Holdings Sustainability Report 2022 FINAL - Flipbook - Page 7
2023 Sustainability Goals
Animal Welfare
Implement monthly training courses on animal welfare.
Continue validation of performance through: Monthly
veterinary visits to sow farms for animal welfare
assessments and training, internal audits completed
annually with scores over 90%, one third-party audit
every 24 months with scores over 90%.
Antibiotics
Track antibiotic use on 10% of US market hogs by ‘24.
Employee Engagement
Achieve employee satisfaction scores of satisfied or
higher on >98% of the team.
Manage farm turnover at 33% or less.
Training
Online training completion above 95%.
15% of our population in advanced training for
leadership positions.
Employee Benefits
Maintain wages and benefits combined in the top
1/3 of our industry as benchmarked by third parties.
Safety
Managed OSHA recordable injury rate at 5% or less.
Training and Audit compliance goals remain at 100%.
Community Involvement
Encourage 75% of sow farms to donate locally
through the PIPESTONE Cares Program.
Feed
Optimize on-farm feeding protocols and diet
formulation to manage feed use to pig requirements +/- 5% of total feed use as validated by an
expert nutrition panel.
Manure
Fully compliant nutrient management program
with state and third-party verification at all sites.
Complete direct injection manure application for
greater than 95% of gallons.
Have manure usage under four gallons/sow/day
and feeding protocols to reduce waste to less
than 2% of total use.
Energy
Continue to document total energy use.
Validate new technology and equipment to lower
total energy use.
Have our sow farms on 50% renewable energy,
reducing energy use by 5%.
Water
Continue to document total water use.
Validate new technology, equipment, and
protocols to reduce total water usage.
Waste
Implement recycling program on 50% of our sow
farms.
Implement waste and recycling program at the
office locations.
Carbon Footprint
Develop the GreenStone Farmers business plan to
create a profitable carbon solution for it’s farmerowners implementing regenerative Ag programs.
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