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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Denis Campbell Health policy editor

Top UK food firms urged to do more to cut ‘staggering’ emissions

Dairy cattle on a farm
Dairy cattle on a farm. Globally the food industry produces 30% of all emissions. Photograph: Rodrigo Abd/AP

Britain’s biggest food and drink firms are doing too little to tackle the climate emergency and are producing “staggering” amounts of greenhouse gases, campaigners claim.

The 10 companies that manufacture more of the UK’s food than anyone else produce more carbon emissions between them than even the aviation industry, a report says.

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