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Equality For All
A group of schoolchildren sitting on the ground. Unilever works with UNICEF to improve sanitation in schools.
Working with the UN to help women, children and refugees

As the UN General Assembly goes virtual for the first time in its 75-year history, we look at some of the successes we have achieved through our partnerships with UNICEF, UN Women and UNHCR.

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Protecting The Natural World
An aerial view of the rainforest featuring lush green trees
23/09/2020 2minute read time
How Google will help end deforestation in our supply chain
A partnership with Google Cloud will use satellite photos to monitor ecosystems connected to our raw materials.
Collaborating & innovating for change
A representative from one of the first start-up companies to sell via Uni-Excuabtor’s Uni-Topia store on Tmall
23/09/2020 2minute read time
The pioneering digital platform that powers innovation and growth
We are partnering with beauty and personal care start-ups in China for a new ecosystem of enterprise and collaboration
Collaborating & innovating for change
For International Peace Day, Lipton illuminated the clock tower at King's Cross Station in London, UK with the message: 'Make tea time peace time'.
21/09/2020 3minute read time
How you can help turn tea time into peace time
Why Lipton’s encouraging everyone to take 15 minutes a day to listen and connect with others
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.
Unilever News
Man happily holding a cif spray bottle
06/05/2020 LLong Read
Covid-19 action: 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
Unilever News
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
Unilever News
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 reduces 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
Unilever News
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
Unilever News
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
Alan Jope
CEO, Unilever
Alan Jope
Alan Jope
CEO, Unilever
Alan Jope has been CEO of Unilever since May 2019, and was formerly President of our Beauty & Personal Care division.
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Unilever News
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.
Climate Action
The United Nations General Assembly hall in New York.
16/09/2020 4minute read time
Unilever and the UN: an enduring partnership
To mark the UN’s 75th anniversary, our Chief Sustainability Officer reflects on what we have achieved together.
Consuming Sustainably
Display of LBP products
16/09/2020 LLong Read
How to launch a purpose-led brand and go global
Love Beauty and Planet’s co-founders reflect on the brand’s story so far
Collaborating & innovating for change
Digital screens at our Hefei site in China. These allowed workers to operate production lines remotely during Covid-19
14/09/2020 3minute read time
Hefei joins 'Lighthouse' network of world's most digitally advanced factories
Our Hefei site in China has become our second facility in nine months – alongside the Dubai Personal Care factory – to join the World Economic Forum’s network of Lighthouse factories, shaping the future of manufacturing through digital technologies.
Sustainable Nutrition & Food Supply
Three baskets in a row containing orange tangerines, green okra and brown cocoa beans
14/09/2020 5minute read time
A fairer future for the people who grow our ingredients
How the Enhancing Livelihoods Fund has empowered the smallholder farmers who grow our ingredients
Climate Action
On a sunny snow field surrounded by mountains a photo crew ski wear is photographing a man doing press-ups in boxer shorts
09/09/2020 3minute read time
Advertising takes first steps to lower carbon footprint
A new initiative aims to inspire sustainable ad production across the industry
Climate Action
Close up shot of bubbles
02/09/2020 LLong Read
We’re reimagining the future of cleaning
We’re investing €1 billion to move to 100% renewable or recycled carbon in our cleaning and laundry products by 2030
Collaborating & innovating for change
Circular Economy
01/11/2018 LLong Read
Explainer: what is the circular economy?
Protecting The Natural World
Palm oil farmer working in a plantation
18/08/2020 4minute read time
How we’re using technology to help end deforestation
Our pilot with tech company Orbital Insight is helping us to monitor our palm oil supply chain more accurately.
Good health & well-being
A black and white image of a hand holding an original Lifebuoy bar of soap
14/08/2020 4minute read time
Lifebuoy returns to Britain
Over a century since its launch, the hygiene soap brand returns to the UK. Here’s how it started and where it’s going next.
Protecting The Natural World
Aerial view of rural landscape showing wind turbine and solar panels in field.
13/08/2020 3minute read time
Global experts rank Unilever No.1 for sustainability leadership
We’re delighted to have topped the GlobeScan-SustainAbility survey for the tenth year in a row
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