
We continue to invest in emerging markets and technologies that help decarbonize food, agriculture, and related sectors.
Engaging with stakeholders
We work with industry, government, and civil society partners to promote decarbonization across agriculture, manufacturing, transportation and energy systems.
Frequently asked questions
What are Scope 1, 2 and 3 greenhouse gas emissions?
Greenhouse gas emissions are categorized into three groups or “scopes” by the GHG Protocol, which is the most widely used international accounting tool for calculating emissions. Scope 1 covers direct emissions from owned or controlled sources, such as Cargill’s manufacturing plants. Scope 2 covers indirect emissions from the generation of purchased energy, such as electricity, steam, heating, and cooling. Scope 3 includes all other indirect emissions that occur in a company’s broader value chain. Examples include the production of raw materials (such as crops and livestock) and transportation of products.
How does climate change affect food security?
Climate change affects food security by increasing weather variability, disrupting supply chains, and impacting where and how food is produced. These risks can affect availability, affordability, and access to food globally.
How does Cargill plan to achieve its 2035 climate ambitions?
For Scopes 1 and 2, we will continue to focus on the levers that drive meaningful progress: energy conservation, capital investments that improve energy efficiency, and renewable energy procurement. For Scope 3, our focus is on scaling supply chain interventions in collaboration with customers, farmers and suppliers (for example, regenerative agriculture and other farm-level practices), alongside execution of our existing deforestation- and conversion-free goals.
How does Cargill work with farmers on climate solutions?
Cargill partners with farmers to support climate-smart agricultural practices that improve productivity, build resilience, and reduce emissions, while supporting livelihoods and long-term farm viability.
How does Cargill report progress against its climate ambitions?
Cargill reports progress against its climate ambitions annually to maintain transparency and build trust. Our Impact Report provides detailed information on our progress, including key metrics and case studies that highlight our achievements and initiatives. We also disclose climate-related data to CDP. Our CDP disclosure includes information on our GHG emissions, climate risks and opportunities, and the strategies we’re implementing to achieve our climate ambitions.
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Reporting and disclosures
We report climate progress annually in our Impact Report and publish climate-related disclosures, including CDP and climate risk reporting.
- Impact Report Library – annual sustainability reporting, including climate metrics and case studies
- CDP Library – our annual disclosures submitted to CDP, including climate
- 2025 GHG Assurance Report – independent assurance statement for selected greenhouse gas information
- Voluntary Carbon Markets Disclosure California AB-1305 – voluntary carbon market disclosure information, where applicable
- Climate Related Financial Risk Disclosure California SB261 – climate-related financial risk disclosure aligned to California requirements
Last updated January 23, 2026