According to a 2021 UN-backed report, the world’s food systems account for approximately one-third of human-caused emissions. Mark Schneider, CEO of Nestle, the world’s largest food and beverage company, joins The Bid to discuss how food – from the farm to the fork to the compost bin – plays a role in the transition to a low-carbon economy.

Sources: About Us, Nestle S.A., June 2023 and “Forbes Global 2000: The World’s Largest Food Companies In 2022,” May 2022; Crippa, M., Solazzo, E., Guizzardi, D. et al. Food systems are responsible for a third of global anthropogenic GHG emissions. Nat Food 2, 198–209 (2021); and “Food systems account for over one-third of global greenhouse gas emissions,” Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, March 2021.

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