• Corporate Responsibility
  • CR Strategy
    • Governance and Management
  • Marketplace
    • Nutrition and Health
    • Cereal: The Complete Story
    • Responsible Marketing
    • Consumer Information and Labeling
    • Product Quality and Food Safety
    • Responsible Sourcing
  • Workplace
    • Governance and Ethics
    • Labor Standards
    • Talent Management
    • Diversity and Inclusion
    • Employee Safety
    • Employee Health and Wellness
  • Environment
    • Environmental Management
    • Energy Use and CO₂ Emissions
    • Water Use
    • Waste
    • Sustainable Packaging
    • Sustainable Agriculture
    • Employee Initiatives
  • Community
    • Strategic Corporate Philanthropy
    • Breakfast Programs
    • Hunger Relief
    • Physical Fitness
    • Community Development
    • Diversity Programs

Energy Improvements and Climate Change

In 2006 Kellogg joined EPA Climate Leaders, a voluntary government-industry partnership designed to measure and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Through the Climate Leaders program, we have committed to:

• Develop a corporate-wide GHG (greenhouse gas) inventory and report progress annually, based on detailed EPA guidance
• Develop a corporate GHG Inventory Management Plan to institutionalize the inventory process
• Set a corporate-wide GHG emissions reduction goal to be achieved over the next five to 10 years.

Kellogg Company's primary source of greenhouse gas emissions is from the use of energy at our manufacturing facilities and in our transportation fleet. We have implemented a global energy management program to promote conservation, manage energy use and investigate energy savings opportunities, including alternative fuels. These programs often involve finding new and better ways to accomplish the same process using less energy. Focusing on efficiency improvements in our operations has helped reduce our energy consumption, thereby reducing our greenhouse gas emissions, as well.

Did You Know ...

• Efficiency projects have reduced energy use from lighting by 25 percent?
• Modifications to the steam system at our Battle Creek, Michigan, plant saved enough natural gas to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 1,300 tons?
• Our fleet vehicles automatically shut down after five minutes of idle time?
• That 585 truck trips have been eliminated by a case-size change for several cereal products?