Our Strategy
Pilgrim's Strategies Across Our Value Chain
At Pilgrim’s, we are striving to not only improve the sustainable performance and resiliency of our own operations but also to contribute to the enhanced sustainability of the greater food production system as a whole, while also helping our customers achieve their sustainability goals. To realize this vision, we have developed a Global Sustainability Strategy that mirrors our supply chain connections and addresses our material sustainability topics. This strategy will guide the company’s actions across environmental, social, and governance topics and serve as the overarching framework through which all our sustainability programs and initiatives are developed.
Pilgrim's Strategies Across Our Value Chain
At Pilgrim’s, we are striving to not only improve the sustainable performance and resiliency of our own operations but also to contribute to the enhanced sustainability of the greater food production system as a whole, while also helping our customers achieve their sustainability goals. To realize this vision, we have developed a Global Sustainability Strategy that mirrors our supply chain connections and addresses our material sustainability topics. This strategy will guide the company’s actions across environmental, social, and governance topics and serve as the overarching framework through which all our sustainability programs and initiatives are developed.
Pilgrim's Strategies Across Our Value Chain
At Pilgrim’s, we are striving to not only improve the sustainable performance and resiliency of our own operations but also to contribute to the enhanced sustainability of the greater food production system as a whole, while also helping our customers achieve their sustainability goals. To realize this vision, we have developed a Global Sustainability Strategy that mirrors our supply chain connections and addresses our material sustainability topics. This strategy will guide the company’s actions across environmental, social, and governance topics and serve as the overarching framework through which all our sustainability programs and initiatives are developed.
Our Priority Areas
In 2015, we performed a Corporate Materiality Analysis (CMA) to identify material issues for our business. This analysis, while inclusive of Pilgrim’s internal perceptions of our sustainability performance, relied heavily on views of outside stakeholders, including NGOs, community organizations, customers, suppliers, government officials, academia, and industry trade associations. The topics identified through this process influenced our priority areas, five-year goals and reported annual performance.
In 2020, external consultants revisited our CMA to help us understand how the expectations of our stakeholders may have shifted. Through surveys and in-depth interviews, global stakeholders across our supply chain provided insights confirming our efforts in key areas.
Our Priority Areas
In 2015, we performed a Corporate Materiality Analysis (CMA) to identify material issues for our business. This analysis, while inclusive of Pilgrim’s internal perceptions of our sustainability performance, relied heavily on views of outside stakeholders, including NGOs, community organizations, customers, suppliers, government officials, academia, and industry trade associations. The topics identified through this process influenced our priority areas, five-year goals and reported annual performance.
In 2020, external consultants revisited our CMA to help us understand how the expectations of our stakeholders may have shifted. Through surveys and in-depth interviews, global stakeholders across our supply chain provided insights confirming our efforts in key areas.
Our Priority Areas
In 2015, we performed a Corporate Materiality Analysis (CMA) to identify material issues for our business. This analysis, while inclusive of Pilgrim’s internal perceptions of our sustainability performance, relied heavily on views of outside stakeholders, including NGOs, community organizations, customers, suppliers, government officials, academia, and industry trade associations. The topics identified through this process influenced our priority areas, five-year goals and reported annual performance.
In 2020, external consultants revisited our CMA to help us understand how the expectations of our stakeholders may have shifted. Through surveys and in-depth interviews, global stakeholders across our supply chain provided insights confirming our efforts in key areas.
In 2023, we conducted an extensive gap analysis of Pilgrim’s performance and disclosures against third-party sustainability frameworks and standards, such as the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), and more. Insights from these processes served as important benchmarks for connecting our materiality matrix to the world’s most pressing issues and improving our sustainability team’s approach. Additionally, results were reviewed with global Pilgrim’s leaders across Human Resources, Ethics and Compliance, Food Safety and Quality Assurance, Animal Welfare, and other departments to increase awareness and co-develop strategies for improvement.
Additionally, the Pilgrim’s Ethics Line is used for employee and third-party consultation. We continuously gather feedback on material issues from internal and external stakeholders through one-on-one conversations and collaborative supply chain sustainability initiatives. This feedback helps inform our process, progress to goals, and annual performance which is, at minimum, annually reported to our board of directors for additional feedback and guidance. Select stakeholders were also involved in the development of this report.
To fully integrate our key priority areas as identified by our corporate materiality analysis and ensure we remain focused on continuous improvement, we have set aggressive, global improvement goals that cover our operations in the U.S., Mexico, Europe, and the U.K.
In 2023, we conducted an extensive gap analysis of Pilgrim’s performance and disclosures against third-party sustainability frameworks and standards, such as the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), and more. Insights from these processes served as important benchmarks for connecting our materiality matrix to the world’s most pressing issues and improving our sustainability team’s approach. Additionally, results were reviewed with global Pilgrim’s leaders across Human Resources, Ethics and Compliance, Food Safety and Quality Assurance, Animal Welfare, and other departments to increase awareness and co-develop strategies for improvement.
Additionally, the Pilgrim’s Ethics Line is used for employee and third-party consultation. We continuously gather feedback on material issues from internal and external stakeholders through one-on-one conversations and collaborative supply chain sustainability initiatives. This feedback helps inform our process, progress to goals, and annual performance which is, at minimum, annually reported to our board of directors for additional feedback and guidance. Select stakeholders were also involved in the development of this report.
To fully integrate our key priority areas as identified by our corporate materiality analysis and ensure we remain focused on continuous improvement, we have set aggressive, global improvement goals that cover our operations in the U.S., Mexico, Europe, and the U.K.
In 2023, we conducted an extensive gap analysis of Pilgrim’s performance and disclosures against third-party sustainability frameworks and standards, such as the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), and more. Insights from these processes served as important benchmarks for connecting our materiality matrix to the world’s most pressing issues and improving our sustainability team’s approach. Additionally, results were reviewed with global Pilgrim’s leaders across Human Resources, Ethics and Compliance, Food Safety and Quality Assurance, Animal Welfare, and other departments to increase awareness and co-develop strategies for improvement.
Additionally, the Pilgrim’s Ethics Line is used for employee and third-party consultation. We continuously gather feedback on material issues from internal and external stakeholders through one-on-one conversations and collaborative supply chain sustainability initiatives. This feedback helps inform our process, progress to goals, and annual performance which is, at minimum, annually reported to our board of directors for additional feedback and guidance. Select stakeholders were also involved in the development of this report.
To fully integrate our key priority areas as identified by our corporate materiality analysis and ensure we remain focused on continuous improvement, we have set aggressive, global improvement goals that cover our operations in the U.S., Mexico, Europe, and the U.K.
Our Approach
Pilgrim's sustainability program is supported by global oversight and regional execution. Our sustainability leads collaborate with experts across environmental, team member health and safety, animal welfare, food safety, and quality assurance teams to drive continuous improvement.
Our Approach
Pilgrim's sustainability program is supported by global oversight and regional execution. Our sustainability leads collaborate with experts across environmental, team member health and safety, animal welfare, food safety, and quality assurance teams to drive continuous improvement.
Our Approach
Pilgrim's sustainability program is supported by global oversight and regional execution. Our sustainability leads collaborate with experts across environmental, team member health and safety, animal welfare, food safety, and quality assurance teams to drive continuous improvement.
Our Goals
As one of the world's largest poultry companies, we have the immense opportunity and self-imposed responsibility to lead sustainable change for better food production by empowering our operations, producers, suppliers, customers, and consumers. By making concerted efforts to support our world and communities with strong governance practices, Pilgrim's is committed to feeding the growing global population, responsibly. We are proud of our work this year and will continue working every day to achieve our targets.
Our Goals
As one of the world's largest poultry companies, we have the immense opportunity and self-imposed responsibility to lead sustainable change for better food production by empowering our operations, producers, suppliers, customers, and consumers. By making concerted efforts to support our world and communities with strong governance practices, Pilgrim's is committed to feeding the growing global population, responsibly. We are proud of our work this year and will continue working every day to achieve our targets.
Our Goals
As one of the world's largest poultry companies, we have the immense opportunity and self-imposed responsibility to lead sustainable change for better food production by empowering our operations, producers, suppliers, customers, and consumers. By making concerted efforts to support our world and communities with strong governance practices, Pilgrim's is committed to feeding the growing global population, responsibly. We are proud of our work this year and will continue working every day to achieve our targets.
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