Tyson Foods misleads shoppers about its carbon emissions, climate group says
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Tyson Foods is misleading shoppers and investors over its ability to reach "net-zero" carbon emissions by 2050 as well take other steps aimed at protecting the environment.
Tyson, the world's second-biggest meat processor, should have to curtail its climate claims or release a substantial plan to support its claims, according to a lawsuit filed on Wednesday by the Environmental Working Group. The complaint is part of an effort to "hold the biggest, most powerful contributors to the climate crisis — across industries — accountable for greenwashing," EWG stated.
Tyson Foods has said since 2021 that it would hit net-zero emissions — the point at which the amount of greenhouse gases a company emits is offset by the emissions that are removed from the atmosphere — by 2050 by using more renewable energy and no longer contributing to deforestation.
