Goals

All progress reported is based on benchmarks established for fiscal years 2007 and 2008 according to the goals in the 2007 Hormel Foods Corporate Responsibility Report.

Promote a more diverse and inclusive workplace, ongoing.

2008: Formed the Diversity and Inclusion Council.

2008: Rolled out inclusion training program.

We will continue inclusion training with employees.

We are encouraging the formation of employee resource groups to meet the growing needs of our diverse workforce and to ensure inclusion.

Implement a supplier diversity program by November 2008.

2008: Developed online vendor portal for suppliers to register business profiles, increasing accessibility for suppliers.

2008: Developed supplier diversity statement.

We will continue to analyze spend for 2007 and 2008 to recognize future supplier diversity opportunities.

We are reviewing registered diversity suppliers within our online vendor portal for potential supplier diversity opportunities.

Establish individual benchmarks for measuring energy consumption, solid waste management, air emissions and water consumption at our 41 U.S. manufacturing facilities by November 2008.

Benchmarks have been established for all 41 U.S. manufacturing facilities for fiscal year 2007 and fiscal year 2008.

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Reduce water consumption at all 41 U.S. manufacturing facilities by 2 percent per year for five years after benchmarks are established at beginning of fiscal year 2009.

Benchmarks have been established for 41 U.S. manufacturing facilities for fiscal years 2007 and 2008.

2008: Reduced water consumption by 4 percent in fiscal year 2008 compared to fiscal year 2007.

We will continue to implement water reduction projects through capital improvements and awareness initiatives for employees.

Increase recycling to 40 percent of total waste by November 2008.

Increase recycling to 50 percent of total waste by November 2011.

2008: Increased recycling to 32 percent of total waste in fiscal year 2008 from 29 percent in fiscal year 2007. Of the 18 plants reported in the 2007 Hormel Foods Corporate Responsibility Report, 10 have exceeded the 2008 goal and seven have met the 2011 goal.

We continue to help all facilities meet and exceed the 40 percent recycling goal while working toward the company-wide goal to recycle 50 percent of total waste by 2011.

Our plants continue to conduct recycling awareness initiatives.

We are restating this goal to focus on solid waste reduction: Our new goal is to reduce solid waste to landfills by 2 percent per year through 2012, which emphasizes the importance of eliminating waste at its source. We will still monitor our recycling efforts to maximize the amount of waste that we can eliminate from landfills.

Reduce energy use at our 41 U.S. manufacturing facilities by 2 percent per year for five years after benchmarks are established at beginning of fiscal year 2009.

Benchmarks have been established for 41 U.S. manufacturing facilities for fiscal years 2007 and 2008.

2008: Energy consumption increased 0.24 percent in fiscal year 2008, with production levels increasing 2.5 percent.

We continue to implement energy projects including capital improvements and plant assessments.

Reduce product packaging by 2 million pounds by November 2007. Adopt similar goals each year thereafter.

2008: Completed 44 packaging reduction projects that resulted in 5.2 million pounds in savings.

2007 and 2008: Worked with packaging suppliers on sustainability improvements.

Our packaging team continues to identify sustainability projects, which include more than 30 active projects as of October 2008. We will report on the amount of packaging reduction in the 2009 report.

We continue to work with packaging suppliers on sustainability improvements.

No goal established.

Benchmarks have been established for 41 U.S. manufacturing facilities for 2007 and 2008.

2008: Joined the EPA Climate Leaders

We will set a greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction goal by the end of 2009.

We will continue to measure emissions for 41 U.S. manufacturing locations and work toward our GHG reduction target.

We will increase Trailer on Flatcar shipments and continue to increase load capacity by structuring pallet loads, reviewing product mixes and improving route planning.

¹Goal was not included in 2007 Hormel Foods Corporate Responsibility Report.