ConAgra Foods Makes Strides in Key Areas of Good for You, Good for
the Community and Good for the Planet Citizenship Platform
OMAHA, Neb.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 3, 2013--
ConAgra Foods, Inc., (NYSE: CAG), one of North America's leading food
companies, today announced it has released its 2013 Citizenship Report,
providing a deeper look into how the company is doing good through food
while driving economic gains for its stakeholders. Available online at http://www.conagrafoodscitizenship.com,
the report tracks the progress the company is making on its
three-pronged Citizenship platform: Good for You, Good for the Community
and Good for the Planet.
“Citizenship is integral to how we operate as a company, and it’s a key
component of our five-year Recipe for Growth strategy,” said Chris
Kircher, vice president, Corporate Affairs and president, ConAgra Foods
Foundation. “Our 2013 Citizenship Report shows where we’ve made progress
as well as areas where we can improve, as we continue our journey toward
becoming a leading corporate citizen.”
Since ConAgra Foods issued its last Citizenship Report in 2012, the
company has demonstrated progress in key Citizenship measures to
positively impact employees, the community and the environment.
Highlights from ConAgra Foods’ 2013 Citizenship Report include examples
of how ConAgra Foods:
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saved resources, reducing water use per pound by 6 percent compared to
fiscal year 2012 and repurposing 93 percent of leftover materials
generated from facilities that otherwise would have gone to waste.
Additionally, through its sustainable development initiatives, ConAgra
Foods significantly reduced its environmental impact while cutting
costs by $26.6 million;
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improved safety performance by leveraging a robust safety program that
encourages leadership, accountability and teamwork, ultimately
decreasing Occupational Safety Health Administration (OSHA) Incident
Rate (OIR) by 15 percent. In one facility, ConAgra Foods instilled a
safety culture so impactful that employee injuries decreased by more
than 90 percent.
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championed health and nutrition thought-leadership and education,
issuing more than 7,000 units of continuing education credits to
registered dietitians and diabetes educators through the ConAgra Foods
Science Institute;
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continued efforts to end child hunger in America through multiple
avenues. For instance, ConAgra Foods donated the monetary equivalent
of more than 3 million meals to Feeding America through the Child
Hunger Ends Here® program. Additionally, employees logged
more than 7,000 hours of volunteer service during the third annual
ConAgra Foods Week of Service, doubling the number of hours
volunteered during the prior year’s event; and
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achieved recognition of ConAgra Foods’ ongoing corporate
responsibility commitment, including selection for the third
consecutive year on the Dow Jones Sustainability North America Index
and for the second consecutive year on the Civic 50, validating
ConAgra Foods’ progress in key long-term economic, environmental and
social criteria.
In preparing the 2013 Citizenship Report, ConAgra Foods followed the
Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) G3 Sustainability Reporting Guidelines
and the Food Sector supplement. More information on the GRI initiative
is available at http://www.globalreporting.org.
All data in the report reflects ConAgra Foods' fiscal year 2013, which
ended May 26, 2013. The Citizenship Report covers all company-owned
facilities, including some owned through joint ventures. ConAgra Foods
plans to continue to publish subsequent updates each year in September,
following the publication of its Annual Report to Stockholders.
About ConAgra Foods
ConAgra
Foods, Inc. (NYSE: CAG) is one of North America's largest packaged
food companies with branded and private branded food found in 99 percent
of America’s households, as well as a strong commercial foods business
serving restaurants and foodservice operations globally. Consumers can
find recognized brands such as Banquet®, Chef Boyardee®, Egg Beaters®,
Healthy Choice®, Hebrew National®, Hunt's®, Marie Callender's®, Orville
Redenbacher's®, PAM®, Peter Pan®, Reddi-wip®, Slim Jim®, Snack Pack® and
many other ConAgra Foods brands, along with food sold by ConAgra Foods
under private brand labels, in grocery, convenience, mass merchandise,
club and drug stores. Additionally, ConAgra Foods supplies frozen potato
and sweet potato products as well as other vegetable, spice, bakery and
grain products to commercial and foodservice customers. ConAgra Foods
operates ReadySetEat.com,
an interactive recipe website that provides consumers with easy dinner
recipes and more. For more information, please visit us at www.conagrafoods.com.
Source: ConAgra Foods, Inc.
ConAgra Foods
Chris Kircher, 402-240-5392
Chris.kircher@conagrafoods.com
www.conagrafoods.com