McCain Foods Limited Releases its First
Global Corporate Social Responsibility Report
Online report builds on company’s legacy of environmental responsibility, Better For You product innovation, creating a positive workplace culture and participating in our communities
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, October 19, 2009 – McCain Foods has released its first global corporate social responsibility (CSR) report, available as a PDF document at www.mccain.com. This benchmark report, following the guidelines of the Global Reporting Initiative, outlines for the first time the company’s progress and commitment to continued advancement in the areas of environmental responsibility, Better For You product innovation, creating a positive workplace culture for our people and participating in the communities in which we operate.
“Corporate Social Responsibility was not common language when Harrison and Wallace McCain first ventured out, but they operated with the philosophy that good ethics is good business and with the highest regard for people, cultural differences and for building mutually beneficial relationships,” says Dale Morrison, president & CEO of McCain Foods. “Even then our founders knew that making decisions with a view to social, economic and cultural challenges was the key to sustained success.”
In 2005 CSR was formally embedded in the company’s strategic business model. McCain Foods’ pillars of responsibility – Respecting our Environment, Inspiring Wellness and Positively Impacting our People – are driven by the company’s mission to make good, nutritious food on the principles of sustainability and food safety and support our employees, customers and consumers in their aspiration for a Better Life.
This first report covers McCain Foods’ progress as of the end of Fiscal 2009 (June 30, 2009) and includes such highlights as:
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Reduced safety Total Incident Rate (TIR) by 30 per cent
- Increased the number of biogas facilities to 23
- Reduced both emissions to atmosphere and energy consumption by 3 per cent at 53 of 55 manufacturing facilities
- Recycled 95 per cent of the approximately 800,000 tonnes of waste generated
- Introduced an enhanced Global Environment Policy
- Certified the first seven of 55 processing plants to ISO 14001
- Completed construction of its sixth facility designed to LEED standards
- Introduced comprehensive energy and water-reduction programs in all facilities – the Search for Joules and Search for Pools
- Introduced McCain Foods’ Good Agricultural Program (GAP) to all contract growers and set metrics for future agricultural reporting
- Introduced 68 new products, 33 under the company’s Better For You guidelines
- Advanced research on the next generation of healthier oils
- Set global sodium-reduction target
- Introduced Responsible Advertising policy
- Key partner to the United Nations’ International Year of the Potato
- Employees completed more than 27,000 e-Learning courses through the McCain Learning Centre
- Increased number of employees participating in continuous improvement programs to approximately 8,000
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“As we have grown, we have gained a deeper appreciation for the impacts our business has on society and on the environment, and of our responsibility to manage these impacts,” says Morrison. “We have also learned that there is opportunity for McCain Foods to be part of the solution to the greater challenges facing the world today.”
To view the report, visit www.mccain.com/company/socialresponsibility/.
About McCain Foods Limited:
McCain Foods Limited is an international leader in the frozen food industry, employing 20,000 people and operating 55 production facilities on six continents. A privately owned company headquartered in Florenceville and Toronto, Canada, McCain Foods has annual sales of CDN$6.5 billion. McCain Foods is the world’s largest producer of frozen potato specialties. The company’s products can be found in thousands of restaurants and supermarket freezers in more than 130 countries around the world.
About the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
McCain Foods followed the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) G3 Sustainability Reporting Guidelines in preparing this report. GRI provides an internationally recognized framework for CSR reporting. For further information on the Global Reporting Initiative, visit www.globalreporting.org.
For More Information:
McCain Foods Global Communications:
416-955-1700
csr@mccain.com |
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