Corporate Responsibility Goals
In 2007, we established goals that will guide our efforts to reduce our environmental impact and improve our commitment to being a responsible company.
Living Out Our Principles
At Jennie-O Turkey Store’s feed mills, even a sunflower shell doesn’t go to waste. Through partnerships with manufacturers and other companies in Minnesota and Wisconsin, the company reuses materials such as sunflower hulls, wood shavings and oat hulls to produce feed and bedding for our turkeys.
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On Waste
In FY 2006, we recycled 13,447 tons of materials at our plants, representing 33 percent of our total waste. Our recycling program also saved more than $1.1 million in FY 2006. We’re proud to have recycled more in FY 2006 than the previous year; however, as a percentage, the program recycled nearly 35 percent in FY 2005. With the acquisition of four production facilities and office space, we continue to reinforce the importance of recycling. This is an education process for our plant locations as well as our newly acquired companies, and it is a topic that continues to be an important internal measure.
View solid waste data on page 24 of our full report [PDF].