Unilever

Unilever, a UK-based Retail trade services company, reported total carbon emissions of approximately 47.7 billion kg CO2e in 2025. This includes about 430 million kg CO2e from Scope 1 emissions, 60 million kg CO2e from Scope 2 market-based emissions (820 million kg CO2e location-based), and approximately 47.21 billion kg CO2e from Scope 3 emissions. Key contributors to Scope 3 emissions in 2025 were purchased goods and services (37.91 billion kg CO2e), end-of-life treatment of sold products (3.73 billion kg CO2e), use of sold products (1.58 billion kg CO2e), and upstream transportation and distribution (1.87 billion kg CO2e).

Looking back, Unilever's total emissions were approximately 57.3 billion kg CO2e in 2024, and 56.56 billion kg CO2e in 2023.

Unilever is committed to significant climate action, with targets validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). The company aims to reduce Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions by 100% by 2030 from a 2015 base year. Additionally, Unilever has committed to reducing absolute Scope 3 GHG emissions from purchased goods and services, fuel and energy related activities, upstream transport and distribution, use of sold products, end-of-life treatment of sold products, and downstream leased assets by 42% by 2030 from a 2021 base year. For Scope 3 Forest, Land and Agriculture (FLAG) emissions, a reduction of 30.3% is targeted by 2030 from a 2021 base year. Unilever also holds a long-term goal to achieve net-zero emissions across Scope 1, 2, and 3 (excluding indirect consumer use emissions) by 2039. The company is a signatory to The Climate Pledge.