PROGRESS TOWARD OUR COMMITMENTS 2020/2021
PROGRESS TOWARD OUR COMMITMENTS 2020/2021
The following chart reports our progress towards our global 2030 Kellogg’s Better Days® commitment to address the interconnected issues of health, food security and climate by creating Better Days for 3 billion people by the end of 2030. It also includes progress towards our aspirational equity, diversity and inclusion (ED&I) goals that are part of our ED&I strategy.
Additional information on how we’re nourishing with our foods, feeding people in need and nurturing our planet, all while living our founder’s values, is found throughout this website and in our latest GRI and SASB indices. All commitments are global and conclude at the end of 2030, with a 2015 baseline, unless otherwise noted. Full descriptions of the methodology for each KPI can be found here.
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Pillar
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Priority
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Focus Area
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Commitment
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Progress
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Nourishing With Our Foods
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Addressing food security
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Nutrition and accessibility
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Nourish 1 billion people by fostering wellbeing with our foods by delivering nutrients of need and addressing hidden hunger.
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- 116,416,885 people nourished in 2020
- 684,924,511 people nourished from 2015 baseline
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Feeding People In Need
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Addressing food security
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Hunger relief
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Feed 375 million people in need through food donations and children reached through feeding programs.
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- 35,670,109 people fed in 2020
- 199,077,757 people fed from 2015 baseline
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Nurturing Our Planet
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Supporting a more sustainable food system
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Sustainable agriculture
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Support 1 million farmers and workers globally, especially women and smallholders
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440,000 farmers supported from 2015 baseline
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Responsible sourcing
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Ingredients
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Build resilient and responsible supply chains for our priority ingredients, identified with regular assessments of business and ESG materiality
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On track. Learn more about our methodology and progress here
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Conserving natural resources
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Climate and energy
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Reduce absolute Scope 1 & 2 GHG emissions by 45%
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30% reduction from 2015 baseline
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Partner across our value chain to reduce absolute Scope 3 GHG emissions by 15%
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5% reduction from 2015 baseline
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Achieve 100% renewable electricity in all facilities globally by the end of 2050
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28%
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| Water |
Reduce water use in facilities in high water stress regions by 30% |
26% reduction from 2015 baseline |
| Waste |
Reduce organic waste in manufacturing by 50% |
12% reduction from 2016 baseline |
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Reduce food waste in manufacturing by 30% |
36% reduction from 2016 baseline |
| Packaging |
By the end of 2025, achieve 100% reusable, recyclable or compostable packaging (by volume) |
- 78.5% according to the Ellen MacArthur Foundation definitions of recyclable at scale
- 84% is recyclable or recycle ready
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Living Our Founder’s Values
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Addressing food security
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Advocacy
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Engage 1.5 billion people in the interconnected
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- 137,602,338 people engaged in 2020
- 553,695,039 people engaged from 2015 baseline
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Equity, diversity & inclusion
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Gender parity
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By the end of 2025, achieve aspirational gender parity goal of 50/50 at the management level
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As of July 31, 2021:
- 35.8% Salaried/Production
- 45.7% Salaried
- 43.4% Management
- 36.6% Executive
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Racial
equity
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By the end of 2025, achieve aspirational goal of 25% underrepresented talent at the management level in the U.S.
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As of July 31, 2021:
- 36.3% Salaried/Production
- 22.2% Salaried
- 21.1% Management
- 25.5% Executive
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SUNSETTING EARLIER GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY COMMITMENTS
Nurturing our planet by responsibly sourcing our ingredients and conserving natural resources has long been a Kellogg Company priority. At the end of 2020, a number of these planet-focused global sustainability commitments concluded and were replaced with the goals referenced above. Following is our final progress toward these earlier commitments.
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Pillar
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Focus Area
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Commitment
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Final Progress
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Nurturing Our Planet
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Responsible Sourcing
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Responsibly source our 10 priority ingredients: cocoa, sugar cane, vanilla, palm oil, corn, wheat, rice, potatoes, sugar beets and fruits
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98% progress toward responsibly sourcing our first-generation priority ingredients. Efforts ongoing.
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Help improve livelihoods for 15,000 farmers in regions from which we source
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Complete and ongoing
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Identify women in the value chain and develop programs to help improve their livelihoods, families and communities
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Complete and ongoing
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Conserving Natural Resources
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Expand low-carbon energy use in plants by 50%
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Complete
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Reduce normalized energy use in manufacturing by an additional 15% (per metric ton of food produced)
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15% reduction from 2015 baseline, goal achieved
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Reduce normalized greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in our plants by an additional 15% (per metric ton of food produced)
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25% reduction from 2015 baseline, goal achieved
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Implement water reuse projects in at least 25% of our plants
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16.5% and ongoing
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Reduce normalized water use in our plants by an additional 15% (per metric ton of food produced)
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22.6% reduction from 2015 baseline, goal achieved
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Continue watershed quality support
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Ongoing
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Reduce normalized total waste in plants by 15% (per metric ton of food produced)
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11% reduction from 2015 baseline
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CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY GOVERNANCE
Kellogg Company’s Social Responsibility and Public Policy Committee of the Board of Directors oversees our corporate responsibility strategy. Our Senior Vice President (SVP) of Global Corporate Affairs, who reports to the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), is responsible for successfully implementing the strategy and regularly updating the CEO and Board committee. Our Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO) reports to the SVP of Global Corporate Affairs. Additionally, numerous leaders are accountable for achieving specific corporate responsibility commitments, based on their roles. Our CEO, SVP, CSO and other leaders have annual performance goals tied to the company's Corporate Responsibility metrics.
