We are on track to have an approved science-based target for the reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2023.
We also continued to support the renewable energy markets by subscribing to community solar gardens at five manufacturing locations, including our newest solar energy project that came online in 2021 at our Jennie-O Turkey Store facility in Montevideo, Minn. The 1.75-megawatt array will power more than 10% of the plant with renewable energy. We look forward to continuing our support of renewable energy through additional initiatives in the future.
*According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator.
**Average of the following sources:
Truckloads are 65% less efficient than rail cars (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Transportation and Air Quality).
Updated trucks prove to be 75% less efficient than locomotives (Association of American Railroads).