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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