Unilever: Any business can take steps towards becoming zero waste

James Murray
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Unilever's Pier Luigi Sigismondi explains how in the past year the multinational has secured 'zero waste' status for 400 more of its sites

Fresh from yesterday announcing Unilever's latest sustainability milestone, the company's chief supply chain officer Pier Luigi Sigismondi caught up with BusinessGreen via email to discuss how a multinational...

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