Major international brands including Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and Unilever are among the 70 signatories of a joint letter calling for a UN treaty to tackle plastic pollution. It would also include cuts to plastic production – a key growth area for the oil industry. The announcement comes despite Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and Unilever being named the world’s top three plastic polluters by Break Free From Plastic’s 2021 global brand audit report. Sets a clear direction to align governments, businesses and civil society behind a common understanding of the causes of plastic pollution and a shared approach to address them. This facilitates investments to scale innovations, infrastructures and skills in the countries and industries most in need of international support.

Source: The Star January 18, 2022 02:46 UTC