Tag: Changing Markets Foundation

Dairy and Coffee Methane Action Tracker May 2026 Insights

Stuart Mitchell

Changing Markets Foundation has published the third edition of its dairy and coffee methane rankings, assessing the methane performance of 23 dairy and coffee companies across Europe and North America. Danone tops the rankings with 75.5 points, followed closely by General Mills with 74.5 points, while Starbucks ranks third with 65 points. While frontrunners have started disclosing methane emissions and have methane action plans, the rest of the sector is still lagging. This is not due to a lack of awareness: 91% of companies assessed recognised the link between livestock…

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Investors under scrutiny as new report highlights role in methane crisis

Stuart Mitchell

A new report by the Changing Markets Foundation and Planet Tracker finds 80% of investors assessed scored less than 10% of available points on methane – with a particular gap in addressing agricultural methane emissions persisting. Norges Bank Investment Management was also the only investor to engage with the study, and to have agricultural methane specific policies. London, 3 February 2026 – New analysis released today, Materially Neglected: Agricultural Methane and Investor Risk, assesses the methane policies of some of the world’s largest investors in meat, dairy, and rice and…

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New Methane Action Tracker puts agricultural methane emissions under the spotlight

Stuart Mitchell

As COP30 opened, the Changing Markets Foundation unveiled the Methane Action Tracker, the first interactive platform to monitor and compare agricultural methane emissions across both companies and countries. Using maps, scorecards, and rankings, the tracker brings to life data from research and reports on the agricultural sector’s role in driving climate change, allowing users to see which nations, corporations, and sectors are taking credible steps to cut emissions, and which ones are lagging. As the first tool of its kind to show both agricultural methane emissions at the national level and the industrial or retail…

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H&M, C&A and Primark discarding clothes they promised to save -investigation

Stuart Mitchell

Three quarters of clothing donated to major fashion stores to be reused or recycled are actually destroyed, abandoned in warehouses or sent to an uncertain future in Africa, the results of the largest tracking investigation of its kind suggest. The pressure group Changing Markets Foundation used Apple AirTags to track 21 perfect condition coats, trousers, jackets and other used clothes as they passed through take-back schemes. The Dutch NGO donated the items to H&M, Zara, C&A, Primark, Nike, The North Face, Uniqlo and M&S stores in Belgium, France, Germany and…

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Over 80% of investors say lack of climate action could lead to stranded assets inmeat and dairy sector

Stuart Mitchell

A new report from the Changing Markets Foundation warns that profits are at risk if investors do not engage with the meat and dairy industry to cut methane emissions and other climate pollutants. The research commissioned by the Changing Markets Foundation, made up of over 200 respondents from the investment community, highlighted that there is a recognition of climate change being a material risk to meat and dairy industry–related investments, with 84% stating that a lack of climate mitigation could lead to stranded assets in the sector. Food production –…

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