Sustainability

Building sustainability through cooperative strength

Caring for people and the environment will always be at the heart of the agricultural cooperative system. That is why CHS takes an outcome-based approach to sustainability with a long-term focus on people, community, economic viability and environmental success.

Sustainability in action

Optimizing nutrient management

CHS is fully engaged with planning and advancing The Fertilizer Institute’s 4Rs Nutrient Stewardship program. We put 4Rs principles into practice by providing agronomic recommendations and developing products that maximize nutrient availability to grow crops and improve soil health.

Training that empowers employees

More than 1,100 CHS employees have enrolled in the Lean practitioner certification program that enables and empowers them to identify opportunities for improved efficiency and performance, then take actions to increase customer value. Lean practitioners are encouraged to consider sustainability fundamentals as they pursue continuous improvement to benefit our owners and help CHS become more sustainable.

Teamwork for COVID-19 relief

CHS Seeds for Stewardship grants matched contributions by member cooperatives in more than a dozen states to help buy ventilators, serve meals, provide counseling and address other critical COVID-19 needs.

Protecting communities and employees

We collaborated with local emergency and public health directors on a special location-readiness plan before bringing out-of-town crews to a rural community for an elevator construction project during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Helping hometowns thrive

As part of the 2019 CHS Days of Service program, CHS employee teams organized group service projects and spent more than 20,000 hours volunteering in their hometowns.

Working with food chain partners

Through Field to Market: The Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture, CHS and partners are conducting a five-year program to track and improve resource management and soil conservation. CHS farmer-owners have enrolled more than 160,000 wheat acres in the program.

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Working together for greater impact

Cooperatives can apply for matching grants to strengthen communities.

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