Unilever to replace carbon from non-renewable fossil fuels in cleaning products

Unilever has pledged o eliminate non-renewable fossil fuels from its cleaning products (Tim Ireland/PA)

Consumer goods giant Unilever will replace 100% of the carbon derived from fossil fuels in its cleaning and laundry products with renewable or recycled carbon, the company has announced.

The company said the move would transform the sustainability of cleaning and laundry brands like OMO (Persil), Sunlight, Cif, and Domestos.