Tag: General Mills

Ahold Delhaize USA and General Mills Collaborate to Decrease Value Chain Emissions

Stuart Mitchell

Recognizing the importance of collaboration across the value chain, Ahold Delhaize USA and General Mills have announced an innovative approach to address Scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions within their shared value chain. Through co-investments in priority supply sheds — or geographic growing regions where key ingredients are sourced — the two companies will support farmers as they adopt regenerative farming practices. Utilizing expertise from Ecosystem Services Market Consortium (ESMC), a nonprofit member-based consortium, farmers will receive technical and financial support to implement techniques like cover cropping and nutrient management, and…

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General Mills Stands for People and Planet in 2024 Global Responsibility Report

Stuart Mitchell

General Mills has released its 2024 Global Responsibility Report, detailing progress the company made across three priority areas — Planet, People and Food — during its 2023 fiscal year, June 1, 2022, through May 28, 2023. The report marks General Mills’ 54th year of reporting on its environmental and social impact, reinforces the company’s commitment to transparency, and features how General Mills is Standing for Good, a pillar of its Accelerate business strategy. “General Mills has a nearly 160-year legacy of standing for good, and we’re proud of the impact…

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General Mills and Walmart Join Forces To Advance Regenerative Agriculture Across 600,000 Acres by 2030

Stuart Mitchell

General Mills, Walmart and Sam’s Club announced a collaboration today to help accelerate the adoption of regenerative agriculture on 600,000 acres in the U.S. by 2030. This represents the approximate number of acres General Mills engages to source key ingredients for its products sold through Walmart and Sam’s Club. Initial projects will be supported through grants administered by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) and seek to advance regenerative agriculture outcomes across a variety of crops, including wheat, in the Northern and Southern Great Plains. “Through this partnership, we…

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The Country’s Leading Ready-To-Eat Cereal Brands Join Forces This National Cereal Day to Provide Accessible Nutrition and Help End Childhood Hunger

Stuart Mitchell

In partnership with Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry Campaign, General Mills, Kellogg Company, Post, and Quaker are coming together to increase awareness of food insecurity and are making a donation that can help provide more than 300,000 meals for kids.* One in eight kids live with hunger in the United States. Access to critical meals like breakfast can help kids across the country have the opportunity to grow up healthy, happy, and strong. Today, the country’s leading ready-to-eat cereal brands are coming together in our nation’s capital for a…

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General Mills Makes Meaningful Global Responsibility Progress to Shape the Future

Stuart Mitchell

General Mills has released its 2021 Global Responsibility Report, which highlights social and environmental progress made in the 2020 fiscal year, ending May 31, 2020. The annual update, which marks 51 years of reporting for the company, features actions and outcomes across four areas: Food, Planet, People and Community. “Everything we do at General Mills connects back to our purpose of making food the world loves,” said Jeff Harmening, chairman and CEO, General Mills. “The events of this past year – COVID-19 and the racial injustice and social equity movements…

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