Our commitment to accelerate the energy transition
Climate change is one of the biggest challenges of today’s world. To overcome it, countries set targets to reduce emissions to reach the goals of the Paris agreement. Globally, 189 countries ratified or otherwise joined the agreement. In early 2020, the European Parliament approved a resolution increasing the EU’s climate ambition and aiming to reduce CO2 emissions by 55% by 2030 and reach climate neutrality by 2050. We aim to be climate neutral groupwide by 2040 — ten years earlier than previously planned.
Uniper strives to contribute to a more sustainable and decarbonized world and sees its strategy as to accelerate the energy transition. In August 2023, Uniper announced a new strategy which foresees gradual transformation into a greener company, while continuing to maximize Uniper’s value.
With the new strategy "Accelerating the energy transition", Uniper is committed to become carbon neutral by 2040. Following the announcement of the new strategy, Uniper will focus on the three segments "Green Generation", " Flexible Generation" and "Greener Commodities".
Our sustainability highlights at a glance
Reduction in direct carbon emissions
Female Supervisory Board representatives
Combined TRIF
Reduction in sulphur dioxide emissions
Coal purchased from suppliers that signed up to the Bettercoal Code of Conduct
Trustbuilding dialogues with civil society organizations
Uniper ranked in the top 1 % of German companies
With even more ambitious targets for our green transformation, sustainability remains a clear driver of our new strategy.
Since 2005, we have successfully achieved 71% reduction in direct CO2 emissions across Europe. However, this accomplishment is merely the starting point. To become greener faster, we have set ourselves ambitious climate targets. To accelerate the green transformation, we will have invested approximately 8 billion euros by the early 2030s. This is more than triple the average growth investment of the last three years.
Michael Lewis, Uniper's Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO)
Our ESG ratings and rankings
It is always useful to find out how others think we’re doing and to learn from their feedback. Our sustainability performance is rated and ranked by a wide range of independent organizations around the world. We continually strive to improve our performance.
Equity Story
Five reasons why to invest in Uniper
- We promote the evolution of energy.
- We make our portfolio fit for the future.
- We focus on growth investments.
- We're working on a robust earnings mix for the future.
- We pay an attractive dividend.
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