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In 2018, team members from the Tolleson, AZ, Regional Beef production facility identified an opportunity to significantly reduce the amount of plastic waste generated at their facility each year. Due to Arizona’s limited access to fresh water, Tolleson is required to utilize deep underground wells as the facility’s primary source of water. However, because of…

Our Hyrum, UT, Fed Beef facility was awarded First Place – Pollution Prevention in the highly competitive North American Meat Institute (NAMI) 2019 Environmental Achievement Awards, out of 60 participating facilities.   Selected biennially, the NAMI Environmental Achievement Awards are bestowed upon member companies that go beyond environmental compliance by designing and successfully implementing an…

Twenty Six JBS USA and Pilgrim’s production facilities received Tier III NAMI 2019 Environmental Recognition Awards for their 2018 environmental efforts and achievements. 2019 Award Recipients Pilgrim’s USA: Arcadia, WI; Canton, GA; De Queen, AR; Ellijay, GA; Gainesville, GA; Guntersville, AL; Mayfield, KY; Mt. Pleasant, TX; Moorefield, WV; Russellville, AL; Sanford, NC; Sumter, NC JBS USA: Beardstown,…

In 2018, JBS USA and Pilgrim’s hosted their bi-annual environmental conference in Sanford, NC. The environmental conference brings together environmental managers from each production facility to share best management practices and learn from each other’s experiences. More than 20 technical presentations were shared at the conference in an effort to extend knowledge and learnings from…

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.…