Henkel Joins Global Climate Advocacy Effort Calling for Net-Zero Recovery from COVID-19
The companies are calling for policies that will build resilience against future shocks by supporting efforts to hold global temperature rise to within 1.5°C (34.7°F) above pre-industrial levels.
Henkel is among 155 major global companies from 34 sectors that have signed a statement urging governments around the world to align their COVID-19 economic aid and recovery efforts with the latest climate science. The companies, which are all part of the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), are calling for policies that will build resilience against future shocks by supporting efforts to hold global temperature rise to within 1.5°C (34.7°F) above pre-industrial levels, in line with reaching net-zero emissions well before 2050.
“Now, we need to invest in innovation, scale up the solutions we already have and work with our partners along the value chain towards climate-neutrality,” said Carsten Knobel, Henkel CEO. “To achieve that, we have set ourselves ambitious, science-based targets.”