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Sustainable Nutrition & Food Supply
Chef's preparing food
We’re helping chefs put sustainable change on the menu

A chef-driven action plan, a focus on kitchen staff’s wellbeing and a fresh appetite for plant-forward dining are putting change on the table
7minute read time
Good health & well-being
Children washing their hands
15/10/2018 4minute read time
We’re high-fiving for Global Handwashing Day
We talk to five people helping deliver Lifebuoy’s handwashing programmes with impact
Collaborating & innovating for change
Tea farmers
26/09/2018 7minute read time
The sustainable tech that’s changing lives
Our mission is to make sustainable living commonplace. And we’re starting with our very own value chain.
Collaborating & innovating for change
Woman with paper bag
24/09/2018 7minute read time
What’s the human price paid for the goods we consume?
If you think your life’s untouched by modern slavery, it may be time to think again
A circular economy for plastic
Waste is littering our planet, so we’ve pledged that 100% of our plastic packaging will be reusable, recyclable or compostable by 2025. Read how we’re working with suppliers, NGOs, innovators and our brands to face the plastics problem
Collaborating & innovating for change
Recycling banks in Brazil
04/04/2018 3minute read time
How breakthrough technology could significantly reduce plastic waste
Just a fraction of PET plastic is recycled. But following a new pilot, we’re on the brink of change
Sanjeev Das
Sanjeev Das
Global Packaging Director
Sanjeev Das
Sanjeev Das
Global Packaging Director
Sanjeev has been with Unilever since 2004, working in various R&D roles in Beauty & Personal Care, Home Care and now in Foods & Refreshment across different geographies. He is currently based at Unilever’s R&D site in Vlaardingen, in the Netherlands, working on Hellmann’s and Maille.
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Consuming Sustainably
Seventh Generation products
05/06/2018 4minute read time
“Every day is an opportunity to create change”
Plant-based homecare brand Seventh Generation’s packaging expert on the route to zero waste
Kelly Murosky
Kelly Murosky
Senior Packaging Engineer at Seventh Generation.
Kelly Murosky
Kelly Murosky
Senior Packaging Engineer at Seventh Generation.
Kelly Murosky is a Senior Packaging Engineer at Seventh Generation. From the initial pack design to prototypes, concepts, pilot testing, production and launch, she’s involved at every stage of the packaging development process.
Collaborating & innovating for change
Plastic waste on a beach
06/12/2017 3minute read time
Towards a new plastics economy
Our planet is awash with plastic. Here’s how we hope a circular approach will help tackle the problem
Collaborating & innovating for change
Fish eating plastic
05/02/2018 3minute read time
Four things businesses can do to fix the plastics problem
Interview with Dame Ellen MacArthur and Paul Polman
Ellen MacArthur and Paul Polman
Ellen MacArthur and Paul Polman
Founder, Ellen MacArthur Foundation; CEO, Unilever (respectively)
Ellen MacArthur and Paul Polman
Ellen MacArthur and Paul Polman
Founder, Ellen MacArthur Foundation; CEO, Unilever (respectively)
Dame Ellen MacArthur made history in 2005 when she became the fastest solo sailor to circumnavigate the globe. She launched the Ellen MacArthur Foundation in 2009, the mission of which is to accelerate the transition to a circular economy. Paul Polman has been the CEO of Unilever since 2009. He is committed to long-term, sustainable capitalism.
Collaborating & innovating for change
Employees at Mr Green
03/07/2018 4minute read time
Waste isn’t waste when it has a value
Changing how waste is perceived could have a hugely positive impact on society as well as the environment
Keiran Smith, Founder & CEO, Mr Green Africa
Keiran Smith
Founder & CEO, Mr Green Africa
Keiran Smith, Founder & CEO, Mr Green Africa
Keiran Smith
Founder & CEO, Mr Green Africa
Keiran is passionate about changing the future of recycling in emerging markets by alleviating the suffering and large-scale disadvantage of informal waste pickers and their communities. He set up Mr Green Africa with a business model that illustrates shared value at its best.
Climate Action
Ben and Jerry's climate action
21/09/2018 4minute read time
What are science-based targets and why do we use them?
By sticking to the Paris Agreement we are part of a groundswell in climate ambition.
Thomas Lingard, Global Climate Advocacy & Sustainability Strategy Director
Thomas Lingard
Global Climate Advocacy & Sustainability Strategy Director
Thomas Lingard, Global Climate Advocacy & Sustainability Strategy Director
Thomas Lingard
Global Climate Advocacy & Sustainability Strategy Director
As part of the Unilever team at COP22 in Marrakech, he is calling for the work of transforming our economies to accelerate.
Unilever News
Sir Kensington Mayonnaise
21/09/2018 2minute read time
Sir Kensington’s becomes a B-Corp
“As our business grows, our impact grows.”
Collaborating & innovating for change
Less fear, more vision
18/09/2018 4minute read time
Less fear, more vision: unlocking investment in the SDGs
How will the world finance the huge investment needed to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals?
Collaborating & innovating for change
How to… build partnerships to change the world
18/09/2018 4minute read time
How to… build partnerships to change the world
Seven elements for successful collaboration
Collaborating & innovating for change
Wanted: tri-sector athletes for the Global Goals
18/09/2018 2minute read time
Wanted: tri-sector athletes for the Global Goals!
Do you have the skills to build transformative partnerships?
Collaborating & innovating for change
Children handwashing
18/09/2018 4minute read time
Soap and vaccines – partnering to deliver the Global Goals
Rebecca Marmot explores the formula for a successful partnership
Collaborating & innovating for change
Paul Polman
10/05/2018 4minute read time
Trust: the key that will unlock progress
Paul Polman
CEO, Unilever
Paul Polman
CEO, Unilever

Paul Polman has been CEO of Unilever since January 2009. Under his leadership, the company has a ambitious vision to decouple its growth from its overall environmental footprint and increase its positive social impact through the Unilever Sustainable Living Plan.

Paul Polman on LinkedIn
Unilever News
Woman planting
13/09/2018 2minute read time
Unilever named as industry leader in Dow Jones Sustainability Index
Our 17th year at the top shows our commitment to sustainable growth
Access To Water
Hands under running tap
29/08/2018 5minute read time
‘Impact entrepreneurs’: making everyone’s right to safe water a reality
We explore insights into how entrepreneurs can turn the water challenge into a success
Good health & well-being
Selection of vegetables
08/08/2018 7minute read time
“Providing people with good nutrition is a privilege”
Annie Heremans on the goals driving our Foods & Refreshment portfolio
Annie Heremans, VP, Nutrition
Annie Heremans
Vice President of Nutrition at Unilever
Annie Heremans, VP, Nutrition
Annie Heremans
Vice President of Nutrition at Unilever
Annie is a fully qualified medical doctor and is currently VP of Nutrition across Unilever’s Foods & Refreshment brands. She is based in our Trumbull R&D site in Connecticut, US.
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