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2009 Corporate Responsibility Goals
* All progress reported on environmental goals has been normalized for production.
People
| Focus |
Goals and Timing |
2009 Progress |
Future Plans |
| All progress reported is based on fiscal year 2009 activities. Goals, unless otherwise indicated, were established in previous reports. |
| Diversity and Inclusion |
Promote a more diverse and inclusive workplace, ongoing. |
Continued Managing inclusion training program for people managers.
Formed three employee resource groups to increase attraction and retention of women and people of color. |
Provide individual contributor appreciating Differences training for all employees.
Encourage the formation of additional employee resource groups to meet the growing needs of our diverse workforce and to ensure inclusion. |
| Safety |
Perform better than the OSHA industry average for TCIR, DAFWII and DART each yeari. |
TCIR: Outperformed OSHA industry average by 27 percent with a rate of 5.5.
DAFWII: Outperformed OSHA industry average by 36 percent with a rate of 0.7.
DART: Outperformed OSHA industry average by 24 percent with a rate of 3.8ii. |
We will continue to perform better than the OSHA average on these indicators and will excel in worker safety at our operations. |
Process
| Focus |
Goals and Timing |
2009 Progress |
Future Plans |
| Energy Conservation |
Reduce energy use at our U.S. manufacturing facilities by 2 percent per year for five years using fiscal year 2006 as a benchmarkiii. |
Indirect energy consumption increased 3 percent in fiscal year 2009 compared to 2006 levels. Direct energy consumption stayed at the same level compared to 2006 levels. |
During the past year, we implemented several capital projects designed to reduce energy use, and expect to see results in the following year. We will continue to emphasize energy conservation throughout the organization. |
| Water Use Reduction |
Reduce water consumption at our U.S. manufacturing facilities by 2 percent per year for five years using fiscal year 2006 as a benchmarkiv. |
Reduced water consumption by 9 percent in fiscal year 2009 compared to 2006 levels. |
We will continue to implement water reduction projects through capital improvements and awareness initiatives for employees. |
| Solid Waste Recycling |
Increase recycling to 50 percent of total waste by November 2011 using fiscal year 2006 as a benchmark. |
Increased recycling to 38 percent in fiscal year 2009 compared to 32 percent in fiscal year 2008. |
We continue to help all facilities meet and exceed the companywide goal to recycle 50 percent of total waste by 2011.
Our plants continue to conduct recycling awareness initiatives and focus on solid waste reduction. |
| Solid Waste Minimizationv |
Reduce solid waste to landfills by 2 percent per year through 2011 using 2006 as a benchmark. |
Reduced solid waste to landfills by 16 percent in 2009 compared to 2006 levels. |
We will continue to work with our locations to find new ways to reduce the solid waste to landfills through recycling, reuse or reduction of materials used. |
| Air Emissions |
Reduce greenhouse gases at our U.S. manufacturing facility by 2 percent per year annualized for production for five years using fiscal year 2009 as a benchmark. |
Reported greenhouse gas emissions for all domestic manufacturing facilitates and established a reduction goal. |
We will continue to identify and implement practices to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions and report the progress toward the reduction goal. |
| Package Minimization Initiative |
Reduce product packaging by 3 million pounds annually from 2006 to 2011vi. |
Reduced packaging by 4.2 million pounds; completed 44 packaging reduction projects. |
Our packaging team continues to identify sustainability projects, which included initiating 77 projects. We continue to work with packaging suppliers on sustainability improvements. |
| Supplier Responsibility Principlesxii |
Develop a Supplier Responsibility Principles by end of fiscal year 2010. |
Started reviewing supplier responsibility principles through benchmarking and determining main components of the document |
We plan to finalize a set of supplier responsibility principles. |
Products
| $2 billion in sales of new productsxiii |
Earn $2 billion in total sales from products created since 2000 by the year 2012. |
New products attributed to 20 percent of revenue. |
We will continue to develop new products that meet changing consumer tastes and preferences. |
Philanthropy
| Charitable contributionsix |
Contribute $4.2 million to local communities and hunger initiatives in fiscal year 2010. |
Contributed $4.2 million to local communities and hunger initiatives. |
We will continue to support local communities and hunger initiatives. |
iOSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) industry average refers to the rate for NAICS (North American Industry Classification System) 3116 Animal Slaughtering and Processing. TCIR (Total Case Incidence Rate), DAFWII (Days Away from Work Injury and Illness) and DART (Days Away from Work, Restricted Work or Job Transfer Injury and Illness).
iiPercentage calculated using 2008 OSHA industry average rates.
iiiBenchmark year changed for goal.
iv Benchmark year changed for goal.
vGoal was restated to focus on solid waste reduction. This change was noted in the 2008 Hormel Foods Corporate Responsibility Report, and this report.
vi Goal is updated from previous year.
viiGoal was not included in 2008 Hormel Foods Corporate Responsibility Report.
viii Goal was not included in 2008 Hormel Foods Corporate Responsibility Report.
ix Goal was not included in 2008 Hormel Foods Corporate Responsibility Report.