Making an Impact through Healthier Products, Healthier People and a Healthier Plant
By: Kristy Meringolo
Chief Legal and Corporate Affairs Officer
At Hain, our purpose is to inspire healthier living for people, communities, and the planet through better-for-you brands. As a responsible global company, our Impact Strategy centers on our ambition to make meaningful progress in three core areas: Healthier Products, Healthier People and Healthier Planet.
Healthier Planet
We established validated science-based emissions targets to mitigate our climate change impacts that are guiding our emissions reduction efforts. We achieved 65% Renewable Electricity at our Hain operated facilities. And we diverted 86% of food waste from going into landfills.
Healthier Products
We launched a global sustainable packaging strategy focused on reducing the use of virgin materials. We reduced our packaging waste, and we increased the recyclability of our products. By 2030, 100% of the rigid plastics we use will be designed to be collected and recycled by 2023.
Healthier People
We’re continuing our commitment to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion. We are proud to share that our Board of Directors is gender balanced. In leadership roles, 43% of female team members currently hold manager-level positions or above. And we’re making a positive impact in the communities where we live and work. In 2023, we donated 2.8M pounds of food, beverages and personal care items to charity organizations.
We are proud of the progress we have made but recognize we still have much work to do. We know we can’t do this work alone, it takes collaboration with our partners, our customers and our stakeholders to create positive change together. I’d like to thank you for your continued support and look forward to continuing our journey to inspire healthier living.
While our progress is not linear, we are committed to striving for positive impact as a standard business practice. We know we can’t do this work alone. It takes collaboration with our partners, customers and stakeholders to create positive change together – and we will continue to do that.
