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Smithfield Foods — Committed to Protecting the Environment

Providing good food responsibly means going above and beyond to be good stewards of the environment. Our commitment to environmental leadership is reflected in our ISO 14001 certification, the gold standard for environmental management, as well as in these other areas:

  • Implemented over 150 individual projects in 2007 resulting in reduced water usage, air emissions and greenhouse gas emissions, improved energy efficiency and increased recycling
  • Instituted a Web-based training program to provide standardized training and certification for each processing facility's Environmental Coordinator
  • Created a Bioenergy Task Force to explore alternative energy options
  • Participated in a pilot project on our company-owned farms to convert methane into electricity
  • Implemented new metrics software to better monitor and measure environmental performance
  • Received approval for two additional facilities to join the EPA’s Performance Track Program

Environmental Policy Statement

It is the corporate policy of Smithfield Foods, Inc. and its subsidiaries to conduct business in a manner consistent with continual improvement in regard to protecting the environment.

  • Smithfield Foods, Inc. is committed to protecting the environment through pollution prevention and continual improvement of our environmental practices.
  • Smithfield Foods, Inc. seeks to demonstrate its responsible corporate citizenship by complying with relevant environmental legislation and regulations, and with other requirements to which we voluntarily subscribe. We will create, implement, and periodically review appropriate environmental objectives and targets.
  • Protection of the environment is the responsibility of all Smithfield Foods, Inc. employees within the scope of the EMS.

Smithfield Foods, Inc. communicates this policy to persons within the scope of the EMS and makes it available to the public upon request.

C. Larry Pope,
President and Chief Executive Officer

Dennis H. Treacy,
Vice President, Environmental and Corporate Affairs