Corporate Social Responsibility Report

The report describes General Mills' fiscal 2008 progress in improving the health profile of products covering 40 percent of U.S. retail sales. It reports nearly $87 million in community donations and continued giving at about 5 percent of pretax profits. Environmentally, the company reports a 3 percent reduction in water-use rate and a 6 percent reduction in solid-waste rate against its goals, while energy and greenhouse-gas rates remained broadly unchanged. The report also identifies its EPA Climate Leaders inventory protocol and participation in the Carbon Disclosure Project.