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Sustainability is about taking sound actions that preserve natural resources for future generations. For companies like Flowers Foods, it's also about finding a way to balance the need to sustain with the need to return value to shareholders at a time when energy, water, and food ingredients are becoming more costly. People, water, agricultural commodities, and energy are a baker's major resources and we could not have prospered for more than 80 years without continually looking for ways to operate efficiently and use those resources wisely. But actions aren't enough. When it comes to conservation, it also takes the right attitude. That's why the motto for our bakery Green Teams is "Green" not just a color, but an attitude. We're proud our employees and associates understand the importance of sustainability and are using their enthusiasm and good ideas both on the job and at home. Working together, we can find new ways to conserve and preserve. |
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Flowers Foods recognizes that without a healthy environment, it cannot be successful.
Our company is committed to applying the principles of sustainability to all aspects of our business. We encourage every Flowers Foods employee and associate to accept responsibility for conserving natural resources and for seeking ways to improve the company's use of those resources.
Working together with our employees, team members, business partners, suppliers, and customers, Flowers Foods strives to prevent waste of water, packaging, energy, and other resources through the following initiatives:
- Recycle and reduce use of resources at all locations
- Reduce fuel and energy consumption at all locations
- Seek innovations to reduce the use of non-renewable resources
- Further integrate sustainability into the company's core processes
- Require suppliers to embrace sustainability initiatives
- Educate our workforce regarding sustainability
- Participate in community efforts to encourage sustainability
Flowers Foods' commitment to sustainability makes us a stronger corporate citizen as we do what is right for all our stakeholders and the environment.
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As reported in our 4Q Sustainability Status Report, posted 2/09, we have:
- Achieved an average recycling rate of 22% of total trash collected.
- Improved our recycling poundage by 53% over 4Q07.
- We shipped 35 truckloads of bakery snacks via rail service from our bakeries in the East to the West Coast. By using rail rahter than truck transport, we saved an equivalent of 51,129 miles, 964 barrels of crude oil, and 414 metric tons of CO2.
- Diverted 1.72 million pounds of trash from landfills into recycling programs.
- Reduced actual relay mileage by 131,726 miles compared to 3Q07, while net pounds sold increased by 1.84%. This is equivalent to eliminating 350,968 miles or 6,617 barrels of crude oil.
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As part of our sustainability effort, we are rolling out employee-member Green Teams at each of our bakery subsidiaries to raise sustainability awareness among employees and associates and help implement sustainable actions that will help reduce waste and improve profitability.
Green Team members are volunteers that span the spectrum of functions and experience levels at our bakeries. They are individuals who have an interest in and a concern for the environment. |
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