Deforestation

Intact forest landscapes, or vast stretches of unbroken forest, are important ecosystems, yet, they are threatened: between 2000 and 2020, the world’s intact forest landscapes decreased by 12% (155 hectares). As a global food company, we have a responsibility to engage our supply chain, suppliers and industry to drive faster, more effective action to combat deforestation. We have focused our deforestation-related efforts on palm oil, soy, and paper and pulp. These commodities have been identified through materiality assessments and stakeholder consultations as having significant social and environmental risk.

Our Commitment

As part of our Kellanova Better Days™ Promise goal to create better days for 4 billion people by the end of 2030, Kellanova commits to reach net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across the value chain by 2050. * The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has verified Kellanova’s net-zero science-based target by 2050. The SBTi is a corporate climate action organization that enables companies and financial institutions worldwide to play their part in combating the climate crisis.

We’ve committed to the following targets as part of the SBTi Forest, Land and Agriculture (FLAG) Guidance. The SBTi’s FLAG Guidance is the world’s first framework for companies in land-intensive sectors to set science-based targets that include land-based emissions reductions and removals.

Near-Term Targets:

• Kellanova commits to reduce absolute scope 3 FLAG GHG emissions 45.45% by 2030 from a 2015 base year. **
• Kellanova commits to no deforestation across its primary deforestation-linked commodities, with a target date of December 31, 2025. **

Long-Term Targets:

• Kellanova commits to reduce absolute scope 3 FLAG GHG emissions 72% by 2050 from a 2015 base year. **

Our Approach

Though deforestation is a global issue, the solutions and actions to curb it must be regionally relevant. It is through this lens that we can accelerate our efforts to protect remaining forests, restore degraded areas and direct funding and investment to efforts that will provide the greatest impact. With this in mind, we are working toward nature-based solutions that consider environmental and social elements at the global and local level.

For example, we partner with suppliers, farmers, peers, customers, civil society, communities and governments to protect vulnerable, biodiverse areas and ecosystems. In addition, all Kellanova timber-based packaging is recycled, certified sustainable, or low-risk, or comes from low-risk origins.

Learn more about our global policy on deforestation on our Policies and Guidelines page.

Our Journey

Kellanova is a new company with a foundation that’s more than a century long. We are committed to carrying forth the legacy of Kellogg Company, who led with purpose to create a positive impact for people and planet. Like our name signals, we’re building on that legacy of doing good, built over the previous 117 years, while looking ambitiously toward the future. 

Progress reported below is for Kellogg Company through the end of 2022. Kellanova will report on progress toward our commitments in our initial Social and Environmental Report that we will issue in 2025.

*GHG emissions are measured and aligned to the guidance outlined in the Greenhouse Gas Protocol and Kellanova Scope 1, 2 and 3 GHG emissions and energy consumption are independently verified by Apex Companies LLC. Learn more on our Policies and Guidelines page.

**The target includes FLAG emissions and removals.