More than a hundred companies – including IKEA, Unilever and Leroy Merlin – have sought by reducing carbon emissions by 2040 by 2040.
“90% should be considered the minimum ambition and not the ceiling,” said representatives of the nearly 150 companies or investors in their public letter to the European Council, the European Commission and MEPs.
The goal is to reduce 90% of the gas emissions that cause the greenhouse effect, which the Commission has announced for a year, is a matter of difficult consultations between EU member states.
Vopke Hukestra, a European Commissioner for the climate, was forced to postpone the presentation of a detailed report he had written, which was expected “before the summer”.
It depends on the climate road map that the EU will submit to the UN before the COP30 in November.
What do companies say in their letter of carbon
“A strong goal, supported by a clever, ambitious and cohesive set of public policies will relieve our coal economies and enhance innovation and business opportunities in all areas,” the signatories said.
Such a goal “, its energy security and its competitiveness,” they assure, referring to the benefits of this transition: quality jobs, resource savings as well as prosperity and health.
“Ultimately, climate risk is an economic and fiscal risk,” the companies said, while expressing their support for the commitments made at COP28 in Dubai in late 2023: removal from fossil fuels, triple energy growth and renewable energy growth.
“A strong goal (…) is essential for the creation of a regulatory framework and in order to send the right messages to investors with the aim of filling up our activities and supply chains quickly and on a large scale,” said Rebecca Marmot, Director of Sustainability and Public Relations.
