ScottsMiracle-Gro Announces New Corporate Responsibility Strategy and Goals
GroForward 2030 focuses on products, practices and people
Initiative outlined in 2026 Corporate Responsibility Report
MARYSVILLE, Ohio, July 21, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company (NYSE: SMG), the leading marketer of branded consumer lawn and garden products in North America, today announced the release of its 2026 Corporate Responsibility Report.
The report, available on the ScottsMiracle-Gro website, memorializes the Company’s progress in 2025 toward its corporate responsibility commitments and demonstrates a shift in its approach to corporate responsibility through 2030, branded as GroForward 2030 and grounded in delivering responsibly produced solutions backed by science and built for real life. GroForward 2030 aims to best serve the Company’s stakeholders while embodying its purpose to GroMoreGood, everywhere.
“GroForward 2030 builds on our history of success in sustainability to create many more opportunities for positive impacts to the benefit of our Company and all those with whom we do business,” said Nate Baxter, president and CEO. “Just as importantly, our reinvigorated approach to corporate responsibility is a reflection of input from our stakeholders and aligns with our multi-year SMG 2.0 growth strategy.”
Baxter noted that the consumer and retail environment are changing, and the Company is adapting through SMG 2.0, whose key elements include:
GroForward 2030 builds on SMG 2.0 with goals centered on the core principles of Products you can count on, Practices you can be proud of and People you grow with.
GroForward 2030 Goals
Products You Can Count On
Practices You Can Be Proud Of
People You Grow With
Among milestones achieved in 2025 and recognized in the report:
About ScottsMiracle-Gro
With approximately $3.3 billion in sales, the Company is the leading marketer of branded consumer lawn and garden products in North America. The Company’s brands are among the most recognized in the industry. The Company’s Scotts®, Miracle-Gro®, Ortho® and Tomcat® brands are market-leading in their categories. For additional information, visit us at www.scottsmiraclegro.com.
For media inquiries:
Tom Matthews
Chief Communications Officer
tom.matthews@scotts.com
(937) 844-3864
For investor inquiries:
Brad Chelton
Vice President
Treasury, Tax and Investor Relations
brad.chelton@scotts.com
(937) 309-2503