US EditionHow Agrifood Giants Are Falling Short On Real Nature Risk
- Food firms are accused of greenwashing and exaggerating their climate efforts, as reported by the NewClimate Institute and Carbon Market Watch.
- Companies like Nestlé, JBS, and PepsiCo fail to commit to meaningful emissions reductions, focusing instead on vague carbon removal strategies.
- Agriculture is responsible for a significant share of greenhouse gas emissions and deforestation worldwide, with methane's role particularly concerning as levels continue to rise despite climate pledges.
- Despite pledges to reduce emissions, methane levels in the atmosphere have reached record highs, with significant corporate inaction noted.
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Food giants’ climate plans lack credibility, new report finds
The annual report, which analyzed the climate strategies of five of the world’s top 10 food and agriculture corporations, is the latest in a slew of reports that show how the largest food companies are failing to tackle their environmental impacts.
Food Giants’ Climate Plans Lack Credibility, New Report Finds
Food firms are inflating their climate targets with carbon removals and weak deforestation claims, according to a report from the NewClimate Institute and Carbon Market Watch. With the COP30 climate summit in Brazil later this year widely expected to focus on agriculture, the report has raised concerns about high levels of corporate greenwashing and a lack of climate credibility in the global food sector. The report finds that food giants Nestlé…
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Daily SunClimate strategies of agri-food giants insufficient: Study
PARIS: Nestle, PepsiCo and other agri-food giants are "unlikely" to bring about meaningful greenhouse gas reductions in the sector with their current climate policies, according to a report published on Tuesday (Jun 3). The annual report by the NewClimate Institute and Carbon Market Watch analysed the
JBS, Nestlé, PepsiCo, Mars and Danone climate plans ‘unlikely to lead to deep emission reductions’, report says
A new report has argued that the current climate action plans in place at JBS, Nestlé, PepsiCo, Mars and Danone are ‘unlikely to lead to structural, deep emission reductions’ within the food and drink sector.
Food waste action delivers climate and community wins - FMCG Business
A national food waste reduction initiative is rescuing an extra 12,000 meals per day and helping prevent climate-warming methane emissions from food going to landfill. New results released by the Kai Commitment show that organisations involved in the food waste reduction programme, which includes major New Zealand food businesses such as Woolworths NZ, Goodman Fielder, Fonterra, Silver Fern Farms, Foodstuffs and Nestlé NZ, increased food rescue …
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