Our biggest
challenges
Poverty, malnutrition, climate change and water scarcity: these are some of the big challenges facing the world and our business today. Find out more about how we are addressing these and other sustainability issues.
Unilever Sustainable Living Plan
Inspiring billions of people to take small, everyday actions that add up to a big difference.
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.
Some performance highlights
Nutrition
44%
Of products in line with internationally accepted guidelines for saturated and trans fat, sugar and salt.
Sustainable sourcing
15%
Of our global purchases of tea and palm oil from sustainable sources.
Greenhouse gases
40%
Reduction in CO2 from energy per tonne of production by our factories from 1995-2009.
Water
65%
Reduction in water use per tonne of production by our factories since 1995-2009.
Community
€89m
Invested in local community programmes worldwide in 2009.
Employee safety
Accident rate decreased to 1.91 accidents per one million hours worked in 2009, down 9% on 2008.
Our Sustainability reporting
25 March 2010: Our Sustainable Development Report 2009 is published online. A summary Sustainable Development Overview 2009 is available to download.
- Download previous year's report
- Sustainable Developement Overview 2009: Creating a better future every day - 5MB
Our people
Harold Bokaba AIDS Champion, Unilever South Africa
It takes a particular type of personality to dole out condoms to burly truck drivers, but that's just one of the approaches Harold Bokaba has taken in an effort to stem the spread of HIV/AIDS among his fellow South Africans.
News
The Cleaner Planet Plan
The Cleaner Planet Plan will help consumers to reduce the environmental impact of doing their laundry
Our brands in society
By addressing social and sustainability issues, our brands can make a real difference and create growth opportunities for our business.
