MISSISSAUGA, Ontario — Maple Leaf Foods Inc. has announced a massive step forward on its sustainability journey, as it becomes the first major food company in the world to be carbon neutral, the company said.
Maple Leaf notes that its announcement acknowledges the impact of the global food system on the environment and the urgent need for transformative change to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions to zero.
As a leading North American producer of meat and plant proteins, Maple Leaf's path to carbon neutrality is predicated on aggressively reducing emissions by meeting the gold standard of widely respected "Science Based. . .