Pilgrim’s Announces Release of 2016 Sustainability Report
July 10 2017 - 6:00AM
Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation (Nasdaq:PPC) today announced the
release of its 2016 Sustainability Report. The wide-ranging,
193-page report covers nearly 90 different important sustainability
aspects and details the company’s performance, explores key
sustainability achievements in 2016, and reveals Pilgrim’s new,
ambitious 2020 sustainability goals. The report showcases Pilgrim’s
remarkable sustainability journey inclusive of environmental,
social and economic progress.
“We are excited to release the Pilgrim’s 2016 Sustainability
Report. The report is our most comprehensive effort to date to not
only share our performance and what we do, but to provide details
on how we do things and why we believe our approach aligns with
your values as a customer, parent, consumer, shareholder, and
stakeholder,” said Pilgrim’s CEO Bill Lovette.
Pilgrim’s approach to sustainability encompasses both immediate
and long-term performance goals to grow our business by satisfying
the needs of today’s consumers, ensure the efficient and
appropriate management of resources, and improve the lives of
Pilgrim’s team members, family farm partners and the communities in
which the company and its team members live and operate.
The 2016 report transparently details Pilgrim’s progress in team
member health and safety, food safety, animal health and welfare,
family farm partnerships, and environmental performance.
2016 Progress:
- Team Member Health & Safety: Outperformed
industry average in Total Recordable Incident Rates (TRIR) and Days
Away, Restrictions, and Transfers (DART) rate;
- Environment: Outperformed eight out of nine
2015 targets, reducing energy use by 28 percent, greenhouse gas
emissions by 33 percent, and water use by 34 percent;
- Animal Health and Welfare: 100 percent of team
members and family farm partners trained in accordance with the
Pilgrim’s Animal Welfare Program, eliminated the use of antibiotics
critically important to human medicine for disease prevention;
- Family Farm Partners: Compensated the more
than 4,000 Pilgrim’s family farm partners $6.39 million to raise
Pilgrim’s birds;
- Communities: Contributed $500,000 over five
years to USPOULTRY Foundation to advance research in poultry
production.
2020 Goals:
- Animal Health and Welfare: Achieve a combined
score of 92.5 percent on the Pilgrim’s Animal Health and Welfare
Scorecard across all complexes, convert 25 percent of production to
antibiotic-free by 2018, and maintain prohibition of the use of
antibiotics critically important to human medicine;
- Family Farm Partners: Create expanded economic
opportunities for family farm partners in on-trend markets
including organic, vegetarian-fed and antibiotic-free;
- Team Member Health & Safety: Reduce Severe
Incidents by 15 percent year over year;
- Product Integrity: Fully implement Pilgrim’s
Supplier Code of Business Ethics and Conduct;
- Water Use: Reduce water use intensity by 10
percent;
- Energy Use: Reduce natural gas use by 14
percent and electricity use by 12 percent;
- Climate Change: Reduce greenhouse gas emission
intensity by 14 percent.
“We are confident that our progress to date, coupled with our
ambitious goals for 2020, will continue to position Pilgrim’s as a
global industry leader in the production of high-quality,
sustainable chicken products,” Lovette said. “At Pilgrim’s, our
unified team believes we are more than just a provider of
great-tasting products. We believe in doing things the right way
and holding ourselves to a standard that our customers, consumers,
partners and shareholders can take pride in. We hope you enjoy the
report and invite you to join us on our sustainability
journey.”
The 2016 Pilgrim’s Sustainability Report is available online at
http://sustainability.pilgrims.com/.
Pilgrim’s welcomes your comments and feedback at
sustainability@pilgrims.com.
About Pilgrim’s Pilgrim's employs approximately
40,700 people and operates chicken processing plants and
prepared-foods facilities in 14 states, Puerto Rico and
Mexico. The Company's primary distribution is through
retailers and foodservice distributors. For more information,
please visit www.pilgrims.com.
Contact:
Cameron Bruett, Corporate Affairs
Cameron.Bruett@jbssa.com
970-506-7801
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