A Global Effort

We want our team to be energy smart. We regularly communicate best practices from around the company and celebrate energy successes with the entire Flowers team.

As a result, we’ve lowered our GHG emissions by 22% since 2015. Additionally, 13 Flowers bakeries earned Energy Star certification from the US Environmental Protection Agency in 2022, which recognizes buildings that save energy and help protect the environment through reduced greenhouse gas emissions.

Collaboration is a key tenet of our efforts; that includes collaboration among our internal teams, as well as with suppliers, vendors and other external organizations. I encourage you to consider how you can integrate more sustainable processes in your own operations — no action is too small. Working together, our industry can continue to make great progress.

Thank you all for your contributions, and, of course, Happy Earth Day! CB

Margaret Ann Marsh is the VP of environmental and sustainability for Flowers Foods. In her role, she oversees Flowers’ environmental and regulatory compliance and sustainability efforts across its network of 46 bakeries. Marsh is responsible for the origination and continued development of the company’s environmental sustainability program.