Creating a
better future
The world is facing immense challenges. Find out how we are creating a better future every day, working closely with consumers, NGOs, employees, customers and suppliers.
Unilever Sustainable Living Plan
By 2020, we will halve the environmental footprint of our products, help more than 1 billion people take action to improve their health and well-being, and source 100% of our agricultural raw materials sustainably.
Lots of people say they care about sustainability, but how many actually change their behaviour? What can we do to bridge this gap and inspire a positive change to our culture and habits? In November 2011, for the first time, we published our own model of effective behaviour change: Unilever's Five Levers for Change.
Some performance highlights
Nutrition
44%
Of products in line with internationally accepted guidelines for saturated and trans fat, salt and sugar.
Sustainable sourcing
10%
Of all our agricultural raw materials from sustainable sources.
Greenhouse gases
44%
Reduction in CO2 from energy per tonne of production by our factories from 1995–2010.
Water
66%
Reduction in water use per tonne of production by our factories from 1995–2010.
Hygiene
20m
People benefiting from clean drinking water through Pureit in India.
Employee safety
14.7%
Reduction in our total recordable accident frequency rate in 2010.
Our Sustainability reporting
31st March 2011: Our online Sustainable Development Report 2010 is published today.
Health & hygiene
Promoting handwashing
Unilever is working with governments, health agencies and non-profit groups to promote the importance and practice of handwashing with soap at the right times during the day.
News
December 2011: Unilever leads Climate Counts Company Scorecard
Unilever has topped the 5th Climate Counts Company Scorecard, a global league table ranking the climate performance of the world’s largest companies.
Our world in stories
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Europe
Unilever agronomists are working to make agriculture more sustainable in the UK.
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North America
Unilever Canada's Go Blue campaign is encouraging consumers to cut their water consumption by 50%.
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South America
We have teamed up with Wal-Mart to show Brazilian consumers how to live in an environmentally friendly way.
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Africa
We are one of 30 companies helping the Kenyan government tackle hunger in rural areas.
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Asia
Project Shakti has created a livelihood for 45 000 women entrepreneurs in rural India.
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About our business
On any given day, two billion people use our products. This gives us a unique opportunity to help improve their everyday lives.
