Fonterra emissions plans may worry farmers

Fonterra emissions plans may worry farmers
Fonterra chief executive Miles Hurrell will front a media conference. (Image: Getty)
Rebecca Howard
Fonterra may set a target for all its related emissions, including cows, something that will only add to the pressure on farmers – who are already getting squeezed as costs rise and dairy prices fall. A steer on what the target is for so-called scope three emissions and how it will be implemented will hopefully be provided at the co-op's first-half result today. Chief executive Miles Hurrell has already foreshadowed that the co-op was considering setting a target for carbon emissions that are not produced by the company itself, b...

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