Smithfield’s Ambitious Plans to Cut Food Waste in the Supply Chain

February 1, 2022 EcoVadis EN


Earlier this month, Smithfield Foods Inc., a multi-billion-dollar pork producer and food-processing company, announced it would seek to halve overall food loss and waste in its U.S. company-owned operations by 2030. The commitment is in line with the its other resource conservation and waste-reduction initiatives, including efforts announced in 2019 to reduce overall waste sent to landfills by 75% and achieve zero-waste-to-landfill certification at three-quarters of its U.S. facilities by 2025.


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