A new report from Ceres, assessing the 50 largest food companies in North America, shows that, even in the wake of a year of climate disasters, most of the major food brands are still not disclosing greenhouse gas emissions, reporting science-based targets or outlining progress towards those goals. The benchmark is focusing on two indicators around Scope 3 emissions (all indirect Greenhouse Gas emissions that occur in the value chain of the reporting company) because that is where 80 to 90 percent of emissions from food companies occur. The questions asked are : does a company disclose Scope 3 emissions from purchased goods and services, agriculture and land-use change? And second, does the company have an emission reduction target in line with 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming that includes Scope 3 emissions? Out of the 50 companies assessed — such as Hershey, McDonald’s, Starbucks, Kellogg Co., Walmart, McCormick and others — only 19 disclose Scope 3 emissions and only 15 included Scope 3 emissions in their science-based targets. The only companies that received a "yes" on both indicator one and indicator two were Hershey, Starbucks and Mondelez International. https://www.ceres.org/resources/reports/food-emissions-50-company-benchmark https://www.greenbiz.com/article/ceres-report-shows-stunning-lack-scope-3-action-costco-mcdonalds-others