 
Tyson Foods, Inc. [NYSE: TSN], founded in 1935 with headquarters in
Springdale, Arkansas, is the world's largest processor and marketer of
chicken, beef, and pork, the second-largest food company in the Fortune
500 and a member of the S&P 500. The company produces a wide
variety of protein-based and prepared food products, which are marketed
under the "Powered by Tyson™" strategy. Tyson is the recognized market
leader in the retail and foodservice markets it serves, providing
products and service to customers throughout the United States and more
than 80 countries.
The company has approximately 114,000 Team Members employed at more
than 300 facilities and offices in the United States and around the
world. Through its Core Values, Code of Conduct and Team Member Bill of Rights,
Tyson strives to operate with integrity and trust and is committed to
creating value for its shareholders, customers and Team Members. The
company also strives to be faith-friendly, provide a safe work
environment and serve as stewards of the animals, land and environment
entrusted to it.
Living Our Core Values
Sustainability is an important part of the culture at Tyson Foods, and we take
very seriously the company's responsibilities to customers, shareholders, Team
Members, and the communities where we live and work.
Our Sustainability Report document ( in English, 3.99MB | en Espanol, 2.44MB) provides an overview of the company's
efforts to support environmental stewardship, social progress, and economic
growth. The information in this report, unless otherwise noted, covers fiscal
year (FY) 2005 (October 3, 2004 to October 1, 2005). It primarily focuses on
Tyson operations within the United States, with some additional information
provided on international operations.
We encourage you to read this report to learn more about what Tyson Foods is
doing now, and what we plan to do in the future, to strive toward
sustainability.
“Environmental stewardship is a core value of Tyson Foods’ business
philosophy because we believe protecting natural resources
is essential
to achieving clean air, water, and land
for our world.”
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from the Tyson Foods Environmental Policy
The people
of Tyson Foods have always been fortunate to live and
work in some of the most beautiful and scenic areas
of our country. It is a privilege we acknowledge and
appreciate. In the Core Values, we affirm our role as stewards of the
environment, and the Tyson Foods’ Environmental
Policy states the expectations of our Team Members.
To
this end, Tyson always strives to use the latest technology
in our facilities, while we work with others to develop
and implement new environmental advances as they become available. Our
efforts in continual improvement, natural farming techniques, water quality,
and greenhouse gas emission reductions show Tyson’s commitment
to environmental stewardship. We strive to produce
the high-quality food products our consumers and customers
depend upon, while recognizing our responsibility to
be good corporate citizens in the communities in which we work, live,
and play.
Our commitment to the environment also extends to encouraging
the independent contract growers we work with to take
care of the land they depend on for their livings.
We recognize poultry, beef, and pork producers for
outstanding stewardship of our environment each year
at the annual shareholders' meeting.
Continual Improvement Efforts — Management
Systems
Achieving environmental excellence begins with setting
clear expectations, establishing procedures, and measuring
progress. As part of our pursuit for continual improvement,
we are implementing an environmental management system
(EMS) at all of our domestic processing facilities.
Modeled after the international standard ISO 14001,
our EMS enhances existing environmental practices and establishes a
performance-based program for the company. Our goal
is to have this framework in place throughout our U.S. operations, and
to incorporate health and safety performance into the EMS by December
2008.
Natural Farming Techniques
When Tyson independent growers prepare their chicken
houses for use, rice hulls and/or wood shavings are
added as bedding material. Typical growers will clean
out their houses once a year and use the organic
material, which is still 60-70 percent bedding,
as organic fertilizer.
 To be sure this organic fertilizer is properly
applied; growers working with governmental officials
and guidelines develop site-specific Nutrient Management
Plans and implement best management practices for the proper
utilization of chicken litter. To maximize crop
growth without harming the environment, the practices
recommend a specific amount of this fertilizer per acre depending
on the farmer's land area, soil type, crop to be
grown, type of litter used, and nitrate/phosphate concentration
per ton.
The guidelines determine how far from waterways the fertilizer
should be applied by the farmer to retain the quality
of these watercourses. Both environmentally sound and
inexpensive, chicken-litter fertilizer is a welcome
alternative to chemical fertilizer, the only other acceptable option
for higher crop yields.
Awards for Outstanding Stewardship
Each year at our annual Shareholders' Meeting, we present
awards to poultry, beef, and pork producers from around
the country who have exhibited excellence in environmental
stewardship. The 2004 Pork Environmental Stewardship
winner operates in Holdenville, Oklahoma. A cattle feedlot from Broken
Bow, Oklahoma, received the 2004 Environmental Stewardship award for
the beef segment. Tyson presented five Poultry Environmental Stewardship
awards to poultry growers located in Monroe, North Carolina; Oxford,
Alabama; Pine Bluff, Arkansas; Forest, Mississippi; and New Holland,
Pennsylvania. Winners receive a trophy, a $2,500 check, and a $500
donation to the environmental organization of their choice.
The responsibility these families feel can be summed up in the words
of Troy Alderfer, a 2004 Poultry Environmental Stewardship winner: “As farmers,
we need to constantly evaluate our operations and how they effect the
environment and those around us. We need to take the necessary steps
to keep our farms in compliance and to uphold a positive image in the
community.”
Watching Our Water
 Wastewater
treatment, water conservation, and recycling are key
environmental concerns at Tyson Foods. Wastewater from
our facilities are treated with various processes before
it either is sent to a city treatment plant or is cleaned
to government-approved levels and discharged into a
nearby waterway. Tyson operates 38 full treatment plants
and 32 partial treatment plants nation wide. More
than 75 million gallons of wastewater are treated each
day in our wastewater treatment plants. Returning clean
water into the natural environment is one of Tyson
Foods' most important environmental responsibilities.
Team Members are tasked with ensuring that the water leaving our plants meets governmental regulations.
Additionally, Tyson spends more than $100 million each year on wastewater
treatment efforts. Our commitment to water quality will help ensure the
communities where we live and work continue to enjoy and use high quality
water.
Greenhouse Gas Reduction Efforts
Mike Leavitt, former Administrator of the EPA,
visited Northwest Arkansas to announce Tyson Foods' commitment to the SmartWay program.
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SmartWay Transport Partnership
On October 4, 2004, Tyson officially signed as a SmartWay
Partner with the Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA). SmartWay is a national, voluntary environmental and energy conservation
program for companies that ship freight. Tyson’s transportation group
worked with EPA to develop measurable goals to reduce
air emissions and to improve fuel efficiency in our transportation fleet
over the next three years.
Climate Leaders/Climate Resolve
Companies within the United States are forming and
joining voluntary GHG programs to show their commitment
for reductions. In early 2004, Tyson Foods joined
Climate RESOLVE, a voluntary GHG reduction program developed by
the Business Round Table (BRT).
Later in 2004, Tyson began discussions
with EPA regarding a separate program called Climate
Leaders. The program is a national voluntary effort
in cooperation with the EPA that targets the reduction of GHG emissions.
On November 1, 2004, Tyson officially became a Climate Leaders Partner
with the EPA. As a Climate Leader Partner, Tyson will
develop and maintain credits for GHG reductions achieved prior to regulatory
mandates. Additionally, Tyson has permission to use the Climate Leaders/EPA
Partner logo as a means of showing our environmental
leadership.
Tyson is currently working to complete a
company-wide GHG inventory. Later in 2005, Tyson, in
collaboration with the EPA, will set future GHG reduction goals to be
achieved over the next five to ten years. All goals and reductions achieved
through the Climate Leader program will meet our companies’ goals for the Climate
RESOLVE program.
 Alabama- Albertville — Poultry complex, chicken feed mill, hatcheries (2), chicken processing/further-processing plant
- Anniston — Hatchery
- Attalla — Chicken feed mill
- Blountsville — Chicken processing/further-processing plant
- Cullman — Blending mill, growout, transportation
- Geraldine — Animal protein facility
- Snead — Poultry complex
Arkansas
- Bentonville — Chicken further-processing plant, Aviation
- Bergman — Chicken feed mill
- Berryville — Poultry complex, chicken processing/further-processing plant
- Cedarville — Hatchery
- Clarksville — Poultry complex, chicken processing/further-processing plant, chicken feed mill, hatchery, animal protein facility
- Dardanelle — Poultry complex, chicken processing/further-processing plant, hatchery
- Fayetteville — Mexican Original plants (2), entrée processing plant, cold storage, CV poultry hatchery
- Fort Smith — Poultry foods facility
- Gentry — CV growout farm
- Grannis — Poultry complex, chicken processing/further-processing plant, pork growout
- Green Forest — Chicken processing/further-processing plant, hatchery
- Hope — Poultry complex, chicken processing/further-processing plant, chicken feed mill, hatchery
- Lincoln — Hatchery
- Lowell — Employment administration
- Morrilton — Hatchery
- Murfreesboro — Hatchery
- Nashville — Poultry complex, chicken processing/further-processing plant, chicken feed mill, hatchery
- N. Little Rock — Chicken further-processing plant
- Pine Bluff — Poultry complex, chicken processing plant, chicken processing/ further-processing plant, chicken feed mill, blending mill
- Pottsville — Chicken feed mill
- Rison — Hatchery
- Rogers
— Chicken further-processing plants (2), distribution center, The Pork
Group headquarters, The Pork Group Eastern Operations headquarters
- Russellville — Chicken further-processing plant, distribution centers (2), hatchery, pork growout, training center, packaging warehouse
- Scranton — Animal protein facility
- Siloam Springs — Cobb-Vantress headquarters, feed mill, hatchery (2), growout farm, transportation
- Springdale
— World Headquarters, poultry complex, chicken processing/
further-processing plants (2), chicken feed mill, hatcheries (2),
transportation
- Star City — Hatchery
- Summers — CV growout farm
- Texarkana — Animal protein facility
- Van Buren — Chicken further-processing plant
- Waldron — Poultry complex, chicken processing/further-processing plant, feed mill, hatchery
- Wickes — Hatchery
Arizona
California
- Los Angeles — North American Service Center - route sales
Georgia
- Blairesville — CV poultry hatchery
- Buena Vista — Chicken processing/further-processing plant
- Cleveland — CV poultry hatchery, growout operation
- Cumming — Poultry complex, chicken processing plant, hatchery
- Dahlonega — Hatchery
- Dawson — Poultry complex, chicken further-processing plant
- Fairmount — Chicken feed mill
- Gainesville — Cobb-Vantress Southeast Division
- Lawrenceville — North American Service Center
- Oglethorpe — Chicken feed mill, hatchery, growout
- Vienna — Chicken processing/further-processing plant
Hawaii
- Honolulu — International sales office
Idaho
- Kuna — Beef processing plant, transportation
Illinois
- Chicago — Culinary Foods headquarters and production facility, Foodbrands America — The Bruss Company plant
- Joslin — (Geneseo) Beef processing plant, tannery, cold storage warehouse, transportation
- Ottawa — Forward warehouse/distribution center
- Elgin — North American Service Center
Indiana
- Corydon — Poultry complex, chicken processing/further-processing plant, hatchery
- Logansport — Pork processing plant
- Portland — Mexican Original plant
- Ramsey — Chicken feed mill
Iowa
- Cherokee — Foodbrands America - Continental Deli Foods plant
- Council Bluffs — Case-ready beef/pork plant (2)
- Denison — Beef processing plant, transportation
- Independence — Foodbrands America - Iowa Ham Canning plant
- Louisa County — Pork processing plant, cold storage warehouse, transportation (Columbus Junction)
- Oelwein — Foodbrands America - Iowa Ham Canning plant
- Perry — Pork processing plant, cold storage warehouse
- Sioux City — Cold storage warehouse, aviation
- Storm Lake — Pork processing plant, cold storage warehouse, transportation
- Waterloo — Pork processing plant, cold storage warehouse, Foodbrands America - KPR Foods plant, transportation
Kansas
- Emporia — Beef processing plant, cold storage warehouse
- Finney County — Beef processing plant, tannery, cold storage warehouse (Holcomb)
- Hutchinson — Foodbrands America - KPR Foods plant
- Olathe — Foodbrands America - Supply Chains Services Distribution Center
- S. Hutchinson
— Foodbrands America - Doskocil Food Service plant, Doskocil Food
Service Division headquarters, Foodbrands America Technology Center
Kentucky
- Calhoun — Hatchery
- Monticello — Cobb-Vantress Avian Division, CV growout farm, research facility
- Robards — Poultry complex, chicken processing/further-processing plant, animal protein facility
- Sebree — Chicken feed mill
Louisana
Mississippi
- Carthage — Choctaw plant, poultry complex
- Forest
— Poultry complex, chicken processing/further-processing plant, chicken
feed mill, hatchery, route sales, Nordic distribution center
- Magee — Chicken feed mill, hatcheries (2), growout
- Neshoba — Chicken feed mill, poultry complex
- Newton — Poultry hatchery
- Vicksburg — Chicken further-processing plant
- Walnut Grove — Poultry hatchery
Missouri
- Aurora — Chicken feed mill
- Bloomfield — Poultry complex
- Concordia — Foodbrands America - Continental Deli Foods plant
- Dexter — Chicken processing/further-processing plant, chicken feed mill, hatchery
- Grandview — TyNet office
- Monett — Poultry complex, chicken processing/further-processing plant, hatchery
- Montgomery City — Forward warehouse/distribution center
- Noel — Poultry complex, chicken processing/further-processing plant, animal protein facility
- Pineville — CV growout farm
- Sedalia — Poultry complex, chicken processing/further-processing plant, chicken feed mill, hatchery, animal protein facility
Nebraska
- Columbus — Platte County Processed Meats plant
- Dakota City — Beef processing plant, tannery, North American Service Center, transportation
- Lexington — Beef processing plant, cold storage warehouse, tannery, transportation
- Madison — Pork processing plant, FoodbrandsAmerica — ITC plant
- Norfolk — Beef processing plant, forward warehouse/distribution center, cold storage warehouse
- Omaha — Bacon processing plant
- West Point — Beef processing plant, transportation
- York — Foodbrands America - Jac Pac Foods plant
New Jersey
- Lyndhurst — North American Service Center
New Mexico
- Santa Teresa — Foodbrands America - Doskocil Food Service Co. plant
New York
- Buffalo — Foodbrands America - Russer Foods plant
North Carolina
- Cheraw — CV growout farm
- Claremont — Hatchery, poultry hatchery
- Fayetteville — Central farms growout, poultry growout
- Harmony — Animal protein facility
- Hays — Hatchery
- Monroe — Poultry complex, chicken processing plant, chicken feed mill, hatchery, service center
- Roaring River — Chicken feed mill
- Sanford — Mexican Original plant
- Wadesboro — Cobb-Vantress Eastern Division
- N. Wilkesboro — Hatchery growout
- Wilkesboro
— Poultry complex, chicken processing/further-processing plants (3),
hatcheries (4), lab services, engineering, service center, route sales,
transportation sales
Oklahoma
- Broken Bow — Chicken processing/further-processing plant,
chicken feed mill, hatchery
- Holdenville — The Pork Group Western
Operations headquarters
- Oklahoma City — Foodbrands America - Foodbrands Corporate headquarters and Continental Deli Foods Division headquarters
- Ponca City — Foodbrands America - ITC plant
- Rose — CV growout farm (2)
- Spavinaw — CV growout farm
- Stilwell — Hatchery
- Tulsa — Route sales
- Westville — Chicken feed mill
Pennsylvania
- Leesport — Northeast distribution center
- Mt. Joy — Hatchery
- New Holland — Poultry complex, chicken processing/further-processing plants (2), chicken feed mill, transportation
South Carolina
- Columbia — Foodbrands America - KPR Foods plant
South Dakota
- Dakota Dunes — Fresh Meat headquarters, International sales office
- Milbank — Information systems administration
Tennessee
- Dechard — Hatchery
- Estill Springs — Chicken feed mill
- Goodlettsville — Case-ready beef/pork plant, further processing
- Shelbyville — Poultry complex, chicken processing plant
- South Fulton — Chicken feed mill
- Union City — Poultry complex, chicken processing/further-processing plant, hatchery
Texas
- Amarillo — Beef processing plant, tannery, forward warehouse/distribution center, cold storage warehouse
- Carthage — Poultry complex, chicken processing/further-processing plant
- Center — Poultry complex, chicken processing plant, hatchery, animal protein facility, route sales, transportation
- Dallas — Foodbrands America - KPR Foods plant
- Fort Worth — Foodbrands America - KPR Foods plant, Prepared Foods Division headquarters
- Gonzales — Chicken feed mill, hatchery, growout
- Houston
— Foodbrands America - ITC Navigation plant and R&D, ITC Canal
Slicing plant, ITC Portwall plant and administration, route sales
- Nacogdoches — Chicken feed mill, hatchery
- N. Richland Hills — Foodbrands America - Doskocil Food Service plant
- Seguin — Poultry complex, chicken processing/further-processing plant, animal protein facility, service center, route sales
- Teneha — Chicken feed mill, hatchery
- Timpson — Hatchery
- Vernon — Foodbrands America - Wright Brands plant and administration
Virginia
- Broadway — Hatchery
- Glen Allen/Richmond — Poultry complex, chicken processing plant, route sales
- Harrisonburg — Poultry complex, chicken processing/further-processing plant, chicken feed mill, hatchery
- Jetersville — Chicken feed mill, hatchery
- Mt. Jackson — Hatchery, feed mill
- New Market — New Market Service Center
- Temperanceville — Poultry complex, chicken processing plant, hatchery, animal protein facility
Washington
- Pasco — Beef processing plant, tallow refinery, transportation
Wisconsin
- Green Bay — Foodbrands America - TNT Crusts plants (2)
- Jefferson — Foodbrands America - Doskocil Food Service plant
International
- Argentina — Cobb-Vantress joint venture
- Brazil — Cobb-Vantress subsidiary
- Canada — Beef processing plant, pork processing plant, casings processing plant, North American Service Centers (2)
- China
— Sales office (2), chicken processing plant, pork processing plant
(part ownership), casings further processing plant (part ownership)
- England — Sales office
- Ireland — Pork further processing plant (part ownership)
- Japan — Sales office
- Mexico — Sales office (2), chicken processing plant
- Panama — Chicken processing plant
- Puerto Rico — Sales office
- Russia — Sales office, pork further processing plant (part ownership)
- Singapore — Sales office
- South Korea — Sales office
- Taiwan — Sales office
- UAE — Sales office
Working for Tyson Foods offers more than a great job. Education and
advancement opportunities are available from entry level positions to
senior management, and we actively foster an environment where everyone
has access to these opportunities. Our Core Values, Code of Conduct,
and Team Member Bill of Rights express Tyson Foods’ commitment to its
Team Members and to the communities in which we live and work. This
section provides a brief glimpse of the many benefits of working at
Tyson Foods and insight into our unique culture.
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