Management

Kellogg is working to incorporate environmental sustainability practices into every location and level of management within our operations. In August 2008, we reorganized our executive-level management of corporate responsibility issues, in part to respond to the heightened priority and materiality of environmental issues to our company.

Environmental issues are now overseen by a chief sustainability officer, who also serves as senior vice president of global nutrition and corporate affairs. This position is a member of our Global Leadership Team and reports to Kellogg’s president and CEO. A vice president for environmental stewardship, health and safety now has full responsibility for all aspects of those arenas within Kellogg and also oversees the Global Sustainability Advisory Council, a cross-functional team focused on driving Kellogg's corporate responsibility efforts.

In the late 1990s, Kellogg developed the Kellogg Environmental Management System (KEMS), which has helped to ensure that the environmental aspects of Kellogg’s activities conform to the company’s environmental policy. We routinely audit our facilities to ensure compliance. We are now in the process of developing a more robust system, fully aligned to ISO 14001; it is expected to be rolled out in 2009.

“Kellogg Company recognizes the need to ensure our business is conducted in a manner that protects and enhances the quality of life for current and future generations. By acknowledging our impact on the natural environment and society, we are actively working to ensure our Company operates in an environmentally sound and sustainable manner. Through continuous improvement in environmental performance, across all aspects of our business, Kellogg will seek to minimize the environmental footprint of our products throughout their life cycle.” – Kellogg’s Global Environmental Policy, updated in 2008