In the report, Heinz chairman, president and CEO William Johnson said: “Heinz is on track to achieve or surpass our goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, solid landfill waste, energy consumption and water consumption by at least 20% each by Fiscal Year 2015.
“Our global sustainability process is driving continuous improvement in these four key environmental areas that are strategic priorities for the Company.”
Since the baseline year of 2005, Heinz has achieved the following cumulative reductions through Fiscal Year 2011, which ended on April 27:
Other sustainability projects underway at Heinz are focused on reducing packaging, cutting carbon emissions from agriculture, lowering fuel consumption related to transportation and increasing the use of renewable energy.
Source: Heinz
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