Canadian Meat Council Brings Protein PACT to Canada

The Canadian Meat Council (CMC) launched the Protein PACT sustainability framework for the Canadian meat processing sector on March 27. This significant initiative aims to enhance sustainability practices across the industry, aligning with global standards while addressing critical issues, CMC said in a release.

The Protein PACT, developed by the U.S. based Meat Institute, is a partnership uniting stakeholders across the animal protein industry to accelerate progress toward global sustainable development goals, focusing on people, animals, communities and the environment, the organization shared in a release.

Bringing the Protein PACT to Canada allows CMC members to collaboratively and pre-competitively advance the sustainability of the animal processing sector. By adapting this framework for Canada, CMC’s goal is to emplower Canadian meat processors to collaborate on shared sustainability goals and work together to improve North American-wide practices.

“Canada’s red meat processing sector have sophisticated science-based practices and outcomes across their establishments and systems in place,” CMC president and CEO Chris White said in a release. “This initiative will provide a vehicle to broadly communicate these initiatives and demonstrate our leadership to key stakeholders.”

Through initiatives like the Protein PACT, the North American meat processing industry is poised to make even greater strides in advancing sustainability and meeting the challenges of the future together, the release said.