unilever is a global company we make many of the world’s favorite brands

UNILEVER IS A GLOBAL COMPANY

WE MAKE MANY OF THE WORLD’S FAVORITE BRANDS

THE UNILEVER SUSTAINABLE LIVING PLAN

OUR VISION

WHAT MAKES OUR PLAN DISTINCTIVE?

All brandsAll countries

Lifecycle impacts

Not just the

environment

IMPROVING HEALTH & WELL-BEING

IMPROVING HYGIENE

48 millionpeople reached with Lifebuoy handwashing programs by the end of 2012

PROVIDING SAFE DRINKING WATER

35 millionpeople reached with Pure-it since 2005

BUILDING SELF-ESTEEM

Dove Movement for Self-Esteem8.5 million young peoplereached worldwide

Nearly 4 million girls reached in the US

REDUCING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT

IMPROVING OUR ECO-EFFICIENCY

Cut 600,000

Tonnes of CO2

100% energy in US

from renewables

Zero waste in 100% of US

factories

UNILEVER’S WATER FOOTPRINT

HELPING CONSUMERS USE LESS WATER & ENERGY

Take up of concentrated and compacted detergents, which reduce GHG by up to half, has

doubled

Dry shampoos reduce GHG by 90% compared to washing hair with

heated water

CHANGING CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR

SCALING UP HEALTH & HYGIENE PROGRAMMES

REDUCING ENVIRONMENTALIMPACTS ACROSS THE VALUE

CHAIN

25% recycled content

4% reduction in pack weight

3.5% increase in recycling

rates

GHG AND WASTE REDUCTION

SOURCING SUSTAINABLY

Our share of world volume

Source: Unilever 2009 data

UNILEVER IS A MAJOR BUYER OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE

Black tea

12% 6% 5% 3% 2% 1%Tomatoes

for processingOnions & Garlic for processing

Palm Oil Rapeseed Oil Soy

TEA

70% Of Lipton tea in the US isRainforest Alliance certified

SUSTAINABLE SOURCING: COCOA & VEGETABLES

64% of Magnum’s cocoa is

Rainforest Alliance Certified™

59% of our top 13 vegetables and

herbs purchased from sustainable

sources

WORKING WITH PARTNERS

SUPPLIERS

NGOs INDUSTRY