Wednesday, 21 March 2018

MCDONALD'S BECOMES THE FIRST RESTAURANT COMPANY TO SET APPROVED SCIENCE BASED TARGET TO REDUCE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS

Company Expected to Prevent 150 Million Metric Tons of Emissions by 2030

OAK BROOK, Ill., March 20 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, McDonald’s announces it will partner with franchisees and suppliers to reduce greenhouse gas emissions related to McDonald’s restaurants and offices by 36% by 2030 from a 2015 base year in a new strategy to address global climate change. Additionally, McDonald’s commits to a 31% reduction in emissions intensity (per metric ton of food and packaging) across its supply chain by 2030 from 2015 levels. This combined target has been approved by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi).

Through these actions, McDonald’s expects to prevent 150 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions from being released into the atmosphere by 2030. This is the equivalent of taking 32 million passenger cars off the road for an entire year or planting 3.8 billion trees and growing them for 10 years. The target will enable McDonald’s to grow as a business without growing its emissions.
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