General Mills: Environmental Responsibility

By setting goals that push the company to do more, we demonstrate leadership in establishing aggressive goals within the food industry. 

For example, because we set goals: 

  • General Mills burns oat hulls left over from the milling process to reduce one of our plant's carbon footprints by about 21 percent. 
  • We have an irrigation process that uses 50 percent less water than conventional furrow irrigation, and also reduces electricity and pesticide use. 

Our fact sheets contain these and other interesting details. 

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Environment

General Mills' New Customer Service Facility Achieves LEED Gold Certification from U.S. Green Building Council

Responsible Production & Consumption

General Mills Working with Farmers to Grow Sustainable Wheat

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Seeding Sustainability at General Mills

Environment

More Cereal, Less Packaging In Cheerios Boxes

General Mills Awards Grant to Improve Sustainability of Vanilla Plant

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