Brown-Forman

Current Sustainability Goals

Environmental Goals

2023 Goals

• Reduce GHG emissions from operations by 15% (2012 baseline)

2025 Goals

• Engage 100% of direct farmer suppliers on regenerative agricultural practices

2030 Goals

• Reduce operations and supply chain emissions by 50%
• Source 100% of electricity from renewable sources (10% as of 2020)
• Integrate circular economy principles
• Achieve water balance for 100% of high-risk and business critical watersheds
• Offer 100% recyclable and/or reusable primary packaging

2035 Goals

• Source 50% of white oak logs from sustainably managed forests

2045 Goals

• Achieve net-zero operations and supply chain GHG emissions

Social Goals

2030 Goals

• Grow global female representation at the senior level to at least 40% (39% as of April, 2021)
• Achieve 50/50 gender parity for professional and leader-level positions globally (women made up 48% as of April, 2021)
• Increase U.S. representation of underrepresented racial and ethnic groups at all management levels to 25% (19% as of April, 2021)
• Increase supplier spend with women- or minority-owned businesses to 16% (12% as of April, 2021)

Highlights

• Reduced CO2 emissions by 28% in 2021, reaching the company’s 2023 goal two years early.
• Reduced energy usage by 10.7% in 2021.
• Reduced water usage by 7% in 2021.
• Facilitated 14% of its spend with diverse suppliers, defined as women or minority-owned business in locations where diversity categories are tracked by the government.
• Reached its 2030 goal of having 40% of senior leadership positions globally filled by women (achieving 41% in 2022).
• People of color made up 20% of US workforce, on track of 2030 goal of 25%.

2022

Joined the CEF member network June 2022!