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> The ice-cream business also makes up a significant chunk of Unilever’s carbon footprint, with in-store freezers accounting for 10% of the company’s overall gr
by gnicholas 3y ago
> The ice-cream business also makes up a significant chunk of Unilever’s carbon footprint, with in-store freezers accounting for 10% of the company’s overall greenhouse-gas emissions.
It's amazing to think that such a large company could have 10% of their carbon footprint from just one small brand. Of course, spinning it off doesn't actually improve the total carbon footprint; it just takes it off Unilever's balance sheet, so to speak (and allows an executive to claim credit for the environmental 'win'.
- gus_massa 3y agoDoes Unilever sell other frozen products? Are they countin only the B&J frrezers, all the icecream freezers or all the freezers?
- gnicholas 3y agoI don't think they own any other freezers. They have other brands that are frozen treats (Magnum), but they don't have Magnum stores, and I can't imagine that they own the freezers in which they are kept in grocery stores.