Cargill Cuts CO2 Emissions by 12%, Will Reach 15% Reduction by 2020

Cargill recently released a collection of sustainability reports across four key businesses: Aqua Nutrition; Cocoa and Chocolate; Ocean Transportation; and Premix and Nutrition.

The reports provide insight into how Cargill addresses the impacts of climate change and delivers sustainable solutions. In addition, they highlight progress made on specific goals in key areas such as direct sourcing, improving traceability, building up the socioeconomic resilience of farmers and protecting ocean and aquatic life.

Ocean Transportation: Cargill is committed to improving the sustainability of its operations and leading the maritime industry to a more sustainable future. In 2018, the business made important progress toward carbon emissions reduction targets, chartering more energy efficient vessels and preparing for sulphur emissions changes.

• Cargill was a driving force in helping to develop – and one of the first six companies to sign – the GMF CEO Declaration. Issued inOctober 2018, this call to action has been signed by more than 50 industry leaders from across the global maritime value chain urging the industry to transition toward a decarbonized future.
• The business reached a 12.1% decline in CO2 output per cargo-ton-mile across time-chartered fleet since 2016. This keeps the business on course to achieve its 2020 goal of a 15% reduction. In 2018, the business reduced gross CO2 emissions 350,000 tons (4.5%) while it maintained the same level of transport activity.

Premix and Nutrition: Cargill works collaboratively with partners, farmers and customers to build a socially responsible, environmentally sound and economically viable animal nutrition supply chain. The company's premix and nutrition division launched critical efforts to improve feed efficiency, reduce emissions and increase transparency.

• Improved operational efficiency has reduced the energy used per ton of product by 3.7% in 2018 and reduced GHG emissions by 2.4% per ton of product.
• Cargill products have been shown to lower methane from cows by up to 10% and ammonia from chickens and pigs by up to 50%.
• Moving forward, the business has made a commitment that all future animal nutrition products and services will have a sustainability advantage.