Investor Presentaiton
52 Cargill 2020 Annual Report
In our global operational strategy, we have defined as priority
topics in the environmental sphere those that present critical
impacts for the business and those we consider to be able
to influence transformations. We have defined as priorities
to protect forests, promote sustainable agriculture, reduce
environmental impacts, help producers to adapt to climate
changes and work to preserve and improve water quality.
Cargill relies on a legal requirement management system, by
means of which it monitors and assesses all applicable valid
legislation to its businesses, as well as new legislation that
is published, licenses and their conditioning factors. This
process is the responsibility of the Environmental, Health
and Safety (EHS) department. In 2021, we will complete nine
implementation phases of the Compliance Management
Project. This initiative involves different professionals from
the EHS and Legal departments, with the purpose of trans-
lating legal obligations into technical actions, monitor and
take the necessary actions to ensure Cargill's legal confor-
mity. GRI 103-2, 103-3 |307, 307-1
Climate change
Strong rains, off-average temperatures and prolonged
droughts that affect water supply are events that threaten
the quality of our raw materials and food production and can
lead to supply crises. Faced with the risks brought on by
climate change, we work to reduce our emissions and pre-
pare farmers to adapt while they seek to mitigate their own
impacts. We have a resilient food system, but the challenge
of meeting the food requirements of a growing population
intensify with this scenario.
In our market, the greatest impacts come from the supply
chain. This is why we have set as our goal to reduce emis-
sions among our suppliers by 30% per ton of product until
2030. On our side, we have committed to reduce absolute
emissions by 10% until 2025, including direct emissions
from sources belonging to or controlled by Cargill and indi-
rect emissions generated by the energy we acquire. These
objectives are in line with the Paris Agreement and with the
goals presented by Science, which intend to not allow the
global temperature increase to exceed 2 degrees Celsius.
Our short-term focus is to develop reduction plans for our
transportation sector. We are working with partners in trans-
portation, logistics and other company areas to optimize
operations involving more efficient equipment and cleaner
fuels. We participate in the Decarbonization Task Force of
the Global Maritime Forum, which intends to achieve carbon
neutrality until 2050, and have established this goal for our
businesses in sea transportation.
Emissions GRI 103-2, 103-3 |305
Due to its diversification of products and services, Cargill
has opted for monitoring the emissions of greenhouse gases
in relation to their absolute value, with a reduction goal of
10% of the overall GHG emissions until 2025 in relation to
the parameter of fiscal year 2017.
The factories in Brazil have as a priority front energy con-
sumption (thermal and electric). Our energy efficiency plan,
updated annually, accounts for the reduction of CO₂ created
by each consumption savings initiative. These calculations
take into account current emission factors and also the
impacts of strategic projects expected until 2025. GRI 305-4
See the data on emissions in the Attachments, page 74.View entire presentation