World’s biggest companies accused of exaggerating their climate actions

World’s biggest companies accused of exaggerating their climate actions

World’s biggest companies accused of exaggerating their climate actions

Source: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/02/07/study-worlds-biggest-firms-seen-exaggerating-their-climate-actions.html

Author: Sam Meredith

The climate pledges of the world’s largest companies plan to reduce absolute carbon emissions by just 40% on average, not 100% as suggested by their net-zero claims, according to a study of 25 corporations. Amazon, Google and Volkswagen were among the household names found to have low integrity on their net-zero targets, while Unilever, Nestle, BMW Group were found to have very low integrity. None of the major multinationals were found to have high integrity overall. Maesrk came out on top with reasonable integrity, the report said, followed by Apple, Sony, Vodafone with moderate integrity.