General Mills, Inc.
Recycled Content
General Mills has a target to source 100 percent of our fiber packaging by 2020 from recycled material or from virgin wood fiber regions that do not contribute to deforestation.
Responsible Fiber Sourcing
General Mills has a target to source 100 percent of our fiber packaging by 2020 from recycled material or from virgin wood fiber regions that do not contribute to deforestation.
Bio-based / Renewable Materials
We continually innovate to reduce the environmental impact of packaging through better design – by decreasing materials use, switching to lower impact materials (including renewable) and improving truckload packing efficiencies.
Material Efficiency
We continually innovate to reduce the environmental impact of packaging through better design – by decreasing materials use, switching to lower impact materials (including renewable) and improving truckload packing efficiencies.
Design For Recovery
100 percent of our packaging be recyclable by design by 2030.
Increasing Recycling
In Europe and Asia, we are increasing consumer awareness about plastic packaging recycling options through sorting instruction labeling. In the U.S., through How2Recycle and other global labeling programs, we provide consistent, consumer friendly recycling information on packages.
Greenhouse Gas Emissions
General Mills has a science-based target to reduce absolute GHG emissions across our full value chain by 28% by 2025 ( compared to 2010). By 2050 our goal is to reduce GHG emissions in line with the intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 2050 emission reduction guidance of 41-72% between 2010 and 2050.
Manufacturing / Operational Waste
Achieve zero waste to landfill at 30 percent of our owned production facilities by 2020 and 100 percent by 2025
Water Consumption
Reduce water use by 1% annually [in General Mills-owned production facilities] Champion the activation of water stewardship plans for the company’s most material and at-risk watersheds in its global value chain by 2025.
Energy Consumption
Reduce energy use by 2% anually at all General Mills owned production facilites. Normalized to production.