“At Monsanto, we are proud to work with our collaborators and partners to cultivate meaningful change as we continue to take decisive action to further embed sustainability into our business,” said Jesus Madrazo, Monsanto’s Vice President of Corporate Engagement. “We are pleased to share our sustainability report and the positive progress we are making toward our commitments.”
The report, "Growing Better Together", provides a transparent review of Monsanto’s sustainability efforts from three perspectives – people, planet and company.
- People: Helping make balanced meals more accessible for everyone on the planet, and improving lives for farmers, employees, consumers and communities.
- Planet: Pursuing agricultural solutions that help mitigate climate change, ensure access to fresh water, preserve biodiversity and improve soil health.
- Company: Placing high ethical standards, effective corporate governance, responsible product stewardship and transparent reporting at the center of the way it operates its business.
Other highlights from the 2015 report include the following:
- Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from its crop protection operations by 22 percent by 2020: Attained 73 percent of goal.
- Increasing irrigation water application efficiency across the global seed production operation by 25 percent by 2020: Attained 35 percent of goal.
- Helping farmers use nutrients more efficiently to curb greenhouse gas emissions on 1 million acres in the United States by 2020: Attained 20 percent of goal.
- In December 2015, Monsanto announced its commitment to make its operational footprint carbon neutral by 2021 through a unique program targeted across its seed and crop protection operations, as well as through collaboration with farmers.
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