Water
The foundation of life.
Pouring our hearts into water stewardship
Water is vital for all aspects of life: drinking, sanitation, commerce, growing food, generating power and nurturing ecosystems. And we’re doing all we can to protect and conserve water resources.
As a food company, General Mills depends on water
for ingredients (84%)
- Growing ingredients from both crops and livestock
- Ingredient transformation
for packaging (14%)
- Growing (fiber) and extracting (metal, plastic) packaging feedstocks
- Feedstock transformation
- Packing manufacture
for manufacturing (2%)
- Plant sanitation
- As an ingredient
- Employee well-being
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