'Breakthrough': Unilever sets out net zero plans for shareholder vote

Michael Holder
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Unilever is targeting net zero across its business and supply chain by 2039
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Unilever is targeting net zero across its business and supply chain by 2039

Consumer goods giant's CEO Alan Jope said he hoped other businesses would soon start to follow suit in offering shareholders a say on climate plans

Unilever has become one of the first multinational companies in the world to publish a corporate net zero action plan for oversight by its shareholders, as it prepares to put the climate strategy to an...

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