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Sustainable Nutrition & Food Supply
Vegetarian butcher Jaap Korteweg
We’ve invented the perfect burger for food rebels

Unilever has partnered with Burger King® to launch the plant-based Rebel Whopper® powered by The Vegetarian Butcher. The patty smells, cooks and tastes like beef, but it’s made from plants.
5minute read time
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.
Good health & well-being
Smiling child writing to-do list. Lipton’s new brand purpose aims to tackle hidden loneliness by asking you to add a ‘to who’ to your ‘to do’ list
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
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
Sonika beauty
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
Jane Wurwand
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
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
Protecting The Natural World
Dove bottles
21/10/2019 3minute read time
Dove moves to 100% recycled plastic bottles
Dove is taking action on plastic waste with one of the biggest plastic reduction programmes in the global beauty industry
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
Protecting The Natural World
Plastic in the ocean. At Unilever, we are committed to collecting back more plastic packaging than we sell, as part of our drive towards a circular economy.
07/10/2019 LLong Read
Keeping our plastic in the loop
We are committing to halve our use of virgin plastic in our packaging, and collect and process more than we sell by 2025
Collaborating & innovating for change
Circular Economy
01/11/2018 LLong Read
Explainer: what is the circular economy?
Climate Action
Wind turbines. 100% of Unilever’s grid electricity across Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and North America now comes from renewable sources.
16/09/2019 3minute read time
We now use 100% renewable electricity across five continents
All our sites in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and North America are now powered by 100% renewable grid electricity
Sustainable Nutrition & Food Supply
Two women tea pickets in field. Unilever has published a full list of its global tea suppliers to further increase transparency in its supply chain and boost its ongoing efforts to transform the industry.
12/09/2019 LLong Read
Ever wondered where your favourite cup of tea comes from?
We have published a full list of our global tea suppliers to increase transparency and help transform the industry
Climate Action
Andrea walking
30/08/2019 4minute read time
“Through renewables, we can literally change the world”
Andrea Rickert-Pulvermann explains why shifting all our operations to renewable energy is so important
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Why gender equality matters to Unilever

Why gender equality matters to Unilever

Futuremaker: Jane Wurwand

Futuremaker: Jane Wurwand

Futuremaker: Jay Tandan

Futuremaker: Jay Tandan

Futuremaker: Tracy Shepard-Rashkin

Futuremaker: Tracy Shepard-Rashkin

Futuremaker: Sonika Malhotra

Futuremaker: Sonika Malhotra

Futuremaker: Cristine Lu

Futuremaker: Cristine Lu

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