Source: Rita Jane Gabbett, MEATINGPLACE, 7/5/16


Smithfield Foods’ 2015 Sustainability & Financial Report showed progress on a number of environmental aspects of its production practices.

Highlights included:
—Surpassing normalized greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction target and nearly meeting our energy use reduction target four years ahead of our 2020 deadline.
—Reduced normalized water use by 2.6 percent due in part to several new water management projects implemented at facilities and farms.
—Achieving zero-waste-to-landfill status at two additional facilities, bringing the total to six.
—Reducing normalized solid waste generation, despite an increase in production in 2015.
—Expanding collaboration with the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) to establish fertilizer optimization and conservation practices on grain farms supplying feed for our animals.
—Teaming with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to launch the agency’s Nutrient Recycling Challenge, a competition to develop affordable technologies that recycle nutrients from livestock manure.

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