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The JBS USA pork team participates in the Adopt-A-River Mile program, a Living Lands and Waters project that provides an opportunity to join in a clean river effort by “adopting” a mile section of the river shoreline. By adopting a river mile, the JBS USA pork team is committing to keeping the shoreline clean, helping…

In 2018, Primo implemented the second part of the carton optimization project that resulted in 6 SKUs changing over to a lighter weight and more efficient carton, which led to an estimated to a reduction in cardboard of 7.6 tonnes annually.

In 2018, the Primo Innovations and Procurement Support Packaging Value Engineering projects, included a focus on sustainability as a sub-project category. This includes consideration of opportunities to reduce, reuse, recycle and recover energy. In addition, the Primo team engages with packaging vendors frequently to explore new ideas, trends, value engineering and sustainability opportunities for the…

Our JBS Australia team invested approximately $750,000 (AUD) in a number of capital improvement projects to improve water resources. At the Prime City Feedlot $216,000 was invested for new Center Pivot and $88,000 Irrigation area laser leveling, the Beef City production facility invested $413,000 on new water supply Reverse Osmosis Water Treatment System, JBS Australia…

Water reuse is an active part of our water reduction initiatives and currently in place at various levels of use across most of our operations. For example, the Dinmore production facility recycles 30 to 35 percent of the water used for cattle receiving and cleaning. The Longford and Scone production facilities recycle 5 to 10…

Andrews Meat Industries is committed to practically reducing the environmental impact of operations through sustainable business practices, so the business has taken on the challenge to install JBS Australia’s second solar installation at the Lidcombe facility. Covering almost 6,000 square meters, the installation will reduce the energy consumption at site by more than 20 percent.…

In 2018, Ottumwa, Iowa, received the EPA Region 7 Pollution Prevention Award for the team’s work in water conservation. The Ottumwa team has been successful in reducing the gallons per head from 156.54 gallons in 2015 to 122.29 in 2017, a total volume reduction of 13.5 percent. The reduction in freshwater use helped increase production…

The Rockhampton production facility has partnered with a local turf company to use on-site effluent and composted manure to produce a value-adding supply of turf grass for sale to the public. As a result, maintaining the sustainability of the site irrigation areas and nutrient mass balance has improved.

Our Grand Island beef production facility has led a multi-year effort involving local and state governments and third-party vendors to reduce its contributions to landfills by more than 50 percent. The project involved designing a beneficial reuse method for waste byproduct. The Grand Island team has a goal to reuse 100 percent of the byproducts…

In 2018, 9,700 panels were installed on the rooftop of Primo’s Wacol facility. The solar installation is supplying almost 20% of Wacol’s electricity. The panels cover approximately 75% of the roof – 25,000 square meters, which is the same size as approximately six football fields. The preparation and installation of the solar system was no…