Published on: 01 January 1970
It’s not often that two CEOs of competing brands co-author an article in the Financial Times.But it is exactly what Unilever’s Alan Jope and Nestle’s Mark Schneider felt urgent to do. Both Unilever and Nestlé recognize that net-zero is a central goal for the global economy. Food and energy security and sharply rising commodity prices are impacting both companies. Alongside these, the effects of climate change are rippling across their value chains.
According to both CEOs, four things must happen, urgently.
1. Demonstrate how their business models and value chains can be made consistent with a net-zero world,
2. Embracing regenerative agriculture to develop “nature positive” supply chains,
3. Harness the potential of technology to track, improve, and report on progress,
4. Governments, multilateral institutions, and development banks in partnership with private banks, investors, and businesses must help accelerate forest finance ahead of the COP27 summit in November.
Ending deforestation is a necessary condition of achieving net-zero by delivering benefits for consumers, communities, and companies alike.
Inspired by Alan Jope, CEO Unilever, guest on the Humanizing Growth Series
