Stand.earth alleges that Cargill, the nation’s largest privately-held company and the world’s largest agribusiness company, has failed to keep pledges on eliminating deforestation from its supply chains.
Industry and lawmakers argue that the “Scope 3” requirement would consume immense amounts of time and money and result in wildly inaccurate estimates. Backers say the disclosures would be invaluable to investors and to speeding action on climate change.
A new carbon map based on high resolution satellite imagery that will help companies avoid deforestation in their supplies chains is expected to be published by the end of 2021.
