Climate Change Data

Campbell Soup Company

Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2011, 2015, 2016, 2022 (August 2, 2021 through July 31, 2022))

Reporting Period: 2011

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:831,706 tCO2e
Scope 1 Emissions:459,117 tCO2e
Scope 2 Emissions:372,589 tCO2e
Scope 3 Emissions:4,795 tCO2e (air & rail travel)
Renewable Energy Share:6%
Total Energy Consumption:9,835,859 mmbtu
Water Consumption:25,252,790 m3
Waste Generated:301,445 tons
Carbon Intensity:Reduced greenhouse gas emissions per tonne of food produced

ESG Focus Areas

  • Environmental Stewardship
  • Community Service
  • Building an Extraordinary Workplace
  • Delivering on the promises of our brands to our customers and consumers

Environmental Achievements

  • Reduced energy use by 4% per tonne of food produced (2011 vs. 2010)
  • Reduced water use by 5% per tonne of food produced (2011 vs. 2010)
  • Reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 18,500 tonnes in 2011 (2011 vs. 2010)
  • Global recycle rate of >80%
  • Installation of solar panel projects at multiple locations generating approximately 6% of the electrical power needed to operate Campbell’s worldwide operations.

Social Achievements

  • Launched Campbell’s Healthy Camden Initiative with a $10 million, 10-year commitment to reduce childhood obesity and hunger
  • Increased employee volunteer hours by 25% (2011 vs. 2010)
  • Distributed 220 Dollars for Doers grants totaling $233,500 (2011)
  • Donated more than $40 million worth of product to organizations globally
  • Maintained world-class employee engagement levels

Governance Achievements

  • Continued commitment to Winning With Integrity program, including annual ethics training for all employees
  • Active participation in public policy discussions on relevant issues
  • Transparent political contributions through Campbell PAC

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • Not disclosed
Medium-term Goals:
  • Reduce childhood obesity and hunger by 50% by 2020
  • Make a positive impact on 100 million youth by 2020
  • Reduce energy use by 35% and source 40% of energy from renewable sources by 2020
  • Recycle 95% of waste globally by 2020
  • Eliminate 100 million pounds of packaging by 2020
  • Deliver 100% of global packaging from sustainable materials by 2020
  • Reduce water use by 20% and reduce carbon footprint for tomatoes and vegetables by 20% by 2020
Short-term Goals:
  • Establish outcome measures related to food security and obesity by the end of 2012 (Camden Initiative)

Environmental Challenges

  • Childhood obesity and hunger in the U.S.
  • Reducing the environmental footprint of operations
  • Managing consumer concerns about genetically modified ingredients and BPA in packaging
  • Ensuring supplier compliance with CSR and sustainability standards
Mitigation Strategies
  • Launched Campbell’s Healthy Camden Initiative
  • Implemented various energy and water conservation measures, invested in renewable energy
  • Researching BPA alternatives and using BPA-free linings in some products
  • Conducting supplier audits and implementing stringent non-compliance management procedures

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: >80% of suppliers audited in 55 countries over the past two years

Responsible Procurement
  • Supply Base Requirements and Expectations Manual
  • CSR and sustainability criteria embedded in procurement processes
  • Fair Trade Certified cocoa liquor and RSPO Certified Sustainable Palm Oil

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks
  • Not disclosed
Transition Risks
  • Not disclosed
Opportunities
  • Renewable energy investments, energy efficiency improvements

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: GRI G3 Sustainability Reporting Guidelines, GRI Food Processing Sector Supplement

Certifications: LEED Silver Certification (Camden Employee Center)

Third-party Assurance: Business for Social Responsibility (BSR)

UN Sustainable Development Goals

  • Not disclosed

Not disclosed

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • Light soups, whole grain products, reduced-sodium products, natural and organic products

Awards & Recognition

  • Dow Jones Sustainability Index
  • CR’s 100 Best Corporate Citizens
  • Maclean’s 50 Most Responsible Corporations in Canada
  • Tomorrow’s Value Rating
  • Maplecroft Climate CII Benchmark
  • Newsweek Green Rankings
  • Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship CSR Index
  • IRTS Gold Medal Award
  • Top Workplaces
  • NJBIZ’s Best Places to Work
  • American Association of Occupational Health Nurses Business Recognition Award
  • National Business Group on Health Gold Award

Reporting Period: 2015

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:735,556 tonnes CO2e
Scope 1 Emissions:423,730 tonnes CO2e
Scope 2 Emissions:311,826 tonnes CO2e
Scope 3 Emissions:7,366 tonnes CO2e
Renewable Energy Share:6%
Total Energy Consumption:9,863,208 mmbtu
Water Consumption:29,753,024 m3
Waste Generated:329,394 tonnes
Carbon Intensity:0.249 tonnes CO2e/tonne of food produced

ESG Focus Areas

  • Environmental Stewardship
  • Engaging with Customers and Consumers
  • Community Impact
  • Building a High-Performance Workplace

Environmental Achievements

  • Reduced absolute GHG emissions by 6.2 percent in FY2015; and reduced GHG emissions on an intensity basis by 23 percent per tonne of food produced since 2008
  • Reduced absolute water use by 2.4 percent in FY2015; and reduced water use on an intensity basis by 24 percent per tonne of food produced since 2008
  • Increased global waste recycling rate to 84 percent
  • Eliminated 316,000 pounds of raw material used for packaging in manufacturing processes in FY2015
  • Reduced agricultural water use by 18 percent (gal/lb raw tomato) and produced 12 percent fewer fertilizer-related GHG emissions per ton of tomatoes as compared to 2014

Social Achievements

  • Spent more than $171 million with more than 250 women- and minority-owned suppliers
  • Launched a new development program, Inclusive Leadership: Discovering Unconscious Bias
  • Recorded more than 14,100 employee volunteer hours in the U.S. and awarded $169,500 through more than 100 Dollars for Doers grants to nonprofits
  • Donated more than $50 million in food to support organizations

Governance Achievements

  • Improved sustainability governance structure by redesigning Sustainability Leadership Team and moving to a Sustainability Leadership Network

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • Measurably improve the health of young people in hometown communities by reducing childhood obesity and hunger by 50 percent by 2020
  • Make a positive impact on the lives of 100 million youth through programs by 2020
Medium-term Goals:
  • Reduce environmental footprint (water and GHG emissions per tonne of food produced) by 50 percent by 2020
  • Reduce energy use by 35 percent and source 40 percent of electricity from renewable sources by 2020
  • Recycle 95 percent of waste generated globally by 2020
  • Eliminate 100 million pounds of packaging from products by 2020
  • Source 100 percent of global packaging materials from sustainable sources by 2020
Short-term Goals:
  • Reduce energy use and greenhouse gas emissions by 2 percent annually
  • Move two facilities to a 95 percent recycle rate

Environmental Challenges

  • Rising cost of raw materials
  • Impacts to climate and deforestation
  • Brand and reputational damage
  • Business disruption
  • Regulatory challenges
  • Supply chain interruption
  • Water scarcity in certain locations
Mitigation Strategies
  • Embedded value chain risk mapping as part of purchasing manager’s category strategy
  • Collaborated with strategic suppliers on sustainability issues through SRM program
  • Required suppliers to follow environmental and social standards
  • Developed a risk profile for each supplier
  • Proactively managed water scarcity risks by working with growers and manufacturing personnel

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: 567 suppliers audited (29% of active suppliers)

Responsible Procurement
  • Supply Base Requirements and Expectations Manual
  • Supplier Sustainability Scorecard
  • Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) program

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks
  • Weather pattern changes impacting agricultural producers
Transition Risks
  • Not disclosed
Opportunities
  • Not disclosed

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: GRI G4 Sustainability Reporting Guidelines, Food Processing Sector Supplement

Certifications: Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) for all manufacturing facilities

Third-party Assurance: Third-party limited assurance review of GHG emissions inventory

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • Campbell’s Organic soups
  • Goldfish Snacks with whole grains
  • Lower-calorie Homestyle Light soups
  • V8 Vegetable and Fruit Juice beverages
  • Vita-Weat products
  • Just Peachy salsa
  • Plum Super Smoothie

Awards & Recognition

  • Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations
  • Dow Jones Sustainability Indices
  • Euronext Vigeo indices
  • MSCI Global Sustainability Index Series
  • NASDAQ CRD Global Sustainability Index
  • Human Rights Campaign Corporate Equality Index (perfect score)
  • Produce for Better Health Role Model award
  • Corporate Responsibility Magazine’s 100 Best Corporate Citizens

Reporting Period: 2016

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:720,292 tonnes CO2e
Scope 1 Emissions:409,378 tCO2e
Scope 2 Emissions:310,914 tCO2e
Scope 3 Emissions:8,443 tCO2e
Renewable Energy Share:6%
Total Energy Consumption:9,075,854 mmbtu
Water Consumption:31,834,434 m3
Waste Generated:332,137 tons
Carbon Intensity:0.246 tonnes CO2e/tonne product

ESG Focus Areas

  • Environmental Stewardship
  • Engaging with Customers and Consumers
  • Community Impact
  • Building a High-Performance Workplace

Environmental Achievements

  • Reduced absolute GHG emissions by 23.6 percent and reduced GHG emissions on an intensity basis by 24.3 percent per tonne of food produced since 2008.
  • Reduced absolute water use by 17.1 percent and reduced water use on an intensity basis by 17.8 percent per tonne of food produced since 2008.
  • Achieved an 86 percent recycle rate in FY2016.
  • Eliminated 2.2 million pounds of raw material used for packaging in FY2016, for a cumulative reduction of nearly 140 million pounds.

Social Achievements

  • Received a perfect score on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s annual Corporate Equality Index for the seventh year.
  • Recorded more than 12,000 employee volunteer hours in the U.S. and awarded $159,500 through more than 90 Dollars for Doers grants to nonprofits.
  • Donated more than $50 million in food to support organizations such as Feeding America in the U.S.; and provided more than 2 million pounds of food to Food Banks Canada to support food-insecure Canadian families.
  • Spent more than $164 million with women- and minority-owned suppliers.

Governance Achievements

  • Improved sustainability governance structure by redesigning our Sustainability Leadership Team and moving to a Sustainability Leadership Network with oversight from a Sustainability Steering Committee.

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • Reduce our environmental footprint (water and GHG emissions per tonne of food produced) by 50 percent by 2020
Medium-term Goals:
  • Reduce GHG emissions by 25 percent by 2025
  • Reduce water use by 20 percent by 2025
  • Reduce waste to landfill by 25 percent by 2025
Short-term Goals:
  • Reduce energy use by 2 percent in FY2016
  • Reduce water use by 2 percent in FY2016
  • Reduce waste by 2 percent in FY2016

Environmental Challenges

  • Rising cost of raw materials
  • Impacts to climate and deforestation
  • Brand and reputational damage
  • Business disruption
  • Regulatory challenges
  • Supply chain interruption
  • Water scarcity in certain locations
Mitigation Strategies
  • Embedded value chain risk mapping as part of the overall purchasing manager’s category strategy.
  • Collaborating with strategic suppliers on sustainability issues through our Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) program.
  • Developed a Responsible Sourcing Supplier Code.
  • Revamping our Supplier CSR Scorecard to capture environmental performance metrics, as well as social responsibility efforts.
  • Proactively managing water scarcity risks by working with growers and manufacturing personnel to track water usage and increase efficient water use.

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: Occasional comprehensive audits; third-party audits to maintain high accountability and performance.

Responsible Procurement
  • Responsible Sourcing Supplier Code

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks
  • Weather pattern changes impacting agricultural producers
Transition Risks
  • Not disclosed
Opportunities
  • Not disclosed

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: GRI G4 Sustainability Reporting Guidelines, Food Processing Sector Supplement

Certifications: Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) for all manufacturing facilities

Third-party Assurance: Third-party limited assurance review of GHG emissions inventory (ISO 14064-3)

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • The Soulfull Project
  • Just Peachy salsa
  • Plum® Super Smoothie

Awards & Recognition

  • Dow Jones Sustainability Indices
  • Euronext Vigeo US 50 and Vigeo World 120
  • MSCI Global Sustainability Index Series
  • FTSE4Good Index
  • Ethibel EXCELLENCE Investment Register
  • NASDAQ CRD Global Sustainability Index
  • Human Rights Campaign 2016 Corporate Equality Index
  • Produce for Better Health Fruit & Veggie Industry Role Model
  • Corporate Responsibility (CR) Magazine’s 100 Best Corporate Citizens

Reporting Period: 2022 (August 2, 2021 through July 31, 2022)

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:53,763,603 tCO2e/year (location-based)
Scope 1 Emissions:461,968 tCO2e/year
Scope 2 Emissions:215,014 tCO2e/year (location-based)
Scope 3 Emissions:6,339,405 tCO2e/year
Renewable Energy Share:9% of total electricity use
Total Energy Consumption:10,357,711 mmbtu/year
Water Consumption:23,839,277 m3/year (total withdrawn)
Waste Generated:202,410 metric tons/year (waste to landfill)
Carbon Intensity:3.15 metric tons CO2e/metric ton of food produced (location-based)

ESG Focus Areas

  • Trusted Food
  • Vibrant Communities
  • Thriving People
  • Healthy Environment
  • Governance and Ethics

Environmental Achievements

  • Increased use of post-consumer recycled content in packaging (specific percentages for different materials provided)
  • Reduced absolute Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions by -2%
  • Reduced absolute Scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions by -0.5%
  • Increased the use of post-consumer recycled content and incorporated 25% post-consumer recycled content into polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles by CY2030 (progress towards this goal is reported)

Social Achievements

  • Increased food access for 58,393 residents in Campbell communities
  • Provided nutrition education to 28,766 people
  • Invested $2,972,800 to improve the school food environment for children
  • Engaged 28% of Campbell employees in community-based activities
  • Contributed 23,194 traditional and skills-based employee volunteer hours
  • Achieved a 3% decrease in reportable and lost time incidents per year (although data shows an increase in reportable incidents and lost time accidents)

Governance Achievements

  • No significant incidents of non-compliance with laws and regulations
  • Annual training for employees on core ethics and compliance issues

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • Not disclosed
Medium-term Goals:
  • Reduce absolute Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions 42% by FY2030
  • Reduce absolute Scope 3 GHG emissions 25% by FY2030
  • Reduce food waste by 50% by FY2030
  • Transition 100% of packaging to recyclable or industrially compostable materials by CY2030
Short-term Goals:
  • 100% cage-free eggs by the end of CY2025
  • 100% gestation crate-free pork by the end of CY2022
  • Improve broiler chicken welfare by the end of CY2024
  • Increase food access for 100,000 residents by FY2025
  • Provide nutrition education to 50,000 people by FY2025
  • Invest $5 million to improve school food environment by FY2025
  • Engage 70% of employees in community activities by FY2025
  • Contribute 75,000 volunteer hours by FY2025
  • Responsibly source 100% of priority raw materials by FY2025
  • 100% traceability of priority raw materials to country of origin by FY2025
  • Reduce water use by 20% by FY2025
  • Reduce waste sent to landfills by 25% by FY2025

Environmental Challenges

  • Auditing capacity constrained due to the COVID-19 pandemic
  • Safety incidents increased (+19% reportable, +76% lost time)
  • Climate change related risks (physical and transition)
Mitigation Strategies
  • Developed response plans for top risks identified in the ERM process
  • Integrated ESG risk factors, including climate, into the ERM process
  • Conducting climate risk and opportunity screening assessments and scenario analyses
  • Investing in renewable energy and energy efficiency projects

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: Nine suppliers with sixteen manufacturing sites underwent SMETA audits in FY2022.

Responsible Procurement
  • Responsible Sourcing Supplier Code

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks
  • Not disclosed
Transition Risks
  • Current and future regulations
  • Reputation and increased stakeholder concern
  • Increased cost of raw materials
Opportunities
  • Renewable energy
  • Energy efficiency
  • Sustainable products
  • Improved agricultural sustainability and resilience

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: GRI Standards: Core Option, SASB Standards for food and beverage companies, TCFD

Certifications: Null

Third-party Assurance: Apex Companies, LLC (limited assurance)

UN Sustainable Development Goals

  • Goal 1
  • Goal 2
  • Goal 3
  • Goal 4
  • Goal 5
  • Goal 6
  • Goal 7
  • Goal 8
  • Goal 9
  • Goal 10
  • Goal 11
  • Goal 12
  • Goal 13
  • Goal 15
  • Goal 16
  • Goal 17

Campbell's ESG framework aligns with many UN SDGs.

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • Not disclosed

Awards & Recognition

  • Not disclosed