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Our socially responsible supply guidelines establish a framework for our efforts to achieve our socially responsible supply vision. They serve as the basis for our work with suppliers to develop goal-setting and monitoring systems.
The guidelines are designed to be broad enough to be relevant to a variety of commodities and to each phase of the supply chain—from raw materials through processing. Rather than prescribe specific practices, they describe desired outcomes. This allows suppliers to use their creativity and technical expertise to identify ways of achieving the outcomes that are efficient for their operations and appropriate for local conditions.
In the social and animal welfare areas, the guidelines offer high-level direction and are understood to incorporate our Animal Welfare Guiding Principles and Code of Conduct for Suppliers. The environmental guidelines are more detailed because we had no comparable existing guidance in this area. |
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- Employee health and welfare. Protect the health and welfare of employees and contribute to the development of the communities within which they operate.
- Economic profitability. Seek ways to increase economic profitability by increasing resource use efficiency and harnessing the benefits of ecological services.
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- Water. Maximize water use efficiencies and eliminate the release of wastes and by-products into the environment via water.
- Air. Minimize the release of harmful by-products into the atmosphere.
- Energy. Maximize energy use efficiency and use ecologically sustainable renewable sources when feasible.
- Waste. Minimize waste production, maximize recycling, and ensure proper handling and disposal of solid waste.
- Soil. Maintain soil health by controlling erosion and improving the structure and fertility.
- Biodiversity. Preserve natural habitats for native species and protection of biodiversity.
- Pest Management. Minimize the use of chemical pest management inputs that impact human, animal, and environmental health.
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- Ensure that animals' needs for food, water, and space, as well as other physiological, behavioral, and hygiene needs, are met consistently.
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