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Tyson Foods Announces Collaboration On Conservation, Releases Report

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Tyson Foods Inc. of Springdale on Monday announced its collaboration with the World Resources Institute to develop industry leading, science-based greenhouse gas and outcome-based water conservation targets for its operations and the company’s supply chain.

The agreement follows recent announcements about Tyson Foods’ commitment to a healthier workplace, decision to move to no antibiotics ever for its Tyson-branded retail line of chicken and hiring of Justin Whitmore as its first chief sustainability officer.

Tyson currently measures and reports greenhouse gas emissions from sources it controls as well as indirect emissions from the energy it buys. The company said environmental targets designed with WRI will eventually involve collaborating with its entire supply chain, including material and ingredient suppliers, and the farmers who raise and supply Tyson with chicken, turkey, cattle and pigs.

The company today also announced the release of its fiscal 2016 Sustainability Report on Monday.

Read the report here. Highlights include:

  • 1.6 percent of the broiler chicks placed by Tyson during fiscal 2016 in its supply chain were treated on farms by veterinarians with antibiotics that are also used in human medicine.

  • Tyson made more than $12.5 million in cash and in-kind donations and provided more than 8.2 million pounds of food for hunger and disaster relief. It recently gave $340,000 to One Egg to create an economically sustainable egg farm in Haiti.

  • The company has supported efforts by The Nature Conservancy’s Arkansas Chapter to restore a stream bank in the Oxbow section of the Kings River, monitor sediment reduction, survey a tributary and plan its restoration. Tyson also supported Elk River projects and enrolling conservation easements in Arkansas’ Buffalo National River watershed.

  • More than 280 of its products meet specific school nutrition regulations for fat, sodium, and calorie content, while 31 products meet USDA’s “Smart Snacks in Schools” regulations and 122 products carry the Whole Grain Stamp from the Whole Grain Council.

  • The company reduced its overall OSHA Recordable Incident Rate by 19.4 percent, ahead of its year-over-year goal of a 15 percent reduction.

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