Message from the Sr. VP, Chief Global Corporate Affairs Officer

Making a difference for 3 billion people

Our founder, W.K. Kellogg, believed that part of running a good business was doing good for society. This promise has guided our company for over a century. And it remains our promise to create better days, and a good and just world, for years to come.

In the past few years, environmental, social and governance (ESG) commitments have been gaining a lot of attention with the rise in societal demand for companies to lead with purpose and generate positive impact, but this isn’t new to Kellogg. As a leading global food company, we’ve been on a journey since our founding to positively impact people and the planet. It’s who we are and who we’ve always been, long before ESG was even drafted or defined as it is today.

The current food crisis iterates the importance of addressing food security and wellbeing. Factors such as the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia’s war with Ukraine are reducing exports of food crops, pushing global food prices higher and increasing the risk of poverty, hunger and malnutrition. A recent analysis suggests that the number of people facing food insecurity globally continues to be a risk¹.

In 2015, we set an ambitious goal of creating better days for 3 billion people by the end of 2030. Since then, we’ve focused on our holistic environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategy that will get us there.

That is our Kellogg’s Better Days® Promise: to advance sustainable and equitable access to food by addressing the intersection of wellbeing, hunger, sustainability and equity, diversity and inclusion.

We’re proud to report that, already, we’ve created better days for 1.8 billion people since 2015.

These results are detailed in our Progress chart. I encourage you to spend some time on our site, where you’ll find examples from around the world and people touched by this work.

Kris Bahner
Senior Vice President, Chief Global Corporate Affairs Officer
Global Corporate Affairs
Kellogg Company
July 2023

¹ https://www.eurasiagroup.net/issues/top-risks-2023