The King Center Honors Kellogg Company with Salute to Greatness Award

BATTLE CREEK, Mich., Jan. 20, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — The Martin Luther King Jr. Heart for Nonviolent Social Change (The King Heart) not too long ago awarded Kellogg Firm with the celebrated Salute to Greatness Award.

Introduced to firms for “distinctive environmental and socially accountable enterprise practices,” Kellogg was acknowledged for its international goal platform Kellogg’s Better Days and dedication to assist finish starvation and create higher days for three billion folks globally by the top of 2030. Kris Bahner, Senior Vice President of International Company Affairs, shares how receiving the consideration is a humbling endorsement of Kellogg’s goal.

We really feel assured that the work we do at Kellogg makes an influence on society. Nonetheless, it is all the time good to have our efforts validated – particularly by an esteemed group like The King Heart.

Coretta Scott King based The King Heart in 1968 to educate the world on the life, legacy and teachings of her husband, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and to encourage new generations to hold ahead his unfinished work, strengthen causes and empower change-makers who’re persevering with his efforts in the present day.

The Salute to Greatness Award acknowledges people and firms that exemplify excellence of their management and have demonstrated a dedication to social duty within the spirit of Dr. King.

W.Okay. Kellogg, our founder, was an early conservationist, main philanthropist and the unique wellbeing visionary who beloved his neighborhood. Mr. Kellogg additionally acknowledged that firms function with the permission and endorsement of society, lengthy earlier than sustainability and company goal had been a part of the mainstream. These values nonetheless resonate with us in the present day and are the guiding drive in all that we do.

That is why, final June, we introduced our next-generation Kellogg’s Higher Days commitments to drive optimistic change for three billion folks and the planet by the top of 2030.

Higher Days addresses the vital international problem of starvation and meals safety. We leverage our international philanthropy and sustainability applications to resolve starvation and assist communities, from increasing breakfast applications, to supporting farmers across the globe.

To this point, our firm has offered three billion servings of meals to folks in want, supported greater than 330,000 farmers via climate-smart agriculture applications, and decreased greenhouse gasoline emissions to the equal of taking 317 million miles off the street.

Within the final two years alone, Kellogg has donated 1.1 billion servings of meals and reached greater than 1.2 million youngsters with vitamin schooling and feeding applications.

However there’s extra to be carried out this decade, and we’ll accomplish it by:

• Nourishing 1 billion folks with our meals
• Feeding 375 million folks in want via meals donations and expanded youngster feeding applications
• Nurturing the planet because it helps 1 million farmers, particularly girls smallholders and staff
• Conserving pure assets all alongside the worth chain, from responsibly sourcing elements and lowering meals waste, to offering recyclable, reusable or compostable packaging
• Encouraging worker volunteerism, making certain an moral provide chain and supporting variety and inclusion
• Residing our founder’s values by advocating on behalf of hungry youngsters in every single place and interesting 1.5 billion folks to assist handle the necessary problem of meals safety.

These targets energize our firm day-after-day. Recognition from a revered group like The King Heart solely strengthens our ardour and goal. We’re notably humbled to obtain a Salute to Greatness Award this yr, contemplating that is the 35^th yr the USA celebrates Martin Luther King Day.

We thank The King Heart for this honor – and we look ahead to serving our fellow residents of the world for the subsequent decade and past. For extra details about our Higher Days initiative, please go to KelloggCompany.com.

About Kellogg Firm
At Kellogg Firm (NYSE: Okay), we attempt to complement and delight the world via meals and types that matter. Our beloved manufacturers embody Pringles®, Cheez-It®, Particular Okay®, Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes®, Pop-Tarts®, Kellogg’s Corn Flakes®, Rice Krispies®, Eggo®, Mini-Wheats®, Kashi®, RXBAR®, MorningStar Farms® and extra. Internet gross sales in 2018 had been roughly $13.5 billion, comprised principally of snacks and comfort meals like cereal and frozen meals. Kellogg manufacturers are beloved in markets around the globe. We’re additionally an organization with Coronary heart & Soul, dedicated to creating Higher Days for three billion folks by the top of 2030 via our Kellogg’s® Better Days international goal platform. Go to www.KelloggCompany.com or www.OpenforBreakfast.com.

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