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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Fiona Harvey environment correspondent

World’s biggest firms failing over net-zero claims, research suggests

Amazon workers in a climate strike outside the company’s Seattle headquarters in September 2019.
Amazon workers in a climate strike outside the company’s Seattle headquarters in September 2019. Photograph: Elaine Thompson/AP

Some of the world’s biggest businesses are failing to live up toclaims they will hit net-zero emissions targets, according to research that suggests they will cut their carbon emissions by only 40% rather than the 100% cuts claimed.

Household names such as Amazon, Ikea, Nestlé and Unilever are among the companies named as showing little substance to their claims that they will cut emissions drastically.

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