Emissão Impossível: Edição Metano

The report finds that 15 major meat and dairy companies collectively emit approximately 12.8 million tonnes of methane, representing 3.4% of all anthropogenic global methane emissions and 11.1% of global livestock-related methane. The authors highlight a significant lack of corporate transparency, noting that 60% of these companies do not report total emissions across their value chain (Scope 3). The document calls for binding government targets for agricultural emissions and a systemic shift toward agroecological systems to meet the 1.5°C warming limit.

• The combined methane emissions of the 15 analyzed companies total approximately 12.8 million tonnes, which is more than 80% of the European Union's total methane footprint. These emissions account for roughly 3.4% of all anthropogenic global methane emissions and 11.1% of global livestock-related methane.
• The total global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of these 15 companies are approximately 734 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent, exceeding the emissions of Germany. If these companies were a single country, they would be the world's tenth largest GHG emitting jurisdiction, with emissions surpassing oil companies such as Shell, BP, and ExxonMobil.
• Individual company emissions are comparable to national livestock emissions: JBS's methane emissions exceed the combined cattle methane emissions of Canada, France, Germany, and New Zealand, and equal 55% of US livestock methane. Marfrig's emissions rival those of all livestock in Australia, Tyson's approach those of the Russian Federation, and Dairy Farmers of America's are comparable to the UK's bovine methane.
• There is a widespread failure in corporate reporting; 60% of the 15 companies (nine companies) either do not report emissions or fail to report total emissions across the value chain (Scope 3), and none report methane emissions within their supply chain.
• Despite the Global Methane Pledge, five countries where these companies are headquartered—the US, Brazil, China, New Zealand, and the Netherlands—increased their bovine methane emissions over the last ten years, with China seeing an increase of more than 17%.

APA

Changing Markets Foundation (2022). Emissão Impossível: Edição Metano. https://changingmarkets.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Emissions-Impossible_MethaneEdition_ExecSum_PORT_Final.pdf

Chicago

Changing Markets Foundation. Emissão Impossível: Edição Metano. 2022. https://changingmarkets.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Emissions-Impossible_MethaneEdition_ExecSum_PORT_Final.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{changingmarketsfoundation2022emisso, author = {{Changing Markets Foundation}}, title = {{Emissão Impossível: Edição Metano}}, institution = {Changing Markets Foundation}, year = {2022}, month = nov, url = {https://changingmarkets.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Emissions-Impossible_MethaneEdition_ExecSum_PORT_Final.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }