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Collaborating & innovating for change

Hive Foods Innovation Centre. At our new, state-of-the-art innovation hub, we will collaborate and co-create to turn bright ideas into the healthy, sustainable foods of the future.

06/12/2019 3minute read time

Want to know what you’ll be having for dinner tomorrow?

We have opened a state-of-the-art innovation hub where we will turn ideas into healthy, sustainable foods of the future

Equality For All

People having a discussion

03/12/2019 3minute read time

Recognising ability, empowering through accessibility

Four ways we’re working to include people with disabilities in our business

Collaborating & innovating for change

Emmanuel Emodek

29/11/2019 LLong Read

The techophobe turned award-winning entrepreneur

A few years ago Emmanuel Emodek lost everything. But now his bright idea is helping thousands to manage their small firms and thrive.

Collaborating & innovating for change

SERIES: How to be a Futuremaker

Unilever pioneers share their experience of doing business with purpose

Tracy with "growing roots" t-shirt

07/01/2019 2minute read time

How Tracy created a snack brand that’s funding urban farms

How good allies, an alert antenna and awareness of stakeholder needs unlocked resources to make Growing Roots a reality

Cristine Lu

07/01/2019 2minute read time

How Cristine’s recycled bottle is helping tackle plastic waste

Showing others the value of sustainability helped Cristine Lu build a business case for change

07/01/2019 2minute read time

How Sonika launched a purposeful beauty brand – fast

Lean innovation and a ‘golden week’ of decision-making helped Sonika Malhotra bring Love Beauty and Planet to life

Jay and Ben&Jerrys

07/01/2019 2minute read time

How Jay helped ice cream fans make marriage equality happen

Sharing Ben & Jerry's values and engaging with experts helped Jay build a community ready to take action

08/01/2019 2minute read time

How Jane Wurwand turned $14,000 into a global skincare business

Resilience and seeing challenge as opportunity helped Jane build the US’s first salon professional skincare brand

Collaborating & innovating for change

Logistics manager by refrigerated truck, which only uses clean cold air to transport goods

27/11/2019 4minute read time

Greener logistics – the world has a lot further to travel

There’s no one silver bullet to achieve zero emissions, but tech, planning and alternative fuels are helping us get there

Good health & well-being

India schoolboy, Virendra, in his school yard. Access to a toilet at school and at home increased Virendra’s school attendance by 20%.

19/11/2019 3minute read time

Meet the sanitation superheroes who’ve made clean toilets their mission

Domestos has helped over 16 million people access good sanitation. Here are the stories of three of them.

Collaborating & innovating for change

People in a row holding their devices

14/11/2019 2minute read time

What do you really think about our products?

We want to know what you struggle with, what you’re hooked on, how you’d like things to change and where we can make a difference.

Sustainable Nutrition & Food Supply

Vegetarian butcher Jaap Korteweg

12/11/2019 5minute read time

We’ve invented the perfect burger for food rebels

Unilever has partnered with Burger King® to launch the meat-free Rebel Whopper® powered by The Vegetarian Butcher

Good health & well-being

05/11/2019 LLong Read

Why you should add a ‘to who’ to your ‘to do’ list

Loneliness can be as bad for you as smoking cigarettes. That’s why Lipton is encouraging people to make a new ‘to do’ list

Consuming Sustainably

T-shirts in a field

29/10/2019 3minute read time

How a tea stain turned into a fashion opportunity

Our Ceytea factory waste is being turned into natural fabric dyes that are offering the fashion industry green options

Collaborating & innovating for change

Circular Economy

01/11/2018 LLong Read

Explainer: what is the circular economy?

Sustainable Nutrition & Food Supply

Bowl of food with chopsticks. As more and more people shift to flexitarian diets, Unilever is working with others to help develop plant-forward foods.

15/10/2019 LLong Read

Plant-based eating: creating a healthy planet through healthy diets

If the food system is to cope with population growth and climate change, then plant-based foods need to be high on the menu

Good health & well-being

Hands being washed under a tap. Lifebuoy’s school programme spreads hygiene messages in an engaging way to schoolchildren and their parents.

14/10/2019 3minute read time

A billion reasons to celebrate Global Handwashing Day

Through our Lifebuoy soap brand, we have helped 1 billion people around the world improve their handwashing habits.

Equality For All

Day of the girl DJ

11/10/2019 LLong Read

The brands helping girls dream bigger and be bolder

Two of our biggest beauty brands are supporting girls all over the world to find and fulfil their ambitions

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Brands with purpose grow – and here’s the proof

Why gender equality matters to Unilever

Futuremaker: Jane Wurwand

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Futuremaker: Tracy Shepard-Rashkin

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