ALMARAI

Almarai is a vertically integrated dairy and food company operating in the Middle East, with a business model that is fundamentally at odds with climate transition pathways. The company's core operations—dairy farming, feed production, and extensive logistics—are inherently carbon-intensive, yet it lacks a credible, science-aligned decarbonization strategy. Its public climate commitments are insufficient to address the material emissions from its supply chain.

According to the Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI) Carbon Performance assessment, Almarai is classified as "Not Aligned" with any Paris Agreement benchmark, including the least ambitious 4°C scenario. The TPI assessment notes the company has not set long-term, quantitative targets for reducing its Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions, and it provides no targets whatsoever for its Scope 3 emissions, which constitute the vast majority of its climate footprint from agriculture and livestock.

While a subsidiary, Beyti, promotes sustainability awards for operating a solar farm and reducing plastic usage, these operational efficiency measures do not constitute a transition plan for the parent company's core, emissions-intensive business. The absence of a science-based target, a net-zero commitment, or a plan to address agricultural methane and land-use emissions demonstrates a lack of serious engagement with the climate crisis, placing Almarai among companies assessed as climate policy lagards.