The owner of Pizza Hut and KFC, a meatpacking giant and one of the UK’s biggest marketing agencies have been removed from the UN-backed Science-Based Targets initiative’s (SBTi) dashboard.
The companies have been marked as ‘commitment removed’ on the UN-backed Science-Based Targets initiative’s (SBTi) dashboard, which shows the direction of corporates’ decarbonisation.
The SBTi lists firms that have had new targets approved and existing ones updated, as well as those which have publicly committed to developing a target within 24 months.
It also highlights organisations that fail to have targets approved within the timeframe on its dashboard, labelling them as ‘commitment removed’.
In its latest update, SBTi highlighted Yum Brands, the owner of Pizza Hut, KFC and Taco Bell as “commitment removed’. Also on the list were marketing agency WPP, the world’s biggest meat producer JBS, eyewear brand Ace and Tate and financial information service S&P Global.
Subscribe to Sustainability Beat for free
Sign up here to get the latest sustainability news sent straight to your inbox everyday
In August last year, Amazon was marked as “commitment removed” for failing to follow up its climate pledges with official emission goals for approval by SBTi reviewers.
The e-commerce retailer said at the time it “remains difficult to submit [emission targets for review] in a meaningful and accurate way.”
Earlier this month, N Brown Group, the owner of Jacamo and Simply B, had its targets to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions approved by the SBTi.
