Tag: General Mills

General Mills to Reduce Absolute Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 30% Across its Full Value Chain Over Next Decade

Stuart Mitchell

General Mills announced a pledge to reduce absolute greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent across its full value chain – from farm to fork to landfill – over the next 10 years.  The company also committed to a long-term goal to achieve net zero emission levels by 2050. The absolute greenhouse gas commitment was calculated using methodologies approved by the Science Based Target Initiative (SBTi) that model a level of emission reductions that science suggests is necessary to sustain the health of the planet. General Mills was the first company…

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General Mills joins Marcus Rashford’s Child Food Poverty Task Force

Stuart Mitchell

General Mills, the leading global food company, announces its latest move to #endfoodpoverty by signing up to support Marcus Rashford’s Child Poverty Task Force. By joining the Task Force, General Mills stands shoulder to shoulder with its industry peers in supporting policy recommendations designed to keep child food poverty at the top of the government’s agenda. Backing this campaign means supporting the three main policy recommendations in the National Food Strategy: Providing meals to an additional 1.5 million children aged between seven and 16 year via the expansion of free…

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General Mills Commits to 100% Renewable Electricity Globally by 2030

Stuart Mitchell

General Mills set a goal of 100% renewable electricity by 2030 as part of the RE100 global corporate initiative. To achieve this, the company is investing in renewable energy efforts to support the company’s environmental objectives. Examples include two large-scale wind farms which will produce renewable energy credits (RECs), and anaerobic digestion (which captures and uses methane from waste to generate electricity). Internationally, the company is investigating renewable projects where it has energy-intensive operations.  “Signing on to a movement like RE100 extends our commitment to renewable electricity globally, across our supply chain,”…

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General Mills Commits to 100% Renewable Electricity Globally by 2030

Stuart Mitchell

General Mills set a goal of 100% renewable electricity by 2030 as part of the RE100 global corporate initiative. To achieve this, the company is investing in renewable energy efforts to support the company’s environmental objectives. Examples include two large-scale wind farms which will produce renewable energy credits (RECs), and anaerobic digestion (which captures and uses methane from waste to generate electricity). Internationally, the company is investigating renewable projects where it has energy-intensive operations.  “Signing on to a movement like RE100 extends our commitment to renewable electricity globally, across our supply chain,”…

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General Mills to Match 100 Percent of Its Annual U.S. Electricity Use With New Wind Power Agreement

Stuart Mitchell

General Mills has taken one of the biggest steps thus far toward its climate goal by signing a virtual 15-year power purchase agreement with Roaring Fork Wind, LLC, a joint venture partnership between RES (Renewable Energy Systems) and Steelhead Americas, for 200 megawatts (MW) of its Maverick Creek wind project. The wind project, located in central Texas, will produce renewable energy credits for General Mills that, together with the company’s previous wind power agreement, are calculated to equal 100 percent of the electricity used annually at the company’s owned domestic…

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