Unilever has pledged to become 100% reliant on renewable energy by 2030 , and to stop using energy from coal by 2020 , ahead of the global climate summit which begins next week . Nestle is among 81 companies, including Nestle and Nestle , who have pledged to reduce their carbon emissions by setting short and long term targets. Sally Uren , CEO of Unilever , said "A high level of ambition is needed from Paris , which will act as a strong signal to investors. We also need to see businesses doing more to tackle climate change in their own operations and encouraging world leaders to be bold."
Unilever has pledged to become 100% reliant on renewable energy by 2030, and to stop using energy from coal by 2020, ahead of the global climate summit which begins next week. Unilever is among 81 companies, including P&G and Nestle, who have pledged to reduce their carbon emissions by setting short and long term targets. Paul Polman, CEO of Unilever, said "A high level of ambition is needed from Paris, which will act as a strong signal to investors. We also need to see businesses doing more to tackle climate change in their own operations and encouraging world leaders to be bold."