Climate Action

Kellogg has long been committed to nurturing the planet and taking action to lessen the impact of climate change.

Our Commitment

As part of our Kellogg Better Days^® Promise goal to create better days for 3 billion people by the end of 2030, we aim to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emission across our value chain, including:

Reducing absolute Scope 1 & 2 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 45% by the end of 2030 (from a 2015 baseline). This includes direct emissions from our Kellogg-owned sources (Scope 1) and indirect emissions from the generation of purchased electricity, steam, heating or cooling (Scope 2).
Partnering across our value chain to reduce absolute Scope 3 GHG emissions by 15% by the end of 2030 (from a 2015 baseline). This includes indirect emissions not included in Scope 2 that occur in the value chain, including both upstream and downstream emissions.

Our Approach

Kellogg was one of the first companies to set science-based targets in 2015. Since then, we’ve also joined the global corporate renewable energy initiative RE100 and joined important climate coalitions like We’re Still In to encourage high-level action on climate.

As a business, we are committed to responsible corporate citizenship and a thoughtful science-based approach to climate solutions. Kellogg regularly shares lessons learned and identifies new ideas at consortiums, trainings and other events.

We believe transparency and advocacy will help drive this change to protect our planet. That's why we joined the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures. We are leveraging our global scale and voice to drive climate action and nature-based solutions for climate change issues across our supply chain.

When looking for a risk-based solution to help reduce GHG emissions, we consider the holistic landscape throughout the value chain and the latest climate science. We urge others to join us on the journey. Our approach addresses:

Manufacturing – Drive absolute reductions through behavior change, operations, renewable energy, procurement and CapEx investments.
Supply Chain – Engage our larger suppliers to measure and report Scope 3 GHG emissions and work with our suppliers based on volume and emissions to drive climate action.
Ingredients – Build climate risk and resiliency into our ingredient materiality process and prioritize GHG reductions for our key ingredient supply chains.
Transparency and Advocacy – Drive systemic change through engagement and advocacy with industry and governments, annual disclosure in financial and non-financial reporting, and sharing lessons learned.

More information is available in the Climate Policy Context and Methodology.

Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are measured and aligned to the guidance outlined in the WBCSD GHG protocol and is verified by a third party annually. For more information, please visit our Kellogg’s Better Days® Promise Commitments and Methodology.

Our Progress

Since 2015, we’ve achieved a 33% reduction in Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas (GHG) emission.
Since 2015, we’ve achieved a 13% absolute reduction in Scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions (as of December 2021). We are in the process of analyzing results from 2022 and anticipate reporting in Fall 2023.

Journey
Year Launched	Commitment Year Deadline (year-end)	Baseline Year	Commitments	Progress	Success Highlights
2008	2015	2008	Set our 1^st generation initial manufacturing greenhouse gas reduction targets
2014	2020	2015	Set our 2^nd generation targets to: Reduce normalized manufacturing greenhouse gases by 15% Responsibly source our priority ingredients Measure greenhouse gas emissions Develop sustainable packaging to drive a closed loop economy	Retired our 2008 1^st generation commitment, having reached a 72% reduction Met normalized energy use reduction target of 15% (manufacturing) Exceeded normalized GHG emission target with 25% reduction (manufacturing)	In 2015, one of the first companies to set science-based targets across our Scope 1, 2, & 3 emissions and become a RE100 signatory. We partnered with CDP Supply Chain to establish a baseline for our Scope 3 emissions from our larger volume suppliers. In support of COP17, we advocated in support for global climate action. In 2018, worked with Quantis to assess the carbon footprint of our North American ready-to-eat cereal category, our largest category in our market. In 2019, joined the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosure. We also became a signatory of the United Nations Global Compact's Uniting Business and Governments to Recover Better initiative, calling on companies to align their COVID-19 economic aid and recovery efforts with the latest climate science. Our Kellogg’s Origins™ projects began to show GHG reductions in ingredient supply chains.
2019	2030	2015	Launched our 3^rd generation of commitments, including: 45% absolute reduction of Scope 1 and 2 emissions 15% absolute reduction of Scope 3 emissions	Retired our 2014 2^nd generation commitments one year early 26.3% absolute reduction of Scope 1 and 2 emissions (as of December 2022) 13% absolute reduction of Scope 3 emissions (as of 2021) Scope 3 results are in progress and will be released in the fall of 2023	In 2020, successfully decoupled growth from GHG emissions, reducing absolute Scope 1 and 2 GHG by 30% since 2015. Met 2020 normalized (per unit of production) energy reduction target and exceeded 2020 normalized (per unite of production) emission reduction target against 2015 baseline. Launched the Australian Cool Soil initiative in partnership with Mars Petcare, Manildra Group, Allied Pinnacle, Sustainable Food Lab and leading researchers at Charles Sturt University and Food Agility CRC. The $2.5 million partnership helped 200 Australian wheat farmers adopt soil-health practices over three years, improving resiliency to climate change and reduce net GHG emissions. More than 500,000 acres of farmland were enrolled with 100% retention of participating farmers. In 2021, announced a virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) with Enel Green Power. With this VPPA, Kellogg will purchase the electricity equivalent of 100 megawatts from Enel Green Power’s Azure Sky wind farm, enabling us to power 50% of our North American manufacturing facility electricity needs. Kellogg also worked with the Carbon Trust to revise its Scope 3 inventory to refine and build confidence on its 2015 baseline and footprints for subsequent years. In 2022, Kellogg conducted a pilot program collaborating with Lower Mississippi River Basin rice farmers, agribusiness firm Syngenta and leading agricultural GHG measurement firm Regrow to implement climate-positive practices to help reduce their impact on the climate. During the pilot year, farmers achieved a reduction of more than 1,600 metric tons of greenhouse gases.¹
2019	2050	2015	66% absolute reduction of Scope 1 and 2 emissions 50% absolute reduction of Scope 3 emissions

[1] Measured in metric tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) through increased carbon sequestration and abatement of GHGs including methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O)

Our Progress
Goal Year	Commitment	2022 Progress
2015	Baseline Science-based targets established
2020	15% normalized energy use reduction 15% normalized GHG reduction	15% (manufacturing) 25% (manufacturing)
2030	45% absolute reduction in Scope 1 and 2 emissions 15% absolute reduction of Scope 3 emissions	33% absolute reduction of Scope 1 and 2 emissions 13% absolute reduction of Scope 3 emissions
2050	66% absolute reduction of Scope 1 and 2 emissions 50% absolute reduction of Scope 3 emissions	33% absolute reduction of Scope 1 and 2 emissions 13% absolute reduction of Scope 3 emissions