Tyson Foods Faces Shareholder Pressure for Stronger Commitment to Sustainable Packaging

Jan 22, 2024

Leading up to Tyson Foods’ annual shareholders meeting on February 8, a nonprofit corporate sustainability watchdog is intensifying its efforts to encourage the food processor to embrace a circular economy for packaging.

Tyson Foods has recommended rejecting a proposal put forth by As You Sow, submitted a month prior, asserting that the company is actively working to reduce plastic and packaging waste. The board contends that the proposed assessment and reporting are unnecessary, considering their current practices and disclosures.

In a proxy statement, Tyson officials stated, “The Company shares proponents’ concerns for reducing plastic pollution and is already engaged in efforts to improve packaging sustainability as well as providing public disclosure on progress on these initiatives.” However, a recent filing by As You Sow argues that Tyson’s efforts are inadequate, claiming that the company lacks substantive packaging data in the public domain, putting it at risk of violating Extended Producer Responsibility (ERP) laws.

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Video: Four Star Pork Industry Conf - Back to Basics: Fundamentals drive vaccine performance

At a time when disease pressure continues to challenge pork production systems across the United States, vaccination remains one of the most valuable and heavily debated tools available to veterinarians and producers.

Speaking at the 2025 Four Star Pork Industry Conference in Muncie, Indiana, Dr. Daniel Gascho, veterinarian at Four Star Veterinary Service, encouraged the industry to return to fundamentals in how vaccines are selected, handled and administered across sow farms, gilt development units and grow-finish operations.

Gascho acknowledged at the outset that vaccination can quickly become a technical and sometimes tedious topic. But he said that real-world execution, not complex immunology, is where most vaccine failures occur.