Stakeholder Engagement

Our sustainability journey presents us with both opportunities and challenges. In order to better understand and choose our options, we strive to reach out and develop meaningful relationships with our stakeholders – our employees, business partners, suppliers, customers, consumers, communities and other organizations, governmental, nongovernmental and academic. We seek to dialog and collaborate on a basis of mutual respect and trust to achieve positive change and business success.

Below is a list of some of our stakeholders:

Business Partners, Customers And Suppliers

National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS)

National Frozen and Refrigerated Foods Association (NFRA)

Private Label Manufacturers Association (PLMA)

Society for Foodservice Management (SFM)

Research & Technology Executive Council Research Chefs Association

School Nutrition Association

Communities

Donors Forum

Northern Illinois Food Bank

Northwest Arkansas Food Bank

Sara Lee Center for Women’s Health – Forsyth Medical Center

Shedd Aquarium

The Morton Arboretum

West Suburban Philanthropic Network

Employees

National Black MBA

National Association of Hispanic MBAs (NSHMBA)

Network of Executive Women

Out & Equal

Society of Human Resources Management (SHRM) 

ASCEND Pan Asian Leaders in Finance and Accounting

Hispanic Alliance for Career Enhancement

Human Resources Management Association of Chicago (HRMAC)

Women in Foodservice Forum

Industry Groups

American Bakers Association (ABA)

American Meat Institute (AMI)

American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS)

American Society of Safety Engineers

Association of National Advertisers (ANA)

Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC)

Comite International d’Enterprises a’ Succursales (CIES)

Consumer Goods Forum

Corporate Executive Board’s Compliance and Ethics Leadership Council (CELC)

Corporate Responsibility Group of Chicago

Ethical Tea Partnership

European Brands Association (AIM)

European Coffee Federation (ECF)

Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA)

Grocery Manufacturers Association Sustainability Leadership Team

National Turkey Federation (NTF)

Nutrition Advisory Panel of the American Heart Association (INAP)

International Food Information Council (IFIC)

International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI)

National Association of EHS (Environment, Health, & Safety) Management (NAEM)

National Safety Council (NSC)

Sustainable Agriculture Initiative (SAI)

Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI)

Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC)

The Business Social Compliance Initiative (BSCI)

The Conference Board’s European Health & Safety Council

The Conference Board’s Global Council on Business Conduct

Shareholders And Financial Community

As You Sow

Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP)

Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (IRRC)

Prince’s Rainforest Project

Other Organizations

Humane Society of America

ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work

LEED Existing Buildings Operations and Maintenance

National Advertising Division (NAD) of the BBB

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

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