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Net zero emissions by 2050 "lacks sense of urgency" — Suntory CEO

November 10, 2021
GZERO Staff
Net Zero Emissions by 2050 "Lacks Sense of Urgency" — Suntory CEO | GZERO Media

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Like many other big corporations, Japanese brewer and distiller Suntory want to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050. But that's not enough for CEO Tak Niinami. "It's far away and lacks the sense of urgency," he says. Niinami predicts that especially after COP26 people will be wary of greenwashing, so it's essential for corporations to "to be transparent, showing society what we are doing and how much progress we are making" on climate.

Suntory CEO Tak Niinami spoke during the first of a two-part Sustainability Leaders Summit livestream conversation sponsored by Suntory. Watch here.

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