“Ignoring the Methane Problem”: World’s Biggest Food Retailers Fail to Address Meat & Dairy Emissions
A new analysis by the Changing Markets Foundation and Mighty Earth has found that major supermarkets worldwide are failing to cut down on methane emissions from meat and dairy. The study found that none of the top 20 food retailers globally — including Ahold Delhaize, Carrefour, Lidl, Tesco, and Walmart — report on their methane emissions or have set methane emissions reduction targets. When their progress was measured against the Methane Action Tracker, which takes into account 18 factors, 19 out of 20 retailers scored less than 50% of the points available. UK supermarket Tesco was the only exception, achieving 51% compared to the average score of just 20%. US retailers performed particularly poorly, and were said to display “a stark lack of climate accountability …