Last modified: 2014-09-11
Abstract
Five years ago Unilever started an initiative to assess its global environmental footprint including GHG emissions as well as water use, consumer waste and sustainable sourcing. The results of this global footprinting exercise helped inform the Unilever Sustainable Living Plan launched in 2010. Focussing on GHG, this paper describes how the information has been used internally and externally at various levels of aggregation.
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