Kraft Foods Expands Sustainability Goals

NORTHFIELD, Ill.Kraft Foods announced expanded sustainability goals for the 2010-2015 timeframe to build upon previous success around energy, carbon dioxide, water, waste and packaging reductions. The new goals include the Cadbury and LU businesses acquired since 2007.

Kraft Foods has added transportation and agricultural commodities to what it will be measuring. All of the company's European coffee brands have committed to sustainably source 100 percent of their coffee by 2015.

We're building upon our successes to date," said Steve Yucknut, Vice President, Sustainability. We're learning, improving and looking beyond our four walls for opportunities. Our new goals will help us do more. For example, our increased focus on sustainable agriculture will further boost our scale to help accelerate long-range development in more communities and for more commodities than ever before."

From a 2010 base, by the end of 2015 Kraft Foods plans to increase sustainable sourcing of agricultural commodities by 25 percent; reduce energy use in manufacturing plants by 15 percent; reduce energy-related CO2 emissions in manufacturing plants by 15 percent; reduce waste at manufacturing plants by 15 percent; eliminate 50,000 metric tons (100 million lbs) of packaging material; and reduce 80 million km (50 million miles) from its transportation network.

The company will meet its agricultural goal through third-party certification groups like Fairtrade, Rainforest Alliance and 4C.