unilever sustainable living plan and allanblackia project
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Unilever Sustainable Living Plan
and
Allanblackia Project
Dr Maha Misbah
Senior Project Leader Supply Chain Innovation
Unilever Sustainable Living Plan
www.sustainable-living.unilever.com
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can consumption become sustainable?
Three Key Features
ALL BRANDS ALL 170
COUNTRIES
DisposalRaw Materials Manufacture Transport Consumer Use
Three Key Features
LIFECYCLE IMPACTS
ALL BRANDS ALL COUNTRIES
Three Key Features
SOCIAL
ENVIRONMENTAL
LIFECYCLE IMPACTS
ALL BRANDS ALL COUNTRIES
Three Big Goals by 2020
SOURCE
100% OF AGRICULTURAL RAW MATERIALS
SUSTAINABLY
HALVEENVIRONMENTAL
FOOTPRINT OFOUR PRODUCTS
HELP
1 BILLION PEOPLE IMPROVE
THEIR HEALTH & WELLBEING
Environmental Impact Reductions: 1995-2009 (UL manufacturing sites)
CO2 from Energy Water Use Total Waste
Product Lifecycle Analysis
14COUNTRIES
1,600REPRESENTATIVE PRODUCTS
70%OF OUR
VOLUME SALES
Our Direct Impacts are Small
Consumer UseRaw Materials
26%
Manufacture
3%
Transport
2%
Disposal
1%68%
Up to 50% GHG reduction per wash 125 billion washes a year
Small and Mighty
Save 500 billion litres of water a year
Comfort One Rinse
Save up to 30 lit water per wash
Our top 10 agricultural raw materials
7.5 million tonnes of crops 350 varieties
Source 100% Agricultural Raw Materials Sustainablyvo
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Palm Oil
We will purchase 100% of our palm oil from sustainable sources by 2015 Growing for the Future
• Unilever buys 1.3 mio tons of palm
• Since 2009 we have bought >50% of the certificates traded
Tea
We will purchase 100% of our tea from sustainable sources by 2020
Growing for the Future
• In 2010 Lipton and PG tips teabags for Europe and a number of other countries were fully Rainforest Alliance certified
• We are progressing well towards our goal
Knorr
We will purchase 100% of our top vegetables & herbs from sustainable
sources by 2015Growing for the Future
Dow Jones Sustainability World Indexes food industry leader for 12th year running in 2010 –the only company to achieve this
Top performer in the new FTSE Carbon Strategy 350 Index
Included in FTSE4Good Index Series and FTSE4Good Environmental Leaders Europe 40 Index
Rated best pract ice by Natural Value Init iat ive’s Ecosystem Services Benchmark
Recognised for our efforts
Allanblackia Journey
• Allanblackia
• Partnership
oRoles and responsibilities
• Current status
• Next steps
• Challenges
Allanblackia
Allanblackia Partnership
• The AB project is based on integrating People Planet Profit principles. Unilever formed a partnership consisting of >30 players (global and local organisations representing the 3 P’s).
– People: benefit of rural communities
– Planet: no reduction in forest area, maintain biodiversity and adhere to sustainable practices
– Profit: create wins along the value chain and final ownership in local hands
Allanblackia Donors
• The Austrian Development Agency (ADA)
• The Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technologische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ)
• The UK Business Linkage Challenge Fund (BLCF)
• Rivers State Sustainability Development Agency (RSSDA)
• International Fund of Agriculture Development (IFAD)
� Accelerate projectactivities
� Reduce risk
Role of Partners: Unilever
What can a private sector offer:
• Access to Market– Understanding market
– Understanding scale
• Leadership expertise
• Knowledge transfer
• External network/recognition
• Principles of engagement “Business Code of Practice”
Role of Partners: Unilever
2000-2008
• Key driver behind setting up partnership and selecting organisations committed to operate according to PPP model
• Invested 7 mio€
• Has given commitment to buy all wild harvested AB oil
• Obtained EU Novel Foods Clearance for the application of AB
Role of Partners: Unilever
2009 onwards
• Project has moved from R&D supervision to Supply Chain
• Project placed on the strategic road map of Spreads Category
• AB governance structure has been set-up
• Budget support of ~ 3.2 mio € (2010-2012)
• Guarantee market access
• Provide expertise in oil supply/sustainability
• Present AB in high profile events (e.g. World Economic Forums)
• Bring to partnership potential SC party willing to commit to AB vision and invest in developing AB into a sustainable business with local partners, infrastructure and knowledge
Role of Partners: IUCN and ICRAF
• IUCN International Union of Conservation of nature is a leading
authority on the environment and sustainable development.
– ~ 1.2 mio € budget support from SECO (2010- 2012)
– Together with UEBT develop market differentiation tools
• ICRAF World Agroforestry research centre applies science to generate
knowledge about the complex role of trees in agricultural
systems and their effects on livelihoods and the environment.
– > 200,000 €/annum
– Knowledge on varieties, yields and planting techniques
Role of Partners: TNS
• TNS TechnoServe helps entrepreneurial men and women in poor areas of the developing world to build businesses that create income, opportunity and economic growth for their families, their communities and their countries.
– Social responsibilities
– Mobilisation of communities and formation of co-operatives
– Fund raising activities
Key achievements in AB countries
4040200Collection centres
2070202011 oil volume - mT
Cross River and River States
Eastern Arc Mountains (Usambara-Amani, Korogwe, and Lushoto)
Western, Central, Ashanti and Eastern Regions
Region
in placein placein placePlanting know-how
515075% women
1,5006,0004,000No of beneficiaries**
in placein placein placeAgro team
in placein placein placeSupply Chain team
NigeriaTanzaniaGhana
** Farmers, collectors, transporters, processors, etc
Fruit cleaning Drying Transport
To Market Access Milling Buying Collection Centres
AB SC based on
wild harvesting
demonstrated in Ghana
Tanzania & Nigeria
Key achievements in AB countries
Market needs
• Supply of raw material taking into account quantity/quality and competitive price
• Estimated commercial needs exceed 100,000 tons of AB oil
• Wild harvesting (very limited volumes)• 2011 100 mT AB oil
• 2015 300 mT AB oil
Therefore:
Set-up a long term sustainable and profitable Business in Africa delivering >10,000 tons oil by 2020 (>60,000 tons oil by 2030)
AB programme plan 2010-2012
• Verify/optimise technical and commercial feasibility for upscaling• Number of hectares to be planted in 2011
• Ghana: 300, Tanzania: 80 and Nigeria 150
Challenges
• Partners willing to commit for long-term (no quick wins)• Adhere to PPP principles from the start• New tree crop (farmers need to see it work)• Funding for setting up infra structure• Funding for planting > 8 mio trees• Access to finance for small holders• Government support• Improve (rural) infra structure• Recognition in the agricultural national plans• Management of diversity: organizational differences and cultural differences must
not be underestimated.• Synchronizing strategies, work plans, key Performance indicators and speed of
implementation.
Market opportunity for AB is large, but still significant work to do
External recognition
In November 2010 Unilever was granted by the UEBT the “Biodiversity Award” for its commitment to small scale farming systems and its partnership with environmental NGOs.
