In its quest to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions 25 percent by 2025, Smithfield Foods has made significant leaps forward, through innovative manure-to-energy technology and total supply-chain assessment and reorganization.
In December 2016, Smithfield Foods — the world’s largest pork processor and hog producer — made known to the world its plan to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 25 percent across its entire supply chain by the year 2025.
The challenge that lay ahead was significant — but Smithfield wasn’t ready to back down or let this headline become an empty promise. Nearly a quarter of the way toward the deadline, Smithfield is already reaping the benefits of several major breakthroughs throughout its initiatives that have set it up for future success.