W .K. Kellogg, our company’s founder, believed that part of running a good business was doing good for society. This promise has guided Kellogg Company for over a century and continues to influence us today.
Our Kellogg’s Better Days® environmental, social, and governance (ESG) strategy is our promise to advance sustainable and equitable access to food by addressing the intersection of well-being, hunger, sustainability, equity, diversity, and inclusion.
The world’s changing climate impacts people's health and reduces crop yields, leading to greater food insecurity. Many diverse and underserved communities are disproportionally impacted by climate change and now face higher barriers to health and access to nutritious foods. And these same communities are most at risk for undernutrition, hidden hunger, and obesity.
We have made a number of sustainability commitments through Kellogg’s Better Days® Promise, including:
• Supporting 1 million farmers and agronomists globally, including women and smallholders, by the end of 2030.
• Reducing absolute Scope 1 & 2 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 45% by the end of 2030.
Kellogg Company is committed to nurturing our planet and partnering with stakeholders across the value chain that support nature-based solutions
• Partnering across our value chain to reduce absolute Scope 3 GHG emissions by 15% by the end of 2030.
• Achieving 100% renewable electricity in global Kellogg manufacturing facilities by the end of 2050.
• Reducing water use in global Kellogg manufacturing facilities in high water stress regions by 30% by the end of 2030.
• Achieving 100% reusable, recyclable, or compostable packaging (by volume) by the end of 2025.
• Reducing food waste across our global Kellogg manufacturing facilities globally by 50% by the end of 2030.
We’re also building resilient and responsible supply chains for our priority ingredients.
For example, in 2022, we created Kellogg’s InGrained™ – a five-year partnership with Lower Mississippi River Basin rice farmers to help reduce their climate impact. Much of the rice sourced from the Louisiana River Basin is used in foods like Kellogg’s® Rice Krispies® cereal and Kellogg’s® Rice Krispies Treats®.
We piloted the program in Northeast Louisiana in collaboration with leading agricultural greenhouse gas measurement firm Regrow Ag, rice producers, Kellogg supplier Kennedy Rice Mill LLC, and agribusiness firm Syngenta.
Rice production emits several greenhouse gases, most significantly methane. Methane contributes approximately 1.5 percent of total greenhouse gas emissions1 and is 25 times more potent than carbon dioxide.2
During the program's pilot year, InGrained helped farmers implement climate-smart irrigation practices that reduced more than 1,600 metric tons of greenhouse gases3 – the equivalent of taking more than 345 gasoline-powered cars off the road for one year.4
Farmers are telling us that, just as importantly, the quality of their rice was not affected by the adjusted irrigation practices.
Around the world, Kellogg has helped more than 445,000 farmers and agronomists since 2015. Our work includes programs to boost their yields and improve livelihoods while also taking steps to help promote biodiversity.
Fortunately, nature and agriculture can serve as a tool to protect and restore the landscapes and species our communities need to flourish. Kellogg Company is committed to nurturing our planet and partnering with stakeholders across the value chain that support nature-based solutions. As a leader in agricultural sustainability, we will continue to support the land and people who support us.
