'A major blindspot': How supermarkets are missing the mark on methane emissions

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Credit: Changing Markets and Mighty Earth
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Credit: Changing Markets and Mighty Earth

Changing Markets and Mighty Earth are calling for supermarkets to set science-based targets to reduce their methane emissions by at least 30 per cent by 2030

Twenty of the world's largest supermarkets are failing to get to grips with "massive" methane emissions across their supply chains, despite meat and dairy making up an estimated one third of their emissions...

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