- Online tool provides information, updates on company’s wide-ranging efforts to meet important sustainability goals
CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE: ADM) has unveiled its
Sustainability Progress Tracker, an online tool to provide an overview
of the company’s goals and plans, as well as detailed reports on
progress, as it works toward full implementation of its Commitment to
No-Deforestation. The ADM Sustainability Progress Tracker can be found
at www.adm.com/progresstracker.
“As individuals, governments, companies and NGOs the world over
celebrate Earth Day, we are proud to unveil this online tool, which
underlines our continued commitment to achieving the important
sustainability goals we laid out when we issued our Commitment to
No-Deforestation last year,” said ADM Chairman and CEO Juan Luciano.
“Now, customers, partners and other stakeholders can see the progress
we’ve made, and just as importantly, our plans to continue to implement
our sustainability goals.”
Though—with rare exceptions—ADM is not a grower of crops, the
No-Deforestation policy aims to leverage the company’s role as a major
buyer of crops to help create more sustainable, traceable agricultural
supply chains that protect high carbon stock forests, important natural
ecosystems and peatlands, as well as the human rights of individuals
along the agricultural value chain. ADM has partnered with The Forest
Trust to implement the policy.
Working with The Forest Trust, ADM has made significant progress since
the company issued the No-Deforestation commitment last May. The company
has mapped its palm oil footprint, established baseline traceability
scores, and completed a review of all of its direct suppliers. On the
soy side, ADM is working to identify regions of high risk, establish
baseline scores, and review all of its suppliers in order to create a
detailed action plan for working with suppliers to achieve the company’s
goals.
“The Progress Tracker also highlights the important progress we’ve made
in implementing our 2014 Commitment to Respect Human Rights,” said
Ismael Roig, ADM’s chief sustainability officer. “Last year, we
completed our global analysis of human rights issues and identification
of high-risk geographies, and analyzed the risks in our own supply
chain. Now we’re moving forward with actions to mitigate those risks.”
About ADM
For more than a century, the people of Archer Daniels Midland Company
(NYSE: ADM) have transformed crops into products that serve the vital
needs of a growing world. Today, we’re one of the world’s largest
agricultural processors and food ingredient providers, with more than
32,300 employees serving customers in more than 160 countries. With a
global value chain that includes 428 crop procurement locations, 280
ingredient manufacturing facilities, 39 innovation centers and the
world’s premier crop transportation network, we connect the harvest to
the home, making products for food, animal feed, industrial and energy
uses. Learn more at www.adm.com.
Archer Daniels Midland Company
Media Relations
Jackie Anderson
media@adm.com
312-634-8484