2025 Integrated Report
Our 2025 Integrated Report highlights our sustainability and financial performance for the past year, and how we are creating long-term value for our stakeholders through focused strategy, strong leadership, and transparent reporting.
A Message from the Executive Chair
"On behalf of the Board of Directors, I want to recognize Curtis Frank and our entire leadership team for guiding the Company through one of the most significant transformations in our history: the successful spinoff of Canada Packers Inc. This was not simply a structural change. It was a deliberate choice to sharpen our focus, simplify our enterprise, and strengthen our capacity to win.
With this separation complete, Maple Leaf Foods is now a more focused, purpose-driven, protein-centric, brand-led consumer packaged goods company. We are clearer about who we are. We are more disciplined about where we compete. And we are better positioned to create enduring shareholder value."
Michael McCain, Executive Chair at Maple Leaf Foods Inc.
A Message from Our President and Chief Executive Officer
"2025 was a defining year for Maple Leaf Foods. We completed our multi-year transformation and successfully spun off Canada Packers into an independent public company, separating our pork operations.
This was a significant milestone for our company. It sharpened our focus, simplified our business, and positioned us to move forward with greater clarity, discipline, and purpose. It also marked the transition from building our foundation to fully activating it.
Today, Maple Leaf Foods is a more focused, purpose-driven, protein-centric and brand-led consumer packaged goods (CPG) company, steadfast in pursuing our inspiring vision: to be the most sustainable protein company on earth"
Curtis Frank, President and Chief Executive Officer at Maple Leaf Foods
2025 at a Glance:
Company
$3.9B
total sales
99%
third party animal welfare audit scores
Planet
15.5%
reduction in Scope 3 emissions intensity since 2018
People
0.33
world-class Total Recordable Incident Rate
Planet
260,000
in our hog feed supply chain
Company
~9,600
Team Members
Communities
$1.8M
donated in food products and food relief
Food
~430,000
food safety and quality tests conducted
People
45%
women representation in management outside manufacturing
Food
100%
of our facilities are Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) certified
Planet
97%
company-wide landfill diversion rate
We are committed to making better food, taking care of our people, communities and animals, and nurturing a better planet.
Making Better Food
Nutrition
We have a portfolio of leading brands, and we make healthy, affordable, and sustainable food that meets consumer needs without compromising taste. In 2025:
- Schneiders® is the #1 brand in packaged meats in Canada
- Maple Leaf Prime® is the #1 brand in fresh poultry in Canada
- Mina® is the #1 Halal brand in fresh poultry in Canada
- Greenfield® is the #1 brand in sustainable packaged meats in Canada (#3 in U.S.)
- Maple Leaf® is #2 brand in packaged meats in Canada
SOURCE: Market share data source: Tracked categories; Nielseniq, Markettrack, Spins-Iri Total Mulo+Natural Channel as of February 2026.
Spins-Iri Total Mulo+Natural Channel as of February 2026.
Food Safety
Maple Leaf Foods is committed to being a world leader in food safety and strengthening consumer trust in the products we produce. We uphold the highest food safety standards across our operations and continuously look for ways to further enhance our systems, processes, and controls. In 2025, we:
- Conducted more than 430,000 food safety and quality tests
- Maintained GFSI certification across 100% of our facilities
- Improved our sanitation performance by 85% from 2019
- Had zero product recalls
Packaging
Our sustainable packaging approach focuses on removing problematic materials, improving recyclability, and increasing recycled content, while supporting progress toward a more circular economy. In 2025, we:
- Introduced shrink bags that are PVDC-free and recycle ready. Maintained 30% recycled content across plastic packaging by weight (2021 baseline)
- Maintained a 40% reduction in packaging material weight across Maple Leaf® branded Lunch Kits by replacing the paperboard sleeve with preprinted film (2019 baseline)
- Saw more than 50% of Maple Leaf® branded retail SKUs feature How2Recycle labels, providing clear disposal guidance to consumers
- Continued to explore eco-friendly packaging alternatives that use fewer materials and generate less waste across the product lifecycle
Taking Care
People
We place strong importance on ethical behaviour across every part of our business. We expect our organization, our team members, and our supply partners to uphold high standards of integrity in every commercial activity. Workplace health and safety, diversity and inclusion, and growth opportunities are also top priorities for us to create a workplace where everyone feels valued, supported, and empowered to thrive. In 2025, we achieved:
- 45% female representation in management roles outside manufacturing
- 23% BIPOC representation in management
- 0.38 Total Recordable Incident Rate
- 14 Employee Resource Group leaders participating in our first ERG Summit
- 35 women taking part in our Women in Leadership program
Communities
At Maple Leaf Foods, we want to engage all of our people in the communities in which we live, work, and play. We are collaborating across sectors to raise awareness of food insecurity, advocate for critical policies and invest in scalable programs required to reduce food insecurity. In 2025, we:
- Donated $1.8M in food products and food relief
- Committed $1M to the Resilient Futures project
- Maple Leaf Foods had Team Members that volunteered in over 33 communities across Canada
- Since 2016, we have committed $16.5 million to 45 initiatives across Canada to address underlying causes of food insecurity
Animals
Our approach to caring for farm animals is grounded in the same values that guide our culture and operations. We are committed to treating farm animals raised or sourced within our supply chain with care and respect. Over time, we have strengthened governance, increased investment, and sharpened operational focus to build a world-class animal welfare program. In 2025, we:
- Conducted housing enrichment research to identify practical, welfare-supporting solutions for broiler chickens
- Added enhanced enrichment designs across broiler chicken barns in our supply chains, such as ramps, perches, huts and pecking devices
- Completed construction of a new, state-of-the-art hatching egg barn for broiler breeder birds
Nurturing a Better Planet
Climate and Nature
We recognize the strong connection between climate change and nature loss, and the urgent need to act. As the world’s first carbon neutral major food company, we are committed to reducing our climate impact while helping protect and restore natural ecosystems. In 2025, we achieved:
- 2.1% reduction in absolute Scope 1 & 2 emissions from the 2018 baseline
- 15.5% reduction in Scope 3 emissions intensity from the 2018 baseline
- 97% company-wide landfill diversion rate
- 98.2% food waste diverted from landfill and repurposed for rendering, biodigestion or composting
- 30 environmental projects supported through carbon offset purchases
- ~260,000 acres in our hog feed supply chain using regenerative agriculture practices
Water
Water plays an important role across the food system, from farming and food processing to consumption. The food industry can also affect both water quality and availability. We continue to look for ways to reduce water use at our facilities and protect nearby waterways from potential impacts. In 2025, we:
- Continued to participate in the Lake Winnipeg Basin Water Stewardship Project that engaged roughly 40,000 acres across four farms to identify, measure and document year over year outcomes of applying water stewardship practices on farm
Waste
Solid waste and food waste sent to landfill can have negative impacts on the environment and local communities. Reducing solid waste at our facilities, increasing landfill diversion and cutting down on food loss and waste across our business are key priorities. In 2025, we achieved:
- 97% company-wide landfill diversion rate
- 10 more facilities reached 100 per cent landfill-free status, bringing the total to 13 facilities
- 98.2% food waste diverted from landfill and repurposed for rendering, biodigestion or composting
Integrated Report
We’re documenting and calculating all the changes we’re making. See our progress in our 2025 Integrated Report.