KFC and Pilgrim's target net-zero by 2040 KFC UK & Ireland has announced a new commitment to reach net-zero ten years ahead of the legal deadline of 2050, in the same week that meat giant Pilgrim's announced a global net-zero target, also for 2040. Live emissions and energy data from the net-zero pilot restaurant will be used to inform a roadmap to decarbonisation across the KFC UK&I estate KFC UK & Ireland’s new target forms part of an updated climate action strategy published today (8 July). This comes after parent company Yum! Set a 1.5C-aligned science-based target to reduce absolute direct emissions by 46% by 2030, against a 2019 baseline.