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The Campbell Soup Company has announced four broad environmental stewardship and corporate citizenship goals it wants to accomplish by 2020.

Specifically, Campbell is committed to:

• Nourishing the Planet. The company wants to cut the environmental footprint of it product portfolio in half, as measured by water use and CO2 emissions per product produced. In 2008, Campbell used 9.35 cubic ft. of water and 0.308 tonnes of CO2 used per tonne of food produced. Over the past year, Campbell reduced water in food production by more than 9 percent and invested more than $6 million in environmental sustainability projects.

• Nourishing Neighbors. Campbell wants to measurably improve the health of young people in its hometown communities by reducing hunger and childhood obesity by 50 percent. Over the next decade, Campbell will work closely with organizations like the Robert Woods Johnson Foundation and Feeding America to address these related issues in Camden, N.J., as well as other communities where the company has a meaningful presence, such as Sacramento, Calif., Napoleon, Ohio, Paris, Texas and Norwalk, Conn.

• Nourishing Employees. Campbell wants to realize 100 percent employee engagement in CSR and sustainability. Campbell employees will have a CSR-oriented goal incorporated into their annual performance objectives. This goal can be achieved either individually or as part of a work-affiliated group activity.

• Nourishing Consumers. The company has pledged to advance the nutrition and wellness profile of Campbell’s product portfolio, especially through the continued reduction of sodium in soups, sauces, beverages and bakery items. Campbell will continue to build on a base of more than 45 soups, sauces, beverages and pastas that deliver a full serving of vegetables (1/2 cup).

Campbell has been reporting on its corporate responsibility initiatives since 2008, and the company already has achieved some noteworthy success. For instance, by optimizing shipping routes, advancing energy-saving capital projects, and re-thinking packaging, Campbell has reduced waste and greenhouse gas emissions and saved water, energy and money. Over the past year alone, the company has eliminated more than 3.5 million pounds of steel and 1 million pounds of fiber. Plus, Campbell also saved 300,000 pounds of packaging material by simply reducing the package height of the 32.5 oz Pepperidge Farm Goldfish carton by three-quarters of an inch.

Campbell’s 2010 corporate responsibility report is available here.