GOOD FOR THE PLANET IS GOOD FOR BUSINESS
Sustainability is core to all our Heinz products, and we’re well on our way to reaching our 2050 goal of carbon neutrality. In fact, we’re on track to have 100% of Heinz Ketchup tomatoes sustainably sourced by 2025.
OUR TOMATOES
Every tomato in every bottle of Heinz Ketchup sold in the U.S. is grown in America by passionate people dedicated to growing high-quality, non-GMO tomatoes, many of who have farmed with us for generations.
Close to home
To keep freshness and flavor in, Heinz tomato fields are within an average of four hours from harvest to unloading. This also keeps our carbon footprint low, and our quality high.
The best and the rest
95% of our Heinz tomatoes are perfectly ripe when they leave the field. What’s left from harvesting, like vines and leaves are composted back into the soil for added nutrients.
Recycled seeds
Even after we’ve strained the thick, juicy tomato pulp, the leftover skins and seeds are upcycled into pet food or used to feed livestock on local farms.
Conservation education
We’ve created agricultural development projects that teach tomato conservation and conservation farming to farms worldwide, including Brazil, Egypt, and Spain.
WHAT IS REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE AND WHY IS IT IMPORTANT?
DISCOVER OUR WORK IN CARING FOR SOIL WORLDWIDE
GROWING STRONGER ROOTS IN BRAZIL
Overhead watering systems were not getting enough nutrients to the soil to feed our tomatoes. By starving them a little, they sent their roots further into the soil as they dug for water. Consequently, making stronger, higher yielding tomatoes.
SPAIN’S SOIL HEALTH MANAGEMENT PRACTISES
Decades of over-tilling have left Spain’s normally rich soil, hard and impenetrable. But by intermittently planting different crops to break down and improve the topsoil, we’ve helped increase soil health and doubled tomato yields in just eight years.
CALIFORNIA COVER CROPPING
After harvest, soil was tired and lacking in nutrients. So instead of planting more tomatoes, we alternated with other crops, like grasses to feed and build back the soil’s nutrients. Boosting tomato harvests and protecting soil in the future.
We’re on a mission to care for the world’s soils. 95%* of the food we eat relies on healthy soil but our soils are at risk and could be gone in as little as a generation if we don’t act.
*The Food and Agriculture Organization
PACKAGING & RECYCLABILITY
We’re actively innovating to make 100% recyclable, reusable or compostable packaging and reduce our landfill intensity by 20% by 2025. In Europe, we have the ambitious goal of creating a fully circular Heinz Tomato Ketchup bottle by 2025.
WATER USE AND CONSERVATION
Water is everything at Kraft Heinz, so we’re developing smarter systems that protect, conserve and optimize with the goal of reducing water use intensity by 15% across our manufacturing facilities and 20% in high-risk watershed areas by 2025.
ENERGY USE & RENEWABLES
We’re well on our way to reducing our overall energy use by 15% with a goal of procuring the majority of our electricity from renewable resources by 2025.
WASTE REDUCTION
We’re working to make less waste. Already diverting 90% of our solid waste to recycling or by products usage.
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