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How we will improve the health of our planet

Today we launch a range of ambitious new commitments and actions to fight climate change, protect and regenerate nature, and preserve resources for future generations.
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Collaborating & innovating for change
Man with beard working at laptop. Unilever Flex Experience matches people with projects that offer the chance to upskill.
23/06/2020 4minute read time
An exciting new normal for flexible working
How an AI platform helped teams find the perfect match for projects and gave employees the chance to upskill during Covid-19
Collaborating & innovating for change
Overhead image of a camp
19/06/2020 4minute read time
How we’re standing with refugees through Covid-19 and beyond
Our partnerships, product donations and entrepreneurship programmes
Collaborating & innovating for change
Two teenage girls lie on a bed eating big tubs of ice cream
19/06/2020 4minute read time
Five things we’ve learnt in lockdown
From online working to future-proof planning, the Ice Cream Now team share lessons learnt in the Covid-19 crisis
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
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
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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
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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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.
Equality For All
Blue ladies walking hand in hand. Proudly supporting LGBTQI+ rights around the world.
18/06/2020 3minute read time
Sharing our Pride
Proud to ally, celebrate and advocate LGBTQI+ rights
Good health & well-being
Children washing hands
12/06/2020
Six beauty and personal care brands responding to Covid-19
How we’re acting fast to support consumers and key workers all over the world.
Collaborating & innovating for change
Hands applying hand sanitiser gel
12/06/2020
How our hand sanitiser business adapted to meet global demand
From two factories in January to 61 in May: scaling up production through the pandemic
Collaborating & innovating for change
A collage of images featuring people wearing face masks and supporting communities affected by Covid-19
29/05/2020 3minute read time
United for America: our movement to support communities during Covid-19
Find out how we’re enlisting employees and partners to get essential items from our production lines to people in need
Good health & well-being
Boy cooking with sticky fingers. Family meal plans and activities were key F&R initiatives during lockdown.
29/05/2020 LLong Read
Creating moments of comfort, connection and celebration during Covid-19
Ten fresh ways our Foods & Refreshment brands have helped consumers and communities navigate lockdown
Unilever News
Employees line up in the office canteen, social distancing using markings on the floor
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
Collaborating & innovating for change
Circular Economy
01/11/2018 LLong Read
Explainer: what is the circular economy?
Unilever News
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.
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
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