94.34% — Verified, or Just Claimed?

Independent Reconstruction of Unilever Indonesia’s Scope 1 & 2 Climate Claims

An independent reconstruction of Unilever Indonesia’s reported Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions using publicly disclosed activity data, emission factors, documented assumptions, and formula-based calculations.

The analysis tested whether the reported 94.34% emissions-reduction claim could be independently reproduced, while examining baseline consistency and Scope 2 disclosure.

Key Findings

• 94.34% — Reported Scope 1 & 2 reduction claim replicated

• 0 tCO₂e — 2025 Scope 2 market-based emissions after I-REC retirement

• 80% — Renewable energy share in 2025

Verdict

The reported reduction claim was reproducible, but the disclosure remains incomplete.

The analysis identified a difference between the baseline used for the reduction claim and the baseline presented in the GHG table, as well as the absence of publicly reported Scope 2 location-based emissions.

What I Did

1. Reconstructed Scope 1 & 2 emissions from publicly disclosed activity data.

2. Mapped activity data to applicable emission factors.

3. Documented assumptions where company-specific information was unavailable.

4. Built formula-based calculations with automated QA/QC checks.

5. Compared independently reconstructed results with company-reported figures.

6. Identified baseline consistency and Scope 2 disclosure gaps.

Independent reconstruction from publicly available data — not official Unilever figures and not a formal audit.