Corporate Social Responsibility

Today’s grocery shopper wants to know what their store stands for. We work on corporate social responsibility issues including animal welfare, sustainability, food waste and more. 

U.S. Plastics Pact

FMI is a Founding Activator of the U.S. Plastics Pact, which will create a unified national framework for a circular economy for plastics, creating structure, coherence, aligned targets, and associated reporting. The U.S. Plastics Pact has four outlined targets to encourage bold action:

  • Define a list of plastic packaging to be designated as problematic or unnecessary by 2021 and take measures to eliminate them by 2025.
  • By 2025, all plastic packaging will be 100% reusable, recyclable or compostable.
  • Undertake ambitious actions to effectively recycle or compost 50% of plastic packaging by 2025.
  • By 2025, the average recycled content or responsibly-sourced, bio-based content in plastic packaging will be 30%

Frequently Asked Questions

FMI Corporate Social Responsibility Resources

Hispanic Grocery Shopper

Grocery Shopper Snapshot: Hispanic Edition

This brief report provides insight into Hispanic grocery shopping habits, including attitudes, behaviors and purchase drivers.
The Food Retailing Industry Speaks

The Food Retailing Industry Speaks 2024

The food industry is experiencing enormous change. The latest version of The Food Retailing Industry Speaks relays many shifting developments and describes how the industry has worked hard to make progress in the face of all this change.
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Boardroom Volume 9

This journal discusses food industry supply chain disruption, labor shortages and workforce challenges, technology transformation, changing marketplace and societal dynamics, evolving consumer behaviors, and rising ESG expectations.
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Sustainability in the Food Industry 2023: Consumer Perspectives and Industry Strategies

This report compiles the FMI sustainability blog series, which shares compelling research and covers aspects ranging from consumer perspectives to industry opportunities.
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Transparency Trends 2023: Food Shoppers Increasingly Prioritize Information

This report tracks shifting perspectives and takes a deeper dive than before into topics including front-of-pack labels, use of digital research tools and attitudes about online vs. in-store shopping.
Sustainable Packaging Assessment Guide

Sustainable Packaging Assessment Guide

The playbook provides guidance on topics ranging from material sourcing to design, to end-of-use, with a particular focus on recyclability.
Challenges Associated with the Transition to Cage Free Eggs

The Transition to Cage-Free Eggs

This study investigates the challenges and opportunities associated with the transition to cage-free housing, including interviews with and a survey of egg producers, a survey of egg consumers, and economic modeling of the sector.
Unified Voice Protocal

Unified Voice Protocol – Cage-Free Eggs and Slow-Growth Broilers Production Practices

This on-demand digital seminar announces a new approach to managing emerging issues in the food, agricultural and consumer goods sectors.
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How the Food Industry is Reducing Food Waste

These talking points outline how the food industry is addressing food waste.
State Sustainability Resources

State Sustainability Resources

A compilation of state sustainability resources to help members stay abreast of the environmental and sustainability bills at the state and local levels.
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Store Level Recycling of Plastic Film and other materials During the Pandemic: A Joint Survey

Developed in collaboration with The Recycling Partnership’s Film and Flexibles Coalition, this survey evaluates recycling programs for plastic films and other materials and best practices for collecting plastic films.
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FMI Sustainable Packaging Playbook

This tool can support internal business operations and effective trading partner collaboration regarding sustainable packaging.
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Sustainability In the Food Industry: An Evolving Landscape

This 2021 report is a guide to FMI resources relevant to the current sustainability landscape in the food industry.
2020 Food Waste Lessons Learned

Messy but Worth It! Lessons Learned from Fighting Food Waste

Tips from foodservice manufacturers, grocers and restaurants leading the way in food waste reduction.

Broiler Survey Report: Consumer Beliefs, Knowledge, and Willingness-to-Pay for Sustainability-Related Poultry Production Practices

The overriding purpose of this project is to determine the market potential and consumer willingness-to-pay for chicken breast with different labels, with primary focus on slow growth labels.
CSR Leadership

Leadership

FMI's Sustainability Executive Committee is comprised of retail/wholesale company sustainability leaders and provides leadership, insight and expertise on an ongoing basis.
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FMI's Communications and Consumer Affairs Council provides a forum for communications and consumer affairs professionals to share information relevant to FMI priority issues; media trends or national stories; customer considerations; and national and state policy initiatives that impact public relations and brand reputation of the food retail industry.
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