General Mills released its 2026 Global Responsibility Report, detailing progress the company made across three priority areas — Food, Planet and People — during its 2025 fiscal year, May 27, 2024, through May 25, 2025. The report marks General Mills’ 56th year of reporting on its environmental and social impact, reinforces the company’s commitment to transparency, and features how General Mills is Standing for Good, a pillar of its Accelerate business strategy.

“For 160 years, we’ve been making food the world loves, while standing for good,” Jeff Harmening, chairman and CEO, General Mills, said in a statement. “We are proudly leading the way in strengthening communities and investing to support a healthy planet. I’m energized by our accomplishments and steadfastly committed to creating a lasting, positive future for us all.”

As a global food company, General Mills places consumers at the heart of its purpose to make food the world loves, with over 100 brands across 100 countries. The company provides a variety of nourishing foods that meet a wide variety of consumer preferences and needs, all made with the highest standards of safety and quality.

Notable food progress in fiscal 2025 includes:

- Removing certified colors: In June 2025, General Mills announced plans to remove certified colors from its US cereals and all K-12 school foods by summer of 2026, and from its full US retail portfolio by the end of 2027. As of March 2026, all K-12 school foods are now being made without certified colors, successfully achieving this milestone ahead of schedule, and the company remains on track to meet its commitments specific to cereal and its broader portfolio.

- Providing natural and organic options: General Mills maintained its leadership as the largest U.S producer of natural and organic packaged food, with one in 10 of its North American products certified organic or made with organic ingredients.

- Meeting consumer preferences and nutritional needs: General Mills’ leadership in whole grain continues with every Big G cereal providing at least eight grams of whole grain per serving, and many offering even more. The company provides many food choices tailored for consumers with diverse dietary goals, including protein, heart-healthy, gluten-free and carb-conscious. In fiscal 2025, 21 percent of our US retail volume contained a good source of dietary fiber.

- Reducing food waste: General Mills continued its strategic partnership and funding of MealConnect, an innovative food recovery platform created by Feeding America that helps rescue and redistribute good food to charitable organizations serving people in need. Since 2014, MealConnect has recovered over 8.6 billion pounds of food, providing billions of nourishing meals to food-insecure people.

General Mills depends on the health and well-being of the planet and invests in landscapes and collaborations aimed at building resilience for nature, communities and its business. In 2025, the company advanced progress on its planetary commitments and achieved zero-waste-to-landfill at its owned manufacturing facilities globally, further reducing environmental impact.

Notable planet progress in fiscal 2025 includes:

- Advancing regenerative agriculture: More than 800,000 acres engaged in General Mills’ regenerative agriculture programs — more than three-quarters of the way to the company’s 2030 commitment.

- Designing recyclable and reusable packaging: Ninety-five percent of General Mills’ packaging was recyclable or reusable (by weight).

- Reducing total value chain greenhouse gas emissions: Through 2025, General Mills reduced total value chain emissions by fourteen percent and 55% reduction in Scope 1 and 2 emissions compared to its 2020 baseline.

- Achieving zero waste to landfill: Achieved a commitment it set in 2016, ensuring all waste from wholly owned manufacturing facilities globally is recycled, reused or recovered for energy.