Sustainability.

Making efficient use of natural resources.

Our products are highly dependent on the natural world around us, and as a global business it is our responsibility to help address climate change. We do this by striving to use fewer natural resources and being efficient in our use of energy and water, while reducing our waste.

Operating in a resource-efficient way helps us increase food production while minimizing our environmental impact.

Carbon neutrality at our Araxá plant: Scope 1 and 2

McCain’s Araxá plant in Brazil has become the first McCain plant globally to achieve carbon neutrality for Scope 1 and 2 emissions, receiving PAS 2060 certification (an internationally recognized standard for carbon neutrality) from the British Standards Institution (“BSI”), one of the world’s largest standards certification bodies. This certification does not include Scope 3 emissions, which include all other indirect upstream and downstream emissions that occur in a company’s value chain.

The plant operates on 100% renewable electricity and uses biomass to fuel its boiler process, which also generates energy for the site. To achieve its carbon neutral certification with respect to its 2024 fiscal year, small residual emissions (approximately 1,200 tonnes) were offset by purchasing an equivalent amount of carbon credits.