General Mills Commits to Reducing Absolute Greenhouse Gas Emissions

The company also has signed on to a global movement of leading companies aligning their businesses with the Paris Agreement.

Morgan Smith

Sep 23, 2020

General Mills has pledged to reduce its absolute greenhouse gas emissions—from farm to fork to landfill—by 30% over the next 10 years.In addition, the company has committed to achieve net zero emission levels by 2050 and advance regenerative agriculture across its sourcing footprint on 1 million acres by 2030.

General Mills also has signed on to the Business Ambition for 1.5^oC to limit global temperature rise to 1.5^oC above pre-industrial levels and reach net zero by 2050.

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