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Unilever’s AI hub in Shanghai, a centre for artificial intelligence, agility and innovative product design

09/07/2020 3minute read time

AI hub accelerates product innovation for Chinese markets and beyond

Unilever’s new state-of-the-art R&D hub in Shanghai is using live-stream data, local insights and AI tools to speed products to market for Chinese consumers

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

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

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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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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 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

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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

CEO, Unilever

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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.

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

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

Climate Action

Forest river

15/06/2020 LLong Read

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.

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

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

Collaborating & innovating for change

Circular Economy

01/11/2018 LLong Read

Explainer: what is the circular economy?

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

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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.

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10/07/2020

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