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The We Mean Business coalition is highlighting a number of leading companies that are making progress on their bold climate targets. These companies are not only delivering on the urgent need to address climate change by rapidly cutting carbon emissions, but are also helping to create the net-zero carbon economies of the future.

The companies highlighted are from the key systems of power, transport, the built environment, land use and heavy industry, which are all vital to achieving the overall objective of net-zero emissions by 2050 globally. They represent different elements of these systems, including corporate demand, supply and technological innovation.

You can see all the company profiles here, but below are some examples of these industry pioneers, accelerating the zero-carbon transition.


Unilever is one of the world’s largest fast-moving consumer goods companies, serving some 2.5 billion people everyday through over 400 brands. It is also Europe’s seventh most valuable company, with annual revenues of €50.98 billion ($57.35 billion).Since 2010 Unilever has been taking action through the Unilever Sustainable Living Plan (USLP) to help more than a billion people improve their health and well-being, halve its environmental footprint and enhance the livelihoods of millions of people as the business grows. Find out more here >


IKEA has ambition to become climate positive across value chain by 2030 – by reducing more greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions than IKEA value chain emits, net-negative by working with partners, suppliers and customers around the world. Find out more here >


Levi Strauss & Co. has already achieved its initial science-based emission reduction target of 25% reduction ahead of the planned 2020 goal. The company has now built on this success and committed to a 90% reduction in GHG emissions from within their own facilities and a 40% reduction in its global supply chain by 2025, as well as switching to 100% renewable electricity. Find out more here > 


BT Group is a British multinational and one of the world’s leading providers of communications services and solutions, serving customers in 180 countries. Its principal activities include the provision of networked IT services globally; local, national and international telecommunications services to its customers for use at home, at work and on the move; broadband, TV and internet products and services; and converged fixed-mobile products and services. Find out more here >


Maersk is a Danish business conglomerate with activities in the transport, logistics and energy sectors, headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark, with operations in 130 countries. Maersk has been the largest container ship and supply vessel operator in the world since 1996 and transports nearly one in five of the world’s seaborne containers. It has annual revenues of $39 billion, its market cap is $1,155.78 million. Find out more here >


Salesforce.com, Inc. is an American cloud-based software company with a market cap of over $122 billion, headquartered in San Francisco, California. The company was ranked #2 in Barron’s 2018 list of 100 Most Sustainable Companies. Find out more here >


Rolls-Royce is one of the world’s leading industrial technology companies, pioneering technologies across civil aerospace, defence, land and sea engines, distributed energy solutions and nuclear power. Rolls-Royce employs some 55,000 people worldwide in over 50 countries and generated revenues of £15.7 billion ($19.5 billion) in 2018. Find out more here >


Iberdrola is a world leading power utility with net revenues over $39 billion in 2018, focusing on renewable energy, smart grids, storage, and electric mobility. Headquartered in Spain, the company operates in more than 30 countries and supplies power for 100 million people. Find out more here >

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