Kellogg Company commits to fully traceable palm oil sourcing

Kellogg Company said it will work with palm oil suppliers to source fully traceable palm oil, produced in environmentally responsible way, socially beneficial, and economically viable. It is working through its supply chain — from suppliers to processors to growers — to ensure that palm oil it uses is sourced from plantations that protect forests and peat lands, as well as human and community rights. It will require its sources to trace palm oil to plantations that are independently verified as legally compliant adherent to the company's principles for protecting forests, peat lands, and communities; and compliant with all Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) principles and criteria. Suppliers must comply with the requirement by Dec. 31, 2015, or be working to close any gaps identified in their action plans.

Although a very small user of palm oil, Kellogg has directly engaged with global palm oil suppliers and stakeholders since it began responsibly sourcing palm oil in 2009. In 2012, Kellogg began using mass balance palm oil in Europe, and in 2014 the company was able to shift its U.S. palm oil use to mass balance supply. All of the palm oil Kellogg has used since 2011 has been sourced through a combination of RSPO certified segregated supply, RSPO mass balance mixed-source supply, and the purchase of GreenPalm certificates.

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