Kellogg’s commits to cutting its emissions to tackle climate change

Global food giant Kellogg’s will set targets to cut greenhouse gas emissions from its worldwide supply chain, it announced yesterday, responding to consumer pressure to be accountable for its contribution to climate change.

The maker of popular cereal Corn Flakes and potato chips Pringles announced a series of new climate policy measures, including targets to be set by December 2015 that would be consistent with a global effort aimed at preventing average temperatures from rising more than two degrees Celsius.

Kellogg’s will also expand its previous voluntary pledge to ensure net zero deforestation by 2020 by addressing other areas of its supply chain, including soy and sugarcane segments, in which deforestation effects are a high risk.