Morrisons has pushed back its net zero target by 15 years.
The retailer is resetting its climate timetable while toughening up interim cuts across its business.
This means it pledges it will now reach net zero across its full value chain by 2050 not 2035.
The revised targets have been formally approved by the Science Based Targets initiative and cover the entire footprint including agriculture land use and supply chains where almost all emissions sit.
Morrisons says the reset reflects the scale of change needed in food systems rather than a retreat from ambition.
By 2035 the retailer has committed to cutting Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 80%.
By 2050 those operational emissions must fall by 90% alongside a 90% cut in Scope 3 emissions across the wider value chain.
That matters because around 98% of Morrisons’ emissions sit outside its direct control.
Farming logistics manufacturing and product lifecycles are now fully baked into the plan.
For the first time Morrisons has also set standalone targets for forest land and agriculture emissions.
FLAG emissions will fall 48.5% by 2035 and 72% by 2050 from a 2019 baseline with a commitment to eliminate deforestation across key commodities by the end of 2025.
The company points to early progress. Since 2019 Morrisons has cut total carbon emissions by 22% including a 27% reduction in Scope 1 and 2 through energy efficiency projects lower-carbon transport and supplier collaboration.
Andrew Edlin Head of Sustainability at Morrisons said: “The validation of these targets reaffirms Morrisons commitment to sustainability and the move to a 2050 target across the full value chain is a big step forward in our journey to net zero.”
He added: “We are taking upstream and downstream emissions of our operations into account including emissions created in making products in our stores transport systems and then end of life emissions too.”
The shift underlines a wider reality facing food retailers.
Cutting emissions fast is hard but cutting them properly across land food and supply chains is harder still.
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