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Kraft Heinz Shares 2021 Environmental Social Governance (ESG) Report and 2025 Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging Aspirations
Report Highlights Progress Across ESG Focus Areas, Including Healthy Living & Community Support, Environmental Stewardship, and Responsible Sourcing Pillars
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nReport Highlights Progress Across ESG Focus Areas, Including Healthy Living & Community Support, Environmental Stewardship, and Responsible Sourcing Pillars\n\n PITTSBURGH & CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nToday, The Kraft Heinz Company (Nasdaq: KHC) (“Kraft Heinz” or the “Company”) released its latest Environmental Social Governance (“ESG”) Report along with its 2025 Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging (“DI&B”) Aspirations. The report highlights progress the Company has delivered against these Aspirations and across the Company’s three ESG pillars: Healthy Living & Community Support, Environmental Stewardship, and Responsible Sourcing.\n\n“Our 2021 ESG Report serves as a testament to our approximately 38,000 global employees who went above and beyond to support our communities and each other during 2020,” said Kraft Heinz CEO Miguel Patricio. “We are committed to holding ourselves to a higher standard, stepping up to the plate to boldly address the environmental and societal challenges we face today and those that lie ahead.”\n\nProgress Across Key ESG Focus Areas\n\nAmong the highlights of Kraft Heinz’s progress across its three ESG pillars in 2020:\n\n\nStepping Up to Support Communities: Kraft Heinz provided more than $40 million in financial and product donations for COVID-19 relief, food insecurity, and social justice causes globally in 2020. This includes a $1 million donation to support food programs and social justice organizations in Black communities, including the United Negro College Fund, My Block My Hood My City, the Second Harvest Heartland food bank in Minneapolis, and 412 Food Rescue. Additionally, through partnerships with organizations including Rise Against Hunger, Heifer International, Feeding America, and Magic Breakfast, Kraft Heinz delivered more than 200 million meals globally in 2020 and is on track to achieving its aim of delivering 1.5 billion meals to those in need by 2025.\n\n\n\nCircular Packaging Design: Kraft Heinz has made significant progress toward meeting its aim of using 100% recyclable, reusable, or compostable packaging by 2025. Through 2020, 83% of the Company’s global packaging meets this standard. The Company’s 2020 advances include a 100% recyclable and compostable Maxwell House coffee pod made from plant-based materials in Canada – and a new partnership with Loop, a waste-free online s...