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Accounting for climate change: Unilever Logo cima

  Sandra Rapacioli & Sara Shipton |   Free |   CIMA |   2010 |   Thought leadership

This case study describes how a Unilever plant in Canada saved over $4.2m and avoided 23,000 tonnes of greenhouse gases to meet a goal of reducing energy consumption by 6% per year. The case study also shows how it is adopting more innovative programmes in a bid to meet the ongoing 6% reduction goal.

Topics covered:
  • Management accounting: Business: Strategy, Intermediate
  • Management accounting: Technical: Risk management & internal control: Risk identification & assessment, Intermediate

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