{"id":1273914,"date":"2024-04-11T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-11T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.agriland.ie\/?p=1273914"},"modified":"2024-04-11T15:06:47","modified_gmt":"2024-04-11T14:06:47","slug":"ms-uk-aims-to-achieve-its-net-zero-goals-by-2040","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lightsail.agriland.ie\/farming-news\/ms-uk-aims-to-achieve-its-net-zero-goals-by-2040\/","title":{"rendered":"M&S UK aims to achieve its ‘Net Zero’ goals by 2040"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Marks & Spencer (M&S) UK has announced that it aims to achieve its Net Zero by 2040 goals, funded through its Plan A Accelerator Fund. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
M&S aims to remove 11,000t of greenhouse emissions and to cut carbon by 8.4%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This includes a \u00a31 million investment in a change to the diet of the pasture-grazed cows to help reduce the amount of methane produced in a cow\u2019s stomach and released into the atmosphere. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
M&S stated that this will not compromise the taste or quality of the milk and they will stay committed to paying the farmers a fair price for the milk they produce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n