ADM Reports Significant Progress in 2016 Corporate Sustainability Report
May 11 2017 - 3:47PM
Business Wire
- Company advancing traceability goals,
continuing to reduce water, energy, emissions intensity
Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE: ADM) today issued its 2016
Corporate Sustainability Report, which details significant progress
in areas ranging from energy and water efficiency to the
traceability of the company’s palm and soy supply chains.
“In 2016, we made significant advancements in our social and
environmental goals, reflecting how we run our business and make a
productive contribution to society,” said ADM Chairman and CEO Juan
Luciano. “We are addressing some of the world’s most urgent needs
by improving our energy and water efficiency, implementing
initiatives to ensure a sustainable global supply chain, enforcing
human rights, and investing in local economies where ADM
operates.”
The report, available at www.adm.com/sustainability, details a
wide range of achievements:
- ADM has reached its stated goal in palm
oil traceability, achieving 98 percent traceability for palm oil
and 95.5 percent for palm kernel oil.
- The company has completed a soybean
sourcing analysis for Paraguay, Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and
Bolivia; advanced its efforts to map soy sourcing systems and
processes in Brazil and Paraguay; and is working to identify and
test methodology and monitoring tools to implement a viable system
to detect deforestation of native vegetation.
- Since 2010, the company has reduced
energy intensity by 25 percent and emissions by 11 percent on a
per-unit-of-production basis.
- Since 2008, ADM has reduced water usage
by 24 percent on a per-unit-of-production basis.
- As part of its Respect for Human Rights
policy implementation, the company instituted site visits and
training programs in Paraguay, Brazil, and India.
- In 2016, ADM contributed more than $11
million to charitable causes.
About ADM
For more than a century, the people of Archer Daniels Midland
Company (NYSE: ADM) have transformed crops into products that serve
the vital needs of a growing world. Today, we’re one of the world’s
largest agricultural processors and food ingredient providers, with
approximately 32,000 employees serving customers in more than 160
countries. With a global value chain that includes approximately
500 crop procurement locations, 250 ingredient manufacturing
facilities, 38 innovation centers and the world’s premier crop
transportation network, we connect the harvest to the home, making
products for food, animal feed, industrial and energy uses. Learn
more at www.adm.com.
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