ScottsMiracle-Gro released our 2025 Corporate Responsibility report detailing progress toward our environmental, social and governance goals that help guide our sustainability strategy. These goals are rooted in our purpose to GroMoreGood, everywhere.
“GroMoreGood defines our obligation to our communities, planet, consumers and each other. It reflects who we are and what we stand for,” said Chairman and CEO Jim Hagedorn. “Through our market-leading products and solutions, we enable people to express themselves on their own piece of the Earth. In turn, their thriving gardens and lawns foster many environmental benefits. When it comes right down to it, we strive to make the world a better place, and our 2025 Corporate Responsibility Report reflects our work along these lines.”
Among the many milestones achieved in the last year:
- Natural ingredients and new packaging. We launched in 2024 our Miracle-Gro Organic Raised Bed & Garden Soil, which is locally sourced and made with upcycled green waste, and in 2025 expanded the organic portfolio to include indoor and outdoor solutions. We also developed drought-tolerant grasses to help conserve water in landscapes and continued to innovate with 100-percent recyclable packaging for our O.M. Scott & Sons brand. Additionally, we reduced virgin plastic packaging with refillable pouches under our Ortho brand.
- Landfill diversion and resource reduction. We diverted 1.76 million pounds of waste from coir, a natural material obtained from coconut husks for use in potting mixes, growing media and lawn products. Through collaborations with landscape, renewable energy and organics management firms, coir waste was diverted to agricultural, municipal and industrial applications. We expanded the recycling of plastic film waste for composite decking, railing and other outdoor items and reduced greenhouse irrigation water use by nearly 50 percent.
- Environmental outreach and green space education. We exceeded our 2024 goal of reaching over 157 million people via partnerships with nonprofits focused on water quality and conservation and pollinator habitat and land protection. This included expansion of our work with our 15-member National Partner Network, a group of environmental organizations. For example, the Scotts Miracle-Gro Foundation expanded our grant for The Nature Conservancy’s water quality initiatives in Ohio and Long Island, New York, to include the Colorado River Basin.
- Impacts through partnerships and grants. We continued to connect children to gardens and green spaces through more than 180 grants. Among those receiving support were the Columbus City Schools Farm to School Program, Scotts Canada’s GroForGood Grant Program, KidsGardening GroMoreGood Grassroots Grants and The National Head Start Association GroMoreGood Garden Grants. We also empowered students in Ohio through The Legacy Project with mentorship and real-world career opportunities and nationwide via support for the Doodles & Digits math education series.
ScottsMiracle-Gro celebrates the efforts that our associates and stakeholders have made in achieving the goals outlined in the report and reaffirms our commitment to continuous improvement aimed at benefitting consumers, associates, communities and the planet.
To access the full report, which also addresses our extensive support for local communities and our associates, visit the ScottsMiracle-Gro 2025 Corporate Responsibility report.
