Swiss multinational Nestlé is abandoning an international alliance to reduce methane emissions in the dairy industry, an entity that the company had helped to found only two years ago. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Nestlé regularly reviews its membership of external organisations and, as part of this process, has decided to end its participation in the alliance, a company spokesperson told the AWP news agency, confirming a report by Reuters. The alliance, founded in December 2023 by the US environmental organisation Environmental Defense Fund, brings together companies such as Danone, Kraft Heinz and Starbucks. Members pledge to measure, disclose and reduce methane emissions from their dairy supply chains. As is well known in this sector, methane is mainly produced by digestion in cows as well as the storage of manure and slurry. +Holcim, ABB and Nestlé are largest CO2 emitters on Swiss Market Index However, Nestlé emphasises that it remains determined …