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A few years ago, we started on the journey of
trying to define our future and what we were

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going to stand for.
We landed in a super inspiring place which is

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to become the most sustainable protein company
on Earth.

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And the facts are immutable, the planets on
fire.

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We are very conscious of the fact that our
specific protein industry,

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specifically animal proteins, is a key
protagonist in the question and as a result,

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we've made this commitment to become carbon
neutral.

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It was a commitment we were very proud to make.
But we were also very nervous because we

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weren't exactly certain on the path to
accomplish the goal.

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We partnered with Deloitte to help us define
the journey a risk,

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assess the journey and ensure that we were not
going to commit to this with any flavour of

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greenwashing.
Maple Leaf Foods relied on us for

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some expertise in greenhouse gas, accounting in
business strategy in financial modelling and

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external reporting and disclosure, so it was
defensible and trusted by external stakeholders.

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The most important part of that is our
commitment to science based targets,

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and the science based target initiative is
something Deloitte helped us with throughout

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the process and and helping us first calculate
the emissions arising from our operations and

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also calculating the emissions from our supply
chain.

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We used the DEC Carb Solution tool, which is a
software that we developed within Deloitte

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globally.
It allows us to really organise data starting

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with emissions and models it by way of looking
at business as usual growth,

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the pathway to get to a science based net zero
target and then the resulting gap.

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We became one of the first animal protein
companies in the world to get science based

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targets set in 2019.

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And then we had to find ways to produce our
food more efficiently with fewer resources.

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So finding ways to produce hot water more
efficiently, to cook our products more

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efficiently to reuse materials and to find
renewable resources.

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Given the nature of their business, which is
raising pigs for meat production,

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there's a lot of manure and resulting methane
emissions that come with that process that

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methane can be captured and sent back to the
grid as a renewable natural gas.

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We've changed what goes into our food.
We've changed the way we raise our animals.

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We've been able to grow outside of the Canadian
market and into the United States,

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largely because we have a point of difference
now that makes us unique in the marketplace.

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That's really helped contribute to our growth
strategy to our commercial success.

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Over the last couple of years, having a
sustainability vision has been incredibly

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beneficial in recruiting and retaining the
absolute best people in the marketplace.

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Bluntly, we would not have been able to
complete the work without that partnership with

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Deloitte.
We didn't have the experience or the analytical

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capacity or the skill set internally to be able
to accomplish it.

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But at the same time, we knew that this was not
the end of the journey,

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that complacency would be our enemy in the end
and that we've constantly been exploring new

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technologies.
Things like regenerative agriculture,

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anaerobic digestion, sustainability shows up in
everything we do.

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It's not, you know, a slogan on the wall.
It's not a poster in a hallway.

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The challenges that we have in humanity around
the climate question are profoundly important

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generationally, and, uh, I think all of our
team members are incredibly proud of the steps

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we're taking towards doing our part in finding
a better future