Reports & publications

We publish many documents and reports about our activities concerning the environment and society.

Main publications

Our online Sustainable Development Report 2008 provides a full account of our social, economic and environmental performance. We have also produced a short printed document – our Sustainable Development Overview 2008 – to complement our website report. The Overview is available to download along with other publications related to our sustainability initiatives: agriculture, biofuels, climate change and water. Under Agriculture, for example, you'll find more detailed information regarding Good Agricultural Practice Guidelines for our key crops.

Our Global challenges – local actions series, published a few years ago, still provides an insight into how we work with partners to achieve mutual goals. Examples include training Indian women to become rural entrepreneurs, tackling iodine deficiency in Africa through our Annapurna brand, and improving ice cream cabinet technology in Europe.

Further down the list you'll find corporate responsibility reports from some of our local operations eg in Brazil and the UK, and studies to understand our wider impacts as a company in Indonesia and South Africa. Other information on our homecare market, such as innovations in detergents, is also included.

Using the index on the left, you can also view a back catalogue of publications from previous years that shows how our reporting has developed. Copies of our earlier Sustainable Development Reports and separate Social and Environmental reports can be found here.

Reports

Content:

Sustainable Development Overview 2008

Format Title Date File size
PDF Sustainable Development Overview 2008 06/03/2009 5154.2Kb

Global challenges - local actions series

Format Title Date File size
PDF Cleaning up the Brantas River in Indonesia (2003) 05/01/2004 813.5Kb
PDF Fortified foods improve health in Ghana (2004) 28/02/2005 530.8Kb
PDF Advanced refrigeration in Europe to tackle climate change – Chilled by the sun (2004) 26/08/2005 662.4Kb
PDF Lifebuoy promotes handwashing with soap to improve health in India (2005) 08/03/2005 846Kb
PDF Project Shakti: creating rural entrepreneurs in India (2005) 28/02/2005 538.9Kb
PDF Sustainable fishing off the coast of South Africa - Fishing for a future (2005) 26/08/2005 657.5Kb
PDF Project Medusa: Saving water in Latin America (2005) 23/02/2006 373.6Kb
PDF How mentoring is helping Unilever's board address its diversity challenge 23/02/2006 447.1Kb
PDF Combating HIV/AIDS 23/02/2006 320.5Kb

Agriculture

Format Title Date File size
PDF Unilever's Colworth Farm Project: Putting Sustainable Agriculture to the Test (2005) 05/01/2006 2251.3Kb
PDF Growing for the Future, Unilever and Sustainable Agriculture. 3rd edition (2005) 09/12/2005 3673.2Kb
PDF Sustainable Agriculture Initiative Special Report: Cultivating Sustainable Agriculture, 2001 05/11/2001 655.6Kb
The following publications provide details of our sustainable agriculture lead programmes:
PDF Sustainable Palm Oil: Unilever takes the lead (2008) 29/05/2008 191.3Kb
PDF Palm Oil: A Sustainable Future (2002) 06/08/2002 309.5Kb
PDF Sustainable Palm Oil – Good Agricultural Practice Guidelines (2003) 26/02/2003 787.1Kb
PDF In pursuit of the sustainable pea (2002) 12/06/2002 1740.8Kb
PDF Sustainable Vining Peas – Good Agricultural Practice Guidelines (2003) 21/07/2003 997.7Kb
PDF Spinach – For a Sustainable Future (2003) 10/03/2003 532.3Kb
PDF Sustainable Spinach – Good Agricultural Practice Guidelines (2003) 21/07/2003 829Kb
PDF Tea - A Popular Beverage (2003) 09/10/2002 435.2Kb
PDF Sustainable Tea – Good Agricultural Practice Guidelines (for large tea estates) (2003) 30/09/2002 685.4Kb
PDF Sustainable Tea – Good Agricultural Practice Guidelines (for small farmers) (2003) 30/09/2002 239.3Kb
PDF Tomatoes for a Sustainable Future (2003) 21/07/2003 1101.5Kb
PDF Sustainable Tomatoes – Good Agricultural Practice Guidelines (2004) 26/02/2004 1585.5Kb
PDF Sustainable winter oilseed rape: Good Agricultural Practice Guidelines (2007) 23/04/2007 2270.2Kb

Water

Format Title Date File size
PDF Unilever & Sustainable Agriculture - Water (2009) 10/07/2009 3106.5Kb
PDF Project Medusa: Saving water in Latin America 26/01/2006 373.6Kb
PDF Unilever And Water: Towards Sustainability (2003) 14/03/2003 275.3Kb
PDF Living Lakes: A Global Network Of Partnerships For The Future (2003) 14/03/2003 713Kb
PDF SWIM: Water for the Future through Working with our Partners, (2002) 18/10/2001 507Kb

Climate change

Format Title Date File size
PDF Advanced refrigeration in Europe to tackle climate change – Chilled by the sun (2004) 26/08/2005 662.4Kb

Biofuels

Format Title Date File size
PDF Promoting Sustainable Biofuels (October 2007) 17/10/2007 4413.5Kb

Sustainable packaging

Format Title Date File size
PDF Sustainable Packaging (2009) 24/11/2009 2917.8Kb

Home care

Format Title Date File size
PDF Tablet Detergents: Towards A More Sustainable Future, (2000) 18/07/2000 412.6Kb
PDF Machine Dishwash Developments - Steps Towards a Sustainable Future, (2001) 01/10/2001 3154.3Kb
PDF Unit Dose: A Sustainability Step for Fabrics Liquids, (2001) 20/09/2001 2381.9Kb

Country reports

Format Title Date File size
PDF Measuring Unilever’s Economic Footprint: The Case of South Africa 2008 22/02/2008 3440.2Kb
PDF Brazil Social and Environment Report 2004 10/08/2003 9257Kb
PDF U.K. Sustainability Report 2002/2003 12/09/2003 1693.9Kb