Company Advances Toward Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging
Aspirations, Net-Zero Commitment, and Food Security Goals,
Among Other Progress
- Achieved 2021 employee representation objectives,
increasing representation of women in global management positions
and people of color in the United
States by two percentage points, putting the Company on
track to achieve its global diversity, inclusion, and belonging
aspirations by 2025
- Set near-term emissions reduction target of 50% by 2030, on
path to net-zero emissions by 2050
- Delivered approximately 440 million meals to people in need
in 2021, achieving 52% of Company's goal of delivering 1.5 billion
meals by 2025 against its 2019 baseline
PITTSBURGH and CHICAGO, Oct. 18,
2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Kraft Heinz Company (Nasdaq: KHC)
(the "Company" or "Kraft Heinz") today released its 2022
Environmental Social Governance ("ESG") Report, titled "Together at
the Table," outlining progress across its ESG priorities during the
2021 calendar year. Kraft Heinz continues to accelerate toward its
global ESG goals and diversity, inclusion, and belonging
aspirations ("Aspirations"), thanks to future-focused innovations
and key collaborations with employees, nonprofit organizations, and
ingredient and packaging suppliers.
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The Kraft Heinz ESG strategy is designed to prioritize the
issues that matter most to the Company's business and stakeholders.
The Report highlights progress across three key pillars –
Healthy Living & Community Support, Environmental
Stewardship and Responsible Sourcing – that help the
Company build value among its broad set of stakeholders by
incorporating responsible business practices at each stage of its
value chain.
"The food industry has seen countless challenges in the last two
years," said Miguel Patricio, Kraft
Heinz CEO and Chair of the Board of Directors. "It is during these
challenging moments when true innovation happens, and
collaborations are most important. Working with our many partners,
we are developing solutions to foster a more inclusive workforce,
address climate challenges, and combat food insecurity. Now more
than ever, it is critical that businesses like ours take a
leadership role in addressing the environmental and social issues
that affect all of us around the world."
Progress Across Our Three ESG
Pillars
Healthy Living and Community Support
Kraft Heinz is committed to diversity, inclusion, and belonging
("DI&B") and improving the health and wellness of consumers,
employees, and people in need around the world.
- DI&B Aspirations: In 2021, Kraft Heinz strengthened
its commitment to an inclusive culture and diverse workforce by
setting 2025 DI&B aspirations. The Company aims to achieve
gender parity within global management positions and to increase
representation of people of color in U.S. salaried positions to 30%
by 2025. In 2021, Kraft Heinz increased representation of women in
global management positions and people of color in U.S. salaried
positions by two percentage points each (39% vs. 37% in 2020 and
26% vs. 24% in 2020, respectively), which is on track for the
Company's achievement of its global Aspirations by 2025.
- Efforts to Alleviate Global Hunger: Since 2020, Kraft
Heinz has made significant progress toward its goal to provide 1.5
billion meals to people in need by 2025. In 2021, the Company
provided approximately 440 million meals to people in need,
bringing the total number of meals provided to nearly 1.2 billion
since 2016. The Kraft Heinz Foundation committed $12 million over three years to support Rise
Against Hunger's global efforts to end world hunger through
sustainable agriculture and food assistance programs.
- New Nutrition- and Consumer-Conscious Products: Kraft
Heinz continues to create innovations to satisfy consumer demand
for new, nutrition-conscious products, including increasing the
number of plant-based offerings.
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- In 2021, the Company launched various plant-based products,
including three varieties of HEINZ Beanz Burgerz, a fully
vegan mayonnaise, and a vegan alternative to HEINZ Salad
Cream.
- The Company also launched Master Low Salt Weijixian Soy
Sauce, Heinz Veg Hoops with 30% extra vegetables, and
lactose-free Philadelphia
Original Brick Cream Cheese.
Environmental Stewardship
To address ongoing environmental challenges, Kraft Heinz
continues to implement energy, carbon, water, packaging, and waste
solutions across its operational footprint.
- Commitment to Net-Zero Emissions: In 2021, Kraft Heinz
committed to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions across its
operational footprint (Scope 1 and 2) and global supply chain
(Scope 3) by 2050, with a near-term goal of halving emissions by
2030.
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- In 2021, Kraft Heinz made significant progress against its goal
to reduce waste to landfill intensity by 20% across its
manufacturing facilities by 2025. At the end of 2021, the Company
had achieved a waste to landfill intensity reduction of nearly
15%.
- Sustainable Packaging: Kraft Heinz continues to drive
progress toward its goal of using 100% recyclable, reusable, or
compostable packaging by 2025. Through 2021, approximately 84% of
the Company's global packaging portfolio met this goal.
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- As part of this broader goal, Kraft Heinz set out to create a
fully circular Heinz Tomato Ketchup bottle in Europe by 2022. The final piece of this
project was developing a recyclable cap. Teams across the Company
created 45 unique designs, printing each in-house using a
state-of-the-art 3D printer, to develop the recyclable solution for
the Heinz Tomato Ketchup squeeze bottle. The bottle is
expected to be rolled out globally, starting in Europe, by the end of 2022.
- The Company is developing and testing a fiber-based
microwavable cup for Kraft Mac and Cheese. The innovative
cup, slated for release by the end of 2022, will also eliminate the
plastic label through new direct-print technology.
"Innovations like the fully circular Heinz Tomato Ketchup
bottle and new plant-based products like vegan mayonnaise are
great examples of how Kraft Heinz is working to lead the future of
food," said Rashida La Lande, EVP, Global General Counsel, and
Chief Sustainability and Corporate Affairs Officer at Kraft Heinz.
"This work demonstrates the potential that lies at the intersection
of doing what's good for the planet and addressing important
consumer needs at the same time."
Responsible Sourcing
To meet its sustainable product and agricultural goals,
Kraft Heinz is incorporating responsible choices throughout its
supply chain.
- Supplier Diversity Program: To support an inclusive
economy, in 2021 Kraft Heinz launched its Supplier Diversity
Program, committing to partner with suppliers that are
majority-owned, -operated, and -managed by women, people of color,
LGBTQ+ people, people with disabilities, or veterans, with a goal
of tripling the Company's spend with such companies by 2025.
- Sustainable Agricultural Practices: Kraft Heinz is
working in partnership with growers to implement sustainable
agricultural practices and take significant steps to strengthen its
Sustainable Agricultural Practices Manual ("SAP Manual"). The
Company's SAP Manual was benchmarked against the Sustainable
Agriculture Initiative Platform's Farm Sustainability Assessment
3.0, receiving Silver Level status in 2021. Kraft Heinz also
launched its SAP Manual in 2021 with suppliers and growers in
Spain and California with the goal of sustainably
sourcing 100% of tomatoes in Heinz Tomato Ketchup by
2025.
The 2022 ESG Report was prepared using the Global Reporting
Initiative ("GRI") ESG reporting standard and in alignment with the
general principles of the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board
("SASB") for food and beverage companies, as well as the Task Force
on Climate-related Financial Disclosure ("TCFD").
More information on Kraft Heinz's progress and commitments, as
well as separate downloads of its GRI, SASB, and TCFD indexes and
disclosures, are available at www.kraftheinzcompany.com/esg.
About The Kraft Heinz
Company
We are driving transformation at The Kraft Heinz Company
(Nasdaq: KHC), inspired by our Purpose, Let's Make Life
Delicious. Consumers are at the center of everything we do.
With 2021 net sales of approximately $26
billion, we are committed to growing our iconic and emerging
food and beverage brands on a global scale. We leverage our scale
and agility to unleash the full power of Kraft Heinz across a
portfolio of six consumer-driven product platforms. As global
citizens, we're dedicated to making a sustainable, ethical impact
while helping feed the world in healthy, responsible ways. Learn
more about our journey by visiting
www.kraftheinzcompany.com or following us on LinkedIn and
Twitter.
Forward-Looking
Statements
This press release contains a number of forward-looking
statements. Words such as "aim," "achieve," "aspire," "commit,"
"continue," "design," "expect," "increase," "plan," "target,"
"will," and variations of such words and similar future or
conditional expressions are intended to identify forward-looking
statements. These statements are not historical facts and are based
on Kraft Heinz's current beliefs, expectations, estimates, and
projections. These forward-looking statements are subject to a
number of risks and uncertainties, many of which are difficult to
predict and beyond Kraft Heinz's control, which could cause actual
results to differ materially from those indicated in the
forward-looking statements. Those factors include, but are not
limited to, decreased agricultural productivity; increased consumer
demand for food products or changes in consumer preferences;
economic and political conditions in the
United States and other places where we do business or
source raw materials; climate change, legal or regulatory responses
thereto, and our compliance with such laws; our dependence on
technology and the reliability of such technology, including the
pace of changes in technology and potential damage to or
interruptions in technology; costs of resources and raw materials;
adverse weather conditions and natural disasters; labor strikes;
the ability to attract, hire, and retain qualified personnel; and
our future financial and operating performance within and relative
to our industry, as well as the other risks in the 2022 ESG Report
and the risk factors set forth in Kraft Heinz's filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company's most
recently filed Annual Report on Form 10-K and subsequent reports on
Forms 10-Q and 8-K. Kraft Heinz disclaims and does not undertake
any obligation to update, revise, or withdraw any forward-looking
statement in this press release, except as required by applicable
law or regulation.
Media:
Chelsea
Slaggert
Chelsea.Slaggert@kraftheinz.com
Investor Relations:
Anne-Marie
Megela
Anne-Marie.Megela@kraftheinz.com
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