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Since 2017, Pilgrim’s Moy Park has worked with anaerobic digester and biogas partners to supply one of the first Renewable Energy Power Stations in the world fueled solely by poultry litter. By combining conventional anaerobic digestion with nitrogen-stripping technology, the plant generates 3 MW of renewable electricity/year from 40,000 tonnes of Moy Park’s locally-sourced manure.…

Many of our facilities utilize an anaerobic lagoon as part of their wastewater treatment system. The lagoon removes a significant amount of carbon-based pollutants, but in so doing creates methane gas, a potent greenhouse gas. At all but two facilities, Pilgrim’s US captures the methane and destroys it, nearly eliminating GHG emissions. Since announcing our…

In an effort to use more sustainable electricity through use of solar power, Pilgrim’s partnered with one of the largest energy suppliers in North America to implement our first U.S. solar energy project in Texas. West Texas has some of the greatest solar and wind power potential in the country thanks to the area’s abundant…

Pilgrim’s UK is bringing home more hardware after winning “Net Zero Strategy of the Year” at the 11th annual BusinessGreen Leaders Awards. Pilgrim’s UK’s 2030 Sustainability Strategy was recognized as the key pillar behind the award. According to the judges’ panel, Pilgrim’s UK “won over the judges thanks to a comprehensive, ambitious, independently validated strategy…

Joel Pounder is the environmental manager at the Pilgrim’s complex in Russellville, Ala., and he has been interested in trees since growing up on his family’s farm. “Timber is much more than wood and paper,” Pounders said. “Trees stabilize our riparian waterways, provide shade, and help purify air and water around our wastewater treatment fields.…

Pilgrim’s Mexico received Clean Industry Certificates for its ongoing commitment to the National Environmental Audit Program of Mexico. PROFEPA (Mexico’s Federal Office of Environmental Protection) granted renewed certificates to Pilgrim’s Mexico’s San Luis Potosí, Coahuila and Querétaro facilities for their compliance with all guidelines established in the National Environmental Audit Program of Mexico. The self-regulating…

Thirty-eight of the UK’s largest organizations involved in the production and sale of meat, including Pilgrim’s UK, announced goals to halve the amount of meat that goes to waste each year in the UK, which will help the UK achieve net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions under new collective action. All major grocery retailers, together…

With just 0.1 percent food waste across its UK sites, Pilgrim’s UK has one of the lowest reported waste levels across the food manufacturing industry. As part of Pilgrim’s UK’s ongoing sustainability goals, the company is reviewing its entire supply chain hierarchy to help further reduce food waste and to ensure that any surplus food…

The Pilgrim’s Broadway, Va., team celebrated reaching 5 million safe man hours without a lost time accident. The teams from safety, medical and maintenance departments, including the management team and hourly team members, worked together every day to be proactive about safety. “Our team is truly the backbone to our safety culture, and we are…

Through anaerobic digestion technology, the Pilgrim’s Sumter, S.C., facility can capture enough methane biogas to produce electricity and hot water for 500 to 700 households. This poultry processing facility is one example of how Pilgrim’s demonstrates its commitment to improving the efficiency of our operations and minimizing our environmental footprint. In 2016, our Sumter facility…