Environmental Sustainability at Pilgrim's: An Overview

Food production requires the use of valuable natural resources. As one of the nation's largest poultry companies, Pilgrim's understands that it is our responsibility to be a good steward of these resources, and we have implemented the Pilgrim's Sustainable Progress system to help accomplish this goal. This system serves as the environmental framework for our day-to-day operations and long-range planning.

Our Pilgrim's Sustainable Progress Mission Is:

To be an industry leader in sustaining air, water and land resources by minimizing the resources needed and the wastes generated at our facilities and farms, at our customers' locations and throughout our supply chain in the production of quality and affordable poultry products and by-products for our valued customers."

Our environmental sustainability efforts are focused in the following functional areas:

• Waste and Wastewater
• Wastes and By-Products
• Land and Air
• Transportation
• Packaging
• Energy
• Facilities
• Supply Chain

Our Future: Sustainable Progress

Pilgrim's began as a small feed store more than 60 years ago and is now one of the largest poultry companies in the world. Our understanding of and commitment to environmental stewardship has always been strong, because as an agriculturally based company, we have always understood the importance of respecting and protecting the land, air and water resources we are afforded the privilege to use.

Our Pilgrim's Sustainable Progress system will continue to build on this foundation, allowing us to grow to meet the needs of our valued customers while sustaining the environmental resources we use for future generations.