03/22/2024

Unilever Threatens to Quit Trade Associations that Block Climate Policy

The company says it will cut ties with groups obstructing progress on the Paris Agreement

Unilever is threatening to walk away from any trade association that doesn't align its policy positions with the Paris Agreement goal of keeping global temperature increases below 1.5 degrees Celsius.

In early March, the London-based consumer products company published a detailed assessment of 27 of the more than 600 organizations of which it is a member. The groups — ranging from the American Cleaning Institute to the World Business Council for Sustainable Development — were selected because they "represent sectors with high emissions and where achieving Unilever's climate goals is likely to be highly dependent on climate policy," Unilever said.

The aim: Assess whether the organizations help or hinder the development of regulations, standards and other policies that reduce greenhouse emissions to net zero.

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