McDonald's recently announced a global commitment on deforestation across the company's expansive global supply chain. The commitment builds upon McDonald's Global Sustainability Framework and longstanding leadership in the area of sustainable sourcing. The pledge encompasses all of the company's products and focuses on beef, fiber-based packaging, coffee, palm oil, and poultry -- for which the company will begin developing specific time-bound sourcing targets in 2015.
"This commitment to end deforestation demonstrates another major step for McDonald's as we work to increasingly embed sustainability throughout our global business," said Francesca DeBiase, senior vice president of McDonald's Worldwide Supply Chain and Sustainability. "Making this pledge is the right thing to do for our company, the planet and the communities in which our supply chain operates. We're excited to continue collaborating with our supplier partners to achieve our goals."
McDonald's commitment also aligns with the company's endorsement of the New York Declaration on Forests, a call for global companies and organizations to "do their part" in an effort to end natural forest loss by 2030.
