Our actions: To ensure no good food goes to waste and that the world’s surplus food is used to nourish people, we leverage our philanthropy and General Mills' deep food system expertise to expand surplus food recovery. Our efforts and investments have resulted in grocery stores, restaurants and thousands of other food outlets around the globe gaining and adopting systematic food recovery solutions so that their good surplus food can now be used to nourish hungry people and does not end up in landfills. Since food waste and loss occur from "farm-to-fork” and impact growers, families, communities, the environment and businesses, we engage with a wide variety of partners to advance positive change. We bring a systems lens and take a collective impact approach to the issue, working with cross-sector coalitions and nonprofit organizations around the globe. Our focus areas include: n Expanding global knowledge and insights about the most scalable, high-impact solutions to food waste and loss n Strengthening the capacity, safety and efficiency of food banks worldwide n Catalyzing innovative new surplus food recovery solutions Our latest philanthropic support for ReFED — a leading U.S. nonprofit that works with businesses, government leaders, environmental organizations, community nonprofits, researchers, investors and others to advance food waste solutions — helped bring about the ReFED Insights Engine as part of the organization’s Roadmap to 2030 . A first-of-its-kind solution, the Insights Engine is an interactive online platform that enables any user from any sector to dynamically explore the food waste issue and model the projected impacts (climate, economic, social, etc.) of various solutions (see above). In addition to supporting broader food system solutions, we also donate surplus food from our own operations to enable meals for food-insecure people. Enabling food recovery 2021 Progress meals enabled worldwide by our food donations and philanthropic partners during 2021. We are working to enable 30 billion meals for hungry people by 2030, and have charitably enabled 17.1 billion meals since fiscal 2019. General Mills grants supported and strengthened food banks in more than 40 countries. 9 billion 40 + countries meals enabled by donations of General Mills surplus food worldwide during 2021, contributing to 365 million meals since 2010. children worldwide have access to nourishing school meals daily, with General Mills support. 41 million 1,095,500 + 46,843 retailers and foodservice operators worldwide empowered to participate in systemic food rescue through our global investments in food recovery technology.* *Through MealConnect and FareShareGo. r We support initiatives that help ensure good food doesn't go to waste. r The ReFED Insights Engine is a hub for food loss and waste data and solutions, providing information and insights to help people take meaningful action to reduce food waste. Find out how much food is being wasted in the U.S., learn why it's happening and see where it goes. Visit the Food Waste Monitor Learn which food waste reduction solutions are the most relevant and impactful for meeting specific goals. Visit the Solutions Database Explore ReFED's database of 850+ organizations offering products and services to help reduce food waste. Visit the Solutions Provider Directory Quantify the climate, natural resource and food security impacts of wasted food. Visit the Impact Calculator Understand the problem Explore solutions Find solution providers Calculate impact GENERAL MILLS GLOBAL RESPONSIBILITY 61 Food Planet People Community