Food industry giants such as Cargill and General Mills have recently made announcements addressing climate change and their environmental initiatives, which is surprising because these companies usually ignore these issues for obvious reasons. The change in weather associated with climate change poses huge risks for these businesses, so it makes sense for them to be worried. It’s ironic because Cargill supports Republicans, the group that leans towards outright climate change denial. There is an array of climate change predictions out there, but the science doesn’t lie- we need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions significantly. The chief sustainability officer of General Mills explains that they are simply a food company, not climate scientists, but mother nature has to do well in order for them to do well. Even though we are a far way from making climate change a key issue on the political side, it is a good sign that climate risk analysis is leading food companies to make important changes, and maybe this will draw the general public’s attention more towards climate science.
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