Maple Leaf Foods named Top Canadian Company for CSR

The CSR Journal has recently named Canadian consumer protein brand, Maple Leaf Foods at the top of its Top Companies for CSR in Canada list. The Mississauga, Ontario-based company makes high quality food products under brands including Maple Leaf Prime, Schneiders, Mina and Field Roast Grain Meat Co, and has always been dedicated to acting in a manner which reflects a strong belief in corporate responsibility.

Despite the challenges of 2020, Maple Leaf Foods has managed to drive a plethora of CSR improvements throughout its procurement operations, as outlined in the latest edition of its annual sustainability report, such as converting its entire fleet of pig trailers to hydraulic-lift decks which reduces stress for animals being transported, and installing remote video auditing technology in all its hatcheries and processing plants to help with the continuous measurement, monitoring, and improvement of animal care.

All this is on top of gearing up to, in November 2021, celebrating its second year as a 100% carbon neutral company.

“We achieved carbon neutrality by aggressively reducing our emissions where possible in our plants and supply chain and investing heavily in a variety of high-impact environmental projects across Canada and the United States – from supporting forestry and renewable energy initiatives to waste diversion projects – in order to offset our emissions,” said Maple Leaf Foods in a blog post celebrating its first year of carbon neutrality.