Becoming a Force for Good
To bring our Purpose to life, our new approach to sustainability focuses our efforts where we can contribute to positive outcomes across climate, nature, and people, recognizing that each is closely interconnected. We want to use our business as a Force for Good – this means investing in initiatives that drive meaningful change and support the transformation of the food system.
Force for Good is our new global sustainability strategy. It marks the next chapter of our sustainability journey and raises our level of ambition. The strategy focuses on supporting to transform the food system through selected initiatives in climate action, nature regeneration, healthier products, and strengthening the livelihoods of producers and workers. It builds on our work on climate action in our operations, packaging optimization, waste reduction, animal welfare, human rights and responsible sourcing.
Action in key supply chains
Our supply chains are broad, covering many products and regions. That means we need to prioritize the ingredients and raw materials where our action can best support progress for climate, nature, and people. Our focus is on areas of action in the selected supply chains of coffee, cocoa, fruit and vegetables, dairy, and beef. At the same time, we intend to continue strengthening standards in other key supply chains, such as fish and seafood.
With this focused approach, we apply the same discipline to our sustainability initiatives as we do to cost. We direct our resources to where we identify the greatest potential to create positive impact.
How we support to transform the food system
With our Force for Good strategy, we are implementing initiatives across climate, nature and people, recognizing that progress in each depends on progress across all. As this journey is still in its early states, the examples we share today represent only a portion of the work underway. We plan to use interconnected activities that allow us to simultaneously address diverse sustainability challenges from multiple angles, such as enhancing our sourcing practices, investing in projects on farms and in priority supply sheds, collaborating with others, and advocating for policy changes. As our work evolves, we continue to share new examples of our initiatives, partnerships and progress.
