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Article

8 Dec 2015

Author:
Oxfam America

Kellogg takes bold stand in climate action during COP21

Oxfam welcomes Kellogg’s newly announced goal to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 65 percent across its own operations, and to reduce their supply chain emissions by 50 percent by 2050…“It is encouraging to see the company step up its climate mitigation ambition to align with the level of effort recommended by the IPCC…” says Irit Tamir, Special Advisor to Oxfam America’s private sector team. “Climate change is putting hundreds of millions at risk of hunger and Kellogg has the power to influence and raise the standards within the food and beverage industry.” The global food giant’s new GHG reduction target…came after more than 230,000 supporters of Oxfam’s Behind the Brands campaign urged Kellogg and the other top 10 food and beverage companies to do their part in reversing climate change…