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
44%
Reduction in CO2 from energy per tonne of production by our factories from 1995–2010 (preliminary data).
Water
66%
Reduction in water use per tonne of production by our factories from 1995–2010 (preliminary data).
Community
€89m
invested in community programmes worldwide in 2009.
Employee safety
15.7% reduction in our total recordable frequency rate in 2010 (preliminary data).
Our Sustainability reporting
26 March 2009: Our online Sustainable Development Report 2008 is published today. Our summary Sustainable Development Overview 2008 is available to download as a PDF below.
Managing Director
Roxane De Freitas heads Unilever Caribbean Limited
Roxane De Freitas is the first woman to serve as the company's Managing Director.
News
Unilever Caribe marks 10 with 1,000
Unilever's operation in the Dominican Republic marks 10 years by planting 1,000 trees.
Our brands in society
By addressing social and sustainability issues, our brands can make a real difference and create growth opportunities for our business.
