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Here's why Imperial's food emissions are falling

Oscar Mitcham

Oscar Mitcham

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We estimated Imperial’s emissions from raw ingredients were about 2200 tCO2e in 2024/25. Imperial’s analysis of their emissions for this period has not been released yet. We found that Imperial’s emissions from buying food have reduced by about 9% since last year, which is similar to their emissions in 2022/23. The decrease this year is mostly due to Taste Imperial's removal of beef from their menus.

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