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Big Green Brands Have a Dirty Supplier Problem, CDP Says

Global corporate giants may set net-zero plans, but their suppliers aren’t as worried about cutting emissions.

Crushed plastic bottles and containers bound in bales in Hong Kong, China. — Crushed plastic bottles and containers bound in bales in Hong Kong, China.
Photographer: Lam Yik/Bloomberg

By

Irina Anghel and

February 10, 2022, 5:01 AM UTC

Many big brands with green ambitions don’t know the carbon impacts of their supply chain, a new report shows.

Only half of the suppliers of more than 200 global companies, which include the likes of Unilever Plc, Nike Inc. and Alphabet Inc., had targets to reduce emissions in 2021, according to a report published Thursday by non-profit CDP.