Agrifood companies rely on ‘weak’ carbon schemes to distract from lack of progress, report claims

By Maria Gonçalves2025-06-05T11:27:00

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Companies such as Mars and PepsiCo are ‘failing to address the root causes of their carbon emissions’, the Corporate Climate Responsibility Monitor 2025 claimed

The world’s largest food and agriculture companies – including Mars, Nestlé, Danone and PepsiCo – are “overstating their climate progress” by relying on “weak” fixes instead of addressing the root causes of their impact, a new report has claimed.

Agrifood companies rely on ‘weak’ carbon schemes to distract from lack of progress, report claims

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