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26/05/2020 3minute read time

Back to the workplace in China

We check in with our colleagues to discover the reality of post-lockdown office life

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Illustration of girl working in factory. Unilever is recognised by Gartner in its 2020 Supply Chain Top 25 report.

26/05/2020 2minute read time

Unilever supply chain retains spot in Gartner ‘Masters’ category

We are delighted to be recognised by Gartner in its Supply Chain Top 25 report once again this year

Equality For All

A group of South Asian women in colourful clothes sit on the floor smiling and clapping

15/05/2020 LLong Read

Lessons learnt: new ways of measuring social impact

Finding robust and meaningful ways to measure our impact across all our various social programmes has proved harder than we initially anticipated.

SERIES: Covid response

As the world’s biggest soap-making company, we are throwing our weight behind the global effort to protect lives and livelihoods from the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Man happily holding a cif spray bottle

06/05/2020 LLong Read

Covid-19 support: From Singapore to Slovakia, Bangladesh to Brazil

How we’re supporting global and national efforts to help protect lives and livelihoods

Good health & well-being

Favela in São Paulo. We’re working with Heineken to create special Cif sanitising cleaner for vulnerable families in São Paulo.

30/04/2020 2minute read time

How we’re collaborating to help families in São Paulo’s favelas

In Brazil, we have joined forces with Heineken to create a special line of Cif sanitising cleaner.

Good health & well-being

A selection of tomatos

27/04/2020 4minute read time

Will Covid-19 change our relationship with food forever?

Our Global Nutrition Director shares her personal views on how the pandemic could change our perspective long-term

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Leeds Sanitiser truck

24/04/2020 3minute read time

How we’re adapting deodorant production lines to make hand sanitiser

We have over 30 sites making this essential product, with a lot of supply being donated to frontline healthcare facilities

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Young Scientist on the computer

15/04/2020 2minute read time

Scientists share skincare expertise to help people taking Covid-19 precautions

Members of our R&D team in China have taken to social media to explain the science behind handwashing and skin cleansing

Good health & well-being

Handwashing with soap

09/04/2020 4minute read time

Why handwashing with soap helps reduce the spread of Covid-19

How soap works and what makes it so effective in reducing the risk of infection

Collaborating & innovating for change

Image shows a scientist testing a ventilator at Smiths Medical, one of the companies producing equipment as part of the UK Ventilator Challenge consortium.

09/04/2020 2minute read time

Unilever joins consortium which will make ventilators for UK hospitals

We’ve joined Ventilator Challenge UK – a collective manufacturing much-needed ventilators in the coronavirus crisis

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Schoolgirl washing hands

02/04/2020 3minute read time

Covid-19 handwashing campaign to target a billion people worldwide

Unilever is working with the UK government to fund a global programme to urgently tackle the spread of coronavirus

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Lifebuoy handwashing

24/03/2020 3minute read time

From our CEO: We will fight this pandemic together

Unilever has announced a wide-ranging set of measures to support global and national efforts to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic

Alan Jope

CEO, Unilever

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People handwash

16/03/2020

Unilever announces Covid-19 actions for all employees

As a pandemic is announced by the World Health Organization, we are putting global measures into place to protect our employees and their families.

Collaborating & innovating for change

An aerial view of cars driving around a motorway junction

14/05/2020 2minute read time

Uber–Unilever partnership drives confidence as lockdowns start to ease

As parts of the world start to loosen their lockdowns, a new Unilever–Uber partnership is helping people get back on the move safely

Consuming Sustainably

An aerial view of farmers cultivating green vegetables

13/05/2020 LLong Read

Lessons learnt: Visibility leads to sustainable sourcing

Tracing the origin of every material we buy is a challenge but is essential to guarantee the sustainability that we and our consumers want.

Good health & well-being

Close up of a cleaning product being sprayed and wiped down on a kitchen surface

13/05/2020 4minute read time

Home hygiene and the fight against coronavirus

Our new campaign is all about cleaning smarter, as this Q&A explains

Collaborating & innovating for change

Chef in the dark looking at iPad. Unilever Food Solutions is working to help food operators cope with Covid-19

12/05/2020 5minute read time

Delivering at the sharp end

Six ways Unilever Food Solutions teams are helping foodservice businesses meet emerging needs during Covid-19

Collaborating & innovating for change

Grass grows along the bed of a forest

12/05/2020 5minute read time

The Unilever Compass: our next game-changer for business

Now more than ever is the time for action. Our journey towards making sustainable living commonplace for the world’s 8 billion people continues.

Alan Jope

Alan Jope

CEO, Unilever

Collaborating & innovating for change

Sky view of solar panels

12/05/2020 5minute read time

Lessons learnt: Business must drive systems change

Do we need more progressive public policies to protect the environment? Unilever is well placed to advocate for change.

Collaborating & innovating for change

Circular Economy

01/11/2018 LLong Read

Explainer: what is the circular economy?

Protecting The Natural World

People picking up waste from a beach

11/05/2020 4minute read time

Lessons learnt: Be ready to move fast

As the world changes, sustainability planning needs to be nimble and flexible

Sustainable Nutrition & Food Supply

A tractor in a field harvesting crops

07/05/2020 LLong Read

Making sustainable sourcing mainstream

How setting a bar for suppliers helped improve livelihoods and crop standards and let us know where ingredients come from

Collaborating & innovating for change

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07/05/2020 LLong Read

Four ways that sustainability has made us a stronger business

Ten years ago we set out on a journey to become a more sustainable – and better performing – business

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