during this crisis. Our dedicated teams continue to manage these customer requests guided by our core purpose and company values. I am immensely proud for how we have all come together and are finding deeper meaning in our work and engaging in creative ways toco-create with customers.
Our Pandemic Team continues to meet on a regular basis to monitor this rapidly evolving situation, manage the impacts across our global supply chain, keep our operations fully supported, and address any concerns. By working together with our customers throughout this challenging time we are sharing respective best practices and focusing on solid preparation and recovery planning. We are continuing to stay in close contact with our suppliers and customers. I’m pleased to say that in these days of pandemic, we are all learning how to be agile and work together.
3. | Proudly Serving our Communities |
And finally, across everyday life, across our communities, around the world, you will find Ingredion. We believe the aftermath of the pandemic will continue to demonstrate the need for governments and businesses to work together to find ways to protect the fragile balance between humanity and the environment. Ingredion stands ready to do its part. What we do affects lives everywhere. And, food is essential to our everyday lives and moments like this are a testament to our commitment.
On Earth Day of this year, we released our ninth annual Sustainability Report and launched a new sustainability vision with 2030 targets. As a leading food ingredients company, we are increasingly focusing our energies and efforts on new ways to operate and innovate as we grow our business globally. I am pleased that our sustainability results continue to drive environmental improvements within our communities especially at a time when we are witnessing school closures, job disruptions and people are turning to food banks for much-needed support. For the past eight years, we have worked with The Global FoodBanking Network and our donation this year, provided an additional 240,000 meals to people in need. It has been wonderful to see other countries in our Ingredion Family mobilize food donations to also assist in this effort. We are matching any donations made by our employees to approved charitable organizations through our existing HR program.
Our employee culture has never been more fully on display than through our Employee Value Proposition and its tagline– all IN! At Ingredion, we share an inspiring purpose – to make life better, for our colleagues, our customers, our communities, and the world. Our shared purpose energizes and motivates us to boldly innovate – imagine breakthrough solutions, advance new technology platforms, enable new business models, and improve daily work practices. At Ingredion, we are all IN together to Make Life Better.
We will continue to monitor the impacts ofCOVID-19 and will provide further commentary on our First Quarter 2020 Earnings Call scheduled for May 5th at 8am Central Time.
In the meantime, thank you, stay safe and healthy.
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