A new era of corporate sustainability
Building resilience through action
Sustainability has long been a priority for Unilever. Our approach has evolved to keep pace with economic, environmental and social challenges. What has not changed is our commitment: sustainability is astrategic imperative for our business.
We’re transforming our business to deliverbest-in-class performanceand more impact in our four priority areas. Discover how we’re taking action and making progress onclimate,nature,plastics andlivelihoods.
We’ve set clear priorities and seen early results, while accelerating efforts on systemic sustainability challenges to create lasting impact for business and society.
Rianne Buter, Global Head of Sustainability
A new era calls for a new approach
We’re prioritising sustainability actions that will create resilience for our business and deliver value to our stakeholders. Our approach involves:
More focus for greater impact
Our Growth Action Plan includes 15 stretching near- and medium-term sustainability goals in our four priority areas.
More urgent action
We’re operationalising sustainability from top to bottom and leaning pragmatically into challenges.
More systemic advocacy
Our progress depends on wider system changes. We’re using our influence and working with key decision-makers across business, government and society to remove barriers to progress.
Our sustainability news
The time is now for a UN plastic pollution treaty
A landmark UN treaty to end plastic pollution could be agreed over the coming weeks as the final negotiations take place in Geneva. Unilever’s Senior Global Sustainability Manager, Ed Shepherd, who will be at the talks, discusses what we can expect.
Protecting nature at scale: Unilever’s progress on implementing regenerative agriculture
Regenerative agriculture can help restore soil health, conserve water and enhance biodiversity. It’s also a strategic imperative for our business. Learn how we’re working with farmers and suppliers to build a more resilient food supply chain.
Unilever encourages trade associations to support stronger climate change policies
Trade associations have the power to help shape climate policy. Learn how Unilever is engaging with these industry bodies, asking them to align their policies with our climate positions and urging them to support a faster phase-out of fossil fuels.
Unilever sees early signs of progress on sustainability goals
We’re making encouraging progress across our four priority areas of climate, nature, plastics and livelihoods, but there is more work to do. Find out how we’re doing against our sustainability goals, through our focused action and advocacy.
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