Tyson Foods 2005 Annual Report Download - page 12

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We Serve as Stewards For Tyson Foods to prosper, the land
must be productive, the air clean and the water pure. The
environment is crucial to everything we do. We have a
responsibility to honor and preserve the environment in the
communities where we live and work. We do this by using a
management system focused on continual improvement.
Our goal is not simply to comply, but to live up to the spirit
of environmental laws and regulations.
As the world’s largest marketer of chicken, beef and pork
products, we rely on animals for our livelihood; therefore, we
have a moral and ethical obligation to treat them with care.
Animal welfare is a long-standing practice at Tyson Foods.
We strive to continue our role as the industry leader in this
area. Because animal well-being is so important to us, we
invest millions of dollars in programs and training. Our Office
of Animal Well-Being advises us in all areas of animal welfare,
works with customers and trade associations and educates
Team Members on how to treat animals properly.
We Give Back to Our Communities Tyson Team Members
are some of the most generous and caring people in the
world. They volunteer in their communities and give count-
less hours of their time to help others. They participate in so
many types of charitable works and public service, it would
be impossible to name them. As an example of what Tyson
people accomplish, look no further than Relay for Life®. The
national average is $1,600 raised per team. Tyson’s 55 Relay
for Life teams averaged $3,000 per team.
Tyson Foods supports the United Way with a 25 percent
match of Team Member donations. In the 2005 calendar
year, donations reached $2.3 million. Tyson also supports
anti-hunger organization Share Our Strength®. Tyson donated
6.5 million pounds of food valued at $8.4 million to hunger
and disaster relief in fiscal 2005. After the tsunami in
December 2004, individual Team Members donated
$132,000. Following hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005,
Team Members gave more than $200,000. Tyson Foods
matched these donations dollar for dollar. Our relief efforts
for the tsunami and the hurricanes reached $2.5 million.
“We were a city of 6,000 people without electricity and
water when Tyson trucks began arriving with ice, water and
food,” said Nancy Chambers, mayor of Forest, Mississippi, a
community affected by Hurricane Katrina. “The tireless
efforts of those who volunteered will always be remem-
bered. Hurricane Katrina has taught us the real, true meaning
of the Tyson Team, and it is one that will remain with us.”
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