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Landmark vote sees 99.6 per cent of Unilever shareholders back climate transition plan

Cecilia Keating
Cecilia Keating
clock 06 May 2021 • 2 min read
Unilever House in central London | Credit: N Chadwick, Creative Commons
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Unilever House in central London | Credit: N Chadwick, Creative Commons

More than 99 per cent of shareholders have endorsed firm's plan to deliver net zero operations by 2030 and net zero supply chains nine years later

The overwhelming majority of shareholders at Unilever have voted in favour of the consumer goods giant's plan to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions across its operations by 2030 before decarbonising...

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