Pilgrim’s Celebrates 2021 Sustainability Accomplishments
Company Shares Progress Toward Ambitious 2030 Goals
WEBWIRE – Friday, August 5, 2022
Pilgrims [NASDAQ: PPC], a leading global food company, announced the release of its 2021 Sustainability Report, which includes progress updates toward the organizations 2030 goals that were announced last year. The report details the companys advancements in critical areas team members, environment, communities, animal care, customers and consumers, and suppliers across its operations in the United States, the UK, Continental Europe and Mexico.
As Pilgrims continues to strengthen its approach toward sustainability and ESG, the company completed its first sustainability-linked bond audit, resulting in positive progress toward the commitment to achieve a 30 percent reduction in scope 1 and scope 2 greenhouse gas emission intensity by 2030. The newly-created Pilgrims Pride ESG Committee of the Pilgrims Board of Directors was also developed, which has been tasked with overseeing areas such as climate change, human rights, diversity and inclusion, and employee health, safety and well-being to ensure excellence, humanity and corporate responsibility are fully integrated in every level of the organization.
At Pilgrims, we recognize our role as a global food company and a large employer in the areas where we operate, said Fabio Sandri, CEO, Pilgrims. We are working to leverage our scale and influence to help food and agriculture be part of the solution to many of the sustainability challenges we face around the world.
Key achievements detailed in the 2021 report include:
Team Members:
-Expanded our Better Futures program throughout the US, which provides tuition-free community college to our team members and their dependents with more than 370 participants signed up and two graduates to date
-Achieved a 39% improvement in the Global Safety Index since 2019, surpassing our 30% goal
Environment:
-Reduced scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emission intensity by 10% from our 2019 baseline
-Invested more than $18.7 million in 64+ greenhouse gas emission reduction projects in Pilgrims facilities
Animal Care:
-Launched our global Animal Welfare Scorecard, created by Pilgrims animal welfare teams using a combination of indicators selected for their importance to the health and welfare of our animals
Communities:
-Completed over 100 infrastructure and social services projects across the US through our $15 million Pilgrims Hometown Strong initiative
Suppliers:
-Partnered with more than 6,000 livestock and poultry producer partners, providing payments of more than $2.2 billion
We are investing in sustainability and ESG initiatives throughout our organization like never before, and I am confident we will continue pushing ourselves and the industry forward in a meaningful way, Sandri said. Our vision to be the best and most respected company in our industry, creating the opportunity of a better future for our team members will continue guiding us as we move forward on this journey.
To learn more, visit the 2021 Pilgrims Sustainability Report online at sustainability.pilgrims.com.
Pilgrims Mayfield today announced it will hold a free Covid-19 vaccine clinic and give away free meat for a year to one lucky winner who gets vaccinated. In partnership with the Graves County Health Department, the clinic will be held on Aug. 14 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the First Kentucky Bank (223 S. 6th St.). As part of Pilgrims goal to vaccinate Americans in the rural communities where the company operates, it is awarding one winner who receives their first vaccine at the clinic with free beef, pork and chicken to feed a family of four for a year. Nearly 60% of Pilgrims Mayfield team members have been vaccinated to date. Vaccination is an important step to keeping everyone healthy and preventing the spread of Covid-19, said Kent Massey, Pilgrims Mayfield complex manager. This vaccination clinic is a great opportunity to show your commitment to our community with the added bonus of a chance to win free meat for a year. Pilgrims has promoted vaccination among its workforce of more than 31,000 U.S. employees with great success. The companys vaccination program includes onsite clinics, paid time off, a $100 incentive bonus and a multi-lingual education campaign. Pilgrims wants to help raise local community vaccination rates to help safeguard its hometowns across the country. The Pilgrims Your Shot at Free Meat for a Year sweepstakes campaign builds on the companys Hometown Strong initiative, a $20 million investment in local communities where Pilgrims operates. Learn more here.
JBS USA and Pilgrims (the company) announced that all of its global facilities are fully operational after resolution of the criminal cyberattack on Sunday, May 30. The companys swift response, robust IT systems and encrypted backup servers allowed for a rapid recovery. As a result, JBS USA and Pilgrims were able to limit the loss of food produced during the attack to less than one days worth of production. Any lost production across the companys global business will be fully recovered by the end of next week, limiting any potential negative impact on producers, consumers and the companys workforce. Thanks to the dedication of our IT professionals, our operational teams, cybersecurity consultants and the investments we have made in our systems, JBS USA and Pilgrims were able to quickly recover from this attack against our business, our team members and the food supply chain, said Andre Nogueira, JBS USA CEO. The criminals were never able to access our core systems, which greatly reduced potential impact. Today, we are fortunate that all of our facilities around the globe are operating at normal capacity, and we are focused on fulfilling our responsibility to produce safe, high-quality food. Immediately upon learning of the intrusion, the company contacted federal officials and activated its cybersecurity protocols, including voluntarily shutting down all of its systems to isolate the intrusion, limit potential infection and preserve core systems. In addition, the companys encrypted backup servers, which were not infected during the attack, allowed for a return to operations sooner than expected. JBS USA and Pilgrims prioritized restoring systems critical to production to ensure the food supply chain, producers and consumers were not adversely impacted. We would like to thank the White House, the USDA and the FBI for their support in quickly resolving this situation, Nogueira stated. The company is not aware of any evidence at this time that any customer, supplier or employee data has been compromised or misused as a result of the situation.
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