From small family farms to global shipping lanes, Cargill works every day to implement new sustainable practices to reduce our impact on the planet and protect people.
Through our long history, we have seen agriculture be part of the solution to the world’s most urgent challenges. We know that we must address climate change and conserve water and forests, while meeting the rising demand for food. These are complex challenges, but we have overcome many obstacles to keep our food system resilient and we will continue. We feel a deep responsibility to protect the planet and its people, to ensure a cleaner, safer future for generations to come.
Our Priorities
We’ve set priorities that account for the diverse environmental, social and economic impacts of our business. Still, we realize that no company can take on these challenges on its own. Through connection and collaboration with farmers, our customers, and global and local communities, we believe our food system will remain resilient.
Sustainable Innovation
Investing in plant-based and cultured proteins underscores our focus on taking an inclusive view to producing wholesome, sustainable protein.
Installing biomass boiler at Amsterdam crush refinery using cocoa shells from our plants in Zaandam.
Collaboration Cargill and Vattenfall with Windpark Hanze leading to 90% of Cargill's electricity consumption in the Netherlands supplied with renewable power.
Cargill Bioindustrial is expanding its Gouda facility with a new line for FR3® renewable, biobased transformer fluid, reinforcing its commitment to sustainable, high-performance solutions.
Biogas JV in Zeeland: First step into large-scale biogas production. The facility can turn waste into advanced biogas as we continue to play a key role in the decarbonization of the food and transport sector.
Modernization of the Botlek tropical oil refinery supports growth in Health & Nutrition and specialty oils while cutting 6,000 tons of CO2 emissions and reducing gas use by up to 70%.
Smart transport: electrically powered inland shipping vessels for cocoa. The new setup will be fully electrified, and the E-Pusher is able to push barges with 1000 mt of beans. This will reduce CO2 emissions by 190,000 kg per year, the equivalent of 15,000 single trips by truck.
Cargill’s Multiseed facility in Amsterdam is embracing innovation with Spot, the Boston Dynamics robot dog. Spot boosts safety and efficiency through real-time inspections and predictive maintenance as part of the Plant of the Future initiative.
In partnership with Green Valley Cocoa Logistics, Cargill opened a solar-powered, automated warehouse with AGVs and chain conveyors, while investing in BIO-LNG trucks and electric shuttles to cut CO2 emissions and advance sustainable supply chains.