Agricultural firm Cargill improved its greenhouse gas intensity by 4.9 percent during fiscal 2011 and 2012, according to the company's 2012 corporate responsibility report.
Financial years 2011 and 2012 are the first two years of Cargill's current five-year environmental goal cycle, due to finish in 2015. Its sustainability report does not provide figures for progress made in individual years. Cargill has a goal of reducing its greenhouse gas intensity by 5 percent over the course of the five-year cycle.
Renewable energy accounted for 13.5 percent of the company's energy use in 2012,....