Starbucks, Kraft Heinz Struggle to Deliver Methane Promises

In December 2023, some of the world’s largest food companies made a splashy pledge to slash one of the planet’s fiercest heat-trapping gases. As part of the newly formed Dairy Methane Action Alliance, Bel Group, Danone, General Mills, Kraft Heinz, Lactalis USA and Nestlé—with Clover Sonoma and Starbucks joining soon after—pledged to reduce the powerful gas emanating from their sprawling dairy supply chains. The companies promised to publish emissions data and action plans by the end of 2024.

So far the results have been lackluster. As of May 2025, seven of the companies have at least partially disclosed ...