Today is the Time to Act
Climate action can't wait. We're cutting our greenhouse gas emissions 50% by 2030 and aim to reach net zero by 2050.
Acting for Net Zero by 2050, now.
Climate change poses one of the most significant challenges of our era — we must act now to avoid the worst of its impacts. From the factories that make our products to the veterinary hospitals that care for pets, our accelerated, affordable and achievable Net Zero Roadmap(Opens a new window) shows that it’s possible to cut emissions 50% by 2030 and achieve net zero GHG emissions across our full value chain by 2050.
Maria takes her cat to the vet
When visiting the vet, Maria is focused on purring, not pollution. Our commitment stretches beyond the wellness of the pets we love. We’re taking ambitious steps to reduce our carbon footprint by sourcing renewable electricity, optimizing logistics and working toward zero waste. Our aim? Delivering top-tier care for your pets while thinking about our impact on climate.
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Electrifying logistics
We’re working on electrifying our logistics to deliver pet care products with the smallest possible pawprint. Paired with renewable electricity to power deliveries, our future transportation networks won’t pollute carbon into the atmosphere.
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Wind power
We’re investing in renewable electricity via wind and solar farms for our US pet hospitals. By embracing renewable energy, we are taking care of your pet and the planet.
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Partnering with suppliers
We work with suppliers and create consortiums within the pet healthcare industries to help reduce emissions in our supply chain and improve plastic recycling.
Dan makes lunch for his family
While cooking our rice to make a meal, Dan can feel confident he is helping from the farm to his dinner table. Our commitment extends beyond factories; we collaborate with farmers and advocate for climate-smart agriculture. Every bite of our rice blends flavor with a promise: making products that taste good and do good.
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Electrifying our food value chain
We're harnessing renewable electricity throughout our operations. From electrifying our supply chains to leveraging green solutions for areas beyond our direct control, we're committing to a brighter, eco-friendly future for everyone.
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Addressing water scarcity
Water scarcity and climate are linked. It's why we champion the alternate wetting and drying farming method, an innovative irrigation approach that grows lowland rice using much less water than traditional techniques.
Ali treats himself to an afternoon snack
When Ali takes a bite of one of our snacks, he can feel better about its climate impact. We're about more than creating tasty snacks —we're investing in better agricultural and dairy practices and ending deforestation. We think it makes our snacks that much more delicious.
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Deforestation
The loss of global forests is a leading driver of the climate crisis. It’s why we’re transforming our supply chain by working with cocoa, palm oil, beef, pulp and paper and soy suppliers towards compliance with our deforestation-free principles.
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Supply chain transformation
We’re working to transform our supply chain, improve agricultural and dairy practices and eliminate deforestation. Good for our consumers, better for Earth.
Charlie chooses meals to help Cooper be Cooper
When Charlie’s dog Cooper gets his dinner, he can feel confident we’re working toward a planet as healthy as our pet food. We’re going beyond crafting nutritious meals; we're collaborating with farmers and promoting climate-smart agriculture to ensure our pet food doesn’t just support your pets — it has the planet in mind. So, every time your pet digs in, the planet breathes a bit easier.
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Regenerative farming
When going to the dog park, pet owners want their dogs to run on soil as healthy as their food. We’re committed to scaling regenerative farming globally to tackle the impacts of climate change and biodiversity loss.
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Advancing climate-smart agriculture
Keeping the planet healthy means thinking about soil health — and we’re considering all of it, from the farms to the factory. We’re committed to partnering with suppliers to advance climate action on our farms.
Net zero terminology, decoded
What does net zero mean?
The United Nations(Opens a new window) defines net zero as “cutting greenhouse gas emissions to as close to zero as possible.” In line with the guidance from the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi)(Opens a new window), we’ve set long-term targets, cutting absolute emissions by 80% by 2050, removing the remaining carbon emissions through high-quality carbon credits.
What are greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions?
Greenhouse gases (GHG)(Opens a new window) cause global warming. Carbon dioxide is the best-known GHG, others include methane and nitrous oxide, each causes different warming rates. GHGs are often measured in units of CO2e (carbon dioxide equivalent). When we burn fossil fuels or cut down forests, carbon is released into the air as CO2. And when livestock like cows digest their food, their burps release methane.
What are Scope 1 emissions?
Scope 1 emissions include greenhouse gases (GHGs) from sources directly in a company’s control, including emissions associated with fuel combustion in boilers, furnaces and onsite vehicles.
What are Scope 2 emissions?
Scope 2 emissions consist of indirect greenhouse gases (GHGs) from the purchase of electricity, steam, cooling and heating of a company’s facilities.
What are Scope 3 emissions?
Scope 3 emissions cover emissions not produced by the company itself and are not the result of activities from assets a company owns or controls but are indirectly responsible for. Examples include emissions generated from suppliers, farmers, purchasing goods and how products are used after they’re sold.
Why is Scope 3 important?
If we only focus on Scopes 1 and 2, the emissions in a company’s direct control, we won’t solve the climate crisis. Scope 3 emissions make up the bulk of our emissions. Climate science tells us that we must also consider these emissions to have a meaningful impact on our carbon footprint.
Learn more(Opens a new window) about how we’re tackling Scope 3 emissions.
Investing in our net zero future
As part of our pathway to net zero, we’re making several major investments, including procuring more renewable electricity, pursuing sustainable packaging, improving logistics, optimizing recipes, scaling climate-smart agriculture and stopping deforestation in our supply chain.
Renewable energy
We now source renewable electricity for 58% of our global footprint. This accounts for the growth of...
Renewable energy
We now source renewable electricity for 58% of our global footprint. This accounts for the growth of our business.
We don't just imagine a future powered by clean energy – we’re taking actions today to make this possible. As of 2022, we were already at 58% renewable in our global electricity usage, having focused on the countries where we have the largest energy footprint. Leveraging the continued decline in costs and increasing availability of renewables, this covers the remaining usage in other countries where we operate through a combination of off-site and on-site projects.
Logistics
We’re electrifying our logistics and exploring technologies so our products can get everywhere with...
Logistics
We’re electrifying our logistics and exploring technologies so our products can get everywhere with less impact on the climate.
Our global reach means we rely on a sophisticated logistics network to get our products from Point A to B. We’re focused on reducing emissions associated with ingredient deliveries and finished goods to customers— it means our logistics footprint is now flat versus 2015. This reflects early efforts on efficiency that have been balanced out by the need to keep supply chains operating effectively. Looking ahead, we see more radically efficient opportunities and transformational strategies that redesign our networks, the type of transport they rely on and the energy sources they use.
Recipe optimization
We’re innovating to source the best ingredients in the most climate-friendly way.
When considering...
Recipe optimization
We’re innovating to source the best ingredients in the most climate-friendly way.
When considering the impact of our food, we can’t forget about our ingredients. Varying production practices means different suppliers and farms operate at different carbon intensities. Adding carbon intensity to the differentiating criteria among suppliers (alongside quality, price and other factors) has the opportunity to drive competition and innovation in our supply base. It also lets us reward farmers and suppliers who have acted early to reduce emissions. In some cases, this could mean changing suppliers or making geographic shifts in sourcing.
Climate-smart agriculture
We’re strengthening our programs with farmers to limit greenhouse gas emissions and move towards...
Climate-smart agriculture
We’re strengthening our programs with farmers to limit greenhouse gas emissions and move towards regenerative agriculture.
Climate smart agriculture means considering everything on the farm beyond the soil, including logistics.
Deforestation
We’re redesigning our supply chains to help stop deforestation in five key raw materials identified...
Deforestation
We’re redesigning our supply chains to help stop deforestation in five key raw materials identified as having the greatest impact.
We’re accelerating our efforts to stop deforestation and conversion of natural ecosystems in our supply chains identified as most at risk for driving deforestation: beef, cocoa, palm oil, pulp and paper and soy. We will achieve this by only sourcing these raw materials from suppliers that demonstrate compliance with our deforestation-free principles.
Packaging
We’re developing circular solutions to ensure zero waste in our packaging.
As a global business...
Packaging
We’re developing circular solutions to ensure zero waste in our packaging.
As a global business with a diverse portfolio of confectionery, food, pet care products and veterinary clinics, we know packaging plays an important role in ensuring we can bring our products safely to consumers worldwide. While we’re proud of our products, we’re deeply concerned about packaging waste’s impact on land and the oceans.
It’s why we’re rethinking our approach to packaging today: to create a world where packaging doesn’t become waste. Many of the design and material changes we make in service of that goal – such as the use of recycled content – can contribute to our GHG objectives. In addition, there are opportunities in process efficiency and wide deployment of renewable electricity in our packaging value chain that can step-change our results through 2030 and beyond.
The steps we're taking to get to Net Zero by 2050
- Transitioning to 100% renewable energy – by changing how we power our factories, offices and veterinary hospitals, addressing energy used by farmers, how we source ingredients and even the energy used by customers (retailers) and by consumers and pet owners at home.
- Redesigning our supply chains to stop deforestation – by enhancing transparency and traceability of key ingredients such as cocoa, soy, and beef.
- Scaling up initiatives in climate-smart agriculture – by working with farmers on regenerative agriculture, optimizing sourcing, and switching to renewables.
- Optimizing recipes – developing new lower GHG-footprint ingredients for snacks and human-food dishes, as well as alternative proteins for pet food.
- Improving and optimizing logistics – redesigning networks, the type of transport we reply on and the energy sources used, e.g., electrification of vehicles or potential green hydrogen.
- Embedding climate action in the business – embedding climate reductions into our governance and business planning, including it as a shareholder objective, in variable remuneration plans of our senior executives, in investment planning processes, in its merger and acquisition strategy, etc.
Our current carbon footprint total
30.3 MtCO2e
Our Path to Net Zero
Achieving net zero is an investment into your company's long-term success, and making a meaningful contribution to a more sustainable and more stable operating environment.
The Five Fundamental Elements of our Net Zero Roadmap
Net Zero Fundamentals is an approach we developed to eliminate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from our entire value chain as quickly and effectively as possible. We created this after years of collaboration with others in the NGO and business communities. Because no single organization can stop the climate crisis, we hope other organizations can use this approach and partner with us to strengthen it further.
Including all emissions across the full value chain is paramount—from farmers and suppliers to factories, office sites and veterinary clinics.
It’s not about the fastest or seemingly most ambitious target; it’s about delivering real progress in absolute terms, decoupling emissions from our growth.
Net zero success is made up of many smaller, shorter-term decisions that ensure companies stay on the right path. Establishing interim targets of three-to-five years helps hold businesses accountable and better match other business planning and decision-making cycles.
Net Zero means not missing decisions now that you won’t get to make again before the end of your net zero journey. A great example: locating new factories in places that optimize renewable energy access and minimize transport requirements.
The science is clear. Most companies can’t get to net zero by only reducing emissions or sequestering carbon in their own value chains. However, not all carbon credits are created equal, and companies should only use credits to cover the residual emissions, and use only verified, high-quality credits that are real, additional (beyond business-as-usual activities), measurable and permanent and won’t be double counted.
