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SERIES: Our 2019 Heroes
Our Heroes with Impact are individuals who have gone above and beyond their day-to-day jobs to pioneer our values. Meet the Heroes from 2019.
Equality For All
Felipe Resck
08/01/2020 3minute read time
On a mission to help create 1 million girl coders
Felipe Resck is empowering girls in Brazil by teaching them coding skills
Collaborating & innovating for change
Martin Wolf
20/01/2020 3minute read time
Unlocking the power of green chemistry
“I have as a personal purpose the goal of healing the earth and seeking justice”
Equality For All
Ali Zaid Area Sales Manager in Sialkot in north-east Punjab, stands in local shop in front of a wooden shelf with local products
30/12/2019 4minute read time
Creating an inclusive work environment in Pakistan
How Ali Zaid is building an inclusive ‘eco-system’ and reaching people from a neglected community
Collaborating & innovating for change
Atahan Ozgunay
04/02/2020 3minute read time
Knorr R&D’s packaging innovation is tackling plastic waste
How Atahan Ozgunay developed recyclable flexible packaging for Knorr soups
Good health & well-being
Territory Manager, Riaz Hasan
03/02/2020 2minute read time
“This project saves lives”
A free annual health check for distribution workers in Dhaka is boosting morale and saving lives
Equality For All
Martyna Kaczmarek looking thoughtful on St Saviour’s Square, Poland
23/12/2019 3minute read time
Creating unshakeable pride with the Unbreakable Rainbow
How Martyna Kaczmarek tackled homophobia with the Unbreakable Rainbow
Collaborating & innovating for change
Dragonah Heros banner
03/01/2020 3minute read time
Tackling Kenya’s plastic waste begins in the playground
Schoolchildren in Nairobi are taking action, inspired by an Unilever employee
Collaborating & innovating for change
Winarto-Anggun Wicaksono looking thoughtful onto the damage caused by the earthquake in Palu, Indonesia
24/12/2019 4minute read time
Providing hope following a wave of destruction
After an earthquake in Indonesia, a Unilever employee acted fast to save lives
Good health & well-being
Jessica Yao
10/02/2020 3minute read time
Harnessing wellbeing to empower a workforce
Jessica Yao is improving the quality of life for Shanghai employees through with on-site health checks and childcare
SERIES: How do companies with purpose last?
To celebrate our 90th birthday, and help us look ahead to the next 90 years, we asked leading sustainability, purpose and business influencers to share their thoughts on how companies with purpose will be successful in the future.
Collaborating & innovating for change
Unilever brand Lifebuoy come to the public’s aid during the Blitz in World War II. The free mobile emergency washing service visited bomb-struck areas of London.
12/01/2020 5minute read time
Proving that purpose lasts: celebrating our 90th birthday
As Unilever reaches 90, we celebrate the sense of purpose that inspired our founders – and continues to drive our success
Collaborating & innovating for change
Aerial view of large number of people crossing a road. Environmentalist Jonathon Porritt argues that companies with purpose will have to change the rules of the game to tackle climate emergency, eco-system collapse and chronic inequality.
13/01/2020 3minute read time
Companies with purpose must change the rules of the game
For our 90th birthday, environmentalist Jonathon Porritt explores how companies with purpose will be successful in the future
Collaborating & innovating for change
Draganah Omwange
14/01/2020 3minute read time
Let young people change the way the world does business
Kenya-based Draganah Omwange shares her thoughts on how people with purpose will keep Unilever thriving for years to come.
Collaborating & innovating for change
Doug McMillon, Walmart CEO, speaking on stage in front of an audience
14/01/2020 2minute read time
Doing good is good business
Walmart CEO Doug McMillon explains how the retail giant and Unilever are united by a common purpose
Collaborating & innovating for change
Fruits and veg
15/01/2020 4minute read time
To endure, businesses must uphold the highest morals and ethics
Retail boss Tawee Rojanasinwilai explains why doing the right thing for the community is the bedrock of business longevity
Collaborating & innovating for change
The Lady Lever Art Gallery at Port Sunlight, Liverpool, UK. Port Sunlight was built by William Lever to provide his employees with decent and affordable houses, and leisure amenities.
16/01/2020 4minute read time
Seven things you may not know about Unilever
To celebrate our 90th birthday, here are a few fascinating facts about the business
Collaborating & innovating for change
Piyush Pandey
16/01/2020 2minute read time
Are purposeful brands made in people’s hearts?
Ogilvy’s Chief Creative Officer believes brands must help with the pressures consumers face in their daily lives
Collaborating & innovating for change
Joost Oorthuizen
17/01/2020 3minute read time
Could your greatest competitor become your greatest collaborator?
Sustainable Trade Initiative CEO Joost Oorthuizen on why companies must put rivalry aside and work with competitors to address the planet’s most pressing challenges
Collaborating & innovating for change
Sunrise over the earth
17/01/2020 4minute read time
How will businesses with purpose prosper in the future?
From CEOs to young entrepreneurs, five influencers explore the opportunities and challenges ahead
SERIES: How do we build partnerships for progress?
The Sustainable Development Goals will only be met if we work together in new and powerful ways – across business, civil society and government. We explore the key success factors, skills and financial innovation required to deliver them…
Collaborating & innovating for change
Transform banner
09/01/2020 LLong Read
New partners will help boost our support for social enterprises
With EY and Mastercard joining TRANSFORM, we can now do more to help low-income households in developing countries
Collaborating & innovating for change
Children handwashing
18/09/2018 4minute read time
Soap and vaccines – partnering to deliver the Global Goals
Rebecca Marmot explores the formula for a successful partnership
Collaborating & innovating for change
How to… build partnerships to change the world
18/09/2018 4minute read time
How to… build partnerships to change the world
Seven elements for successful collaboration
Collaborating & innovating for change
Less fear, more vision
18/09/2018 4minute read time
Less fear, more vision: unlocking investment in the SDGs
How will the world finance the huge investment needed to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals?
Collaborating & innovating for change
Wanted: tri-sector athletes for the Global Goals
18/09/2018 2minute read time
Wanted: tri-sector athletes for the Global Goals!
Do you have the skills to build transformative partnerships?
SERIES: A circular economy for plastic
Waste is littering our planet, so we’ve pledged that 100% of our plastic packaging will be reusable, recyclable or compostable by 2025. Read how we’re working with suppliers, NGOs, innovators and our brands to face the plastics problem
Consuming Sustainably
Unilever waste bank. We have helped set up almost 3,000 waste banks across Indonesia, including collection points for flexible plastic in eight cities. Together, these have prevented almost 8,000 tons of non-organic waste from being dumped.
27/09/2019 3minute read time
Bango launches 100% recycled and recyclable bottle in Indonesia
This move will help create a circular economy for plastic that both cuts waste and keeps it out of the environment
Collaborating & innovating for change
Fab Bottle
30/07/2019 3minute read time
We’ve launched our first 100% recycled plastic bottle in Colombia
Our laundry detergent brand FAB is helping to create a circular economy for plastic packaging
Consuming Sustainably
"all things hair" refill bottles
11/07/2019 LLong Read
We’re innovating for a reuse-refill revolution
To help reduce plastic waste, we’re working on ways that shoppers can buy one container and refill it over and over again
Consuming Sustainably
Cif Eco Refill product
09/07/2019 3minute read time
Cif innovation to dramatically cut plastic use and transport emissions
We have just launched Cif ecorefill, a completely new type of product that works for consumers and the environment.
Collaborating & innovating for change
100% recycled Cif
10/06/2019 2minute read time
Argentina gets its first 100% recycled and recyclable dishwash bottle
In a country where consumers throw away 12 million plastic bottles every day, Cif is helping to create a circular economy
Collaborating & innovating for change
Black plastics
20/05/2019 3minute read time
We’ve cracked the tricky problem of recycling black plastic bottles
Until now, black plastic bottles have been impossible to mechanically detect and sort. But we’ve developed a way to do it.
Consuming Sustainably
Sunlight's 100% recyclable bottle
29/03/2019 3minute read time
Cleaning up with Sunlight’s 100% recycled and recyclable bottles
How the brand is reducing its environmental footprint and inspiring consumers to be more sustainable
Collaborating & innovating for change
Buenos Aires residents
07/02/2019 2minute read time
How we’re helping Buenos Aires residents make recycling a habit
Working with the city’s government, we have extended a programme that encourages people to throw away less and recycle more
Collaborating & innovating for change
Loop delivery
24/01/2019 4minute read time
We’re introducing reusable, refillable packaging to help cut waste
Nine Unilever brands have unveiled reusable packaging innovations that we’re trialling on LOOP, a waste-free shopping system
Collaborating & innovating for change
Sorting recycling
18/01/2019 3minute read time
How we’re helping to develop Brazil’s plastic packaging circular economy
Our ultimate aim is to increase the demand for recycled plastic which will, in turn, increase recycling rates
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
Collaborating & innovating for change
Plastic waste
06/12/2018 3minute read time
The plastic-free concept that could replace single-use sachets
We challenged designers, innovators and packaging experts to come up with new ways to use less plastic. Now we’re bringing the best idea to life.
Collaborating & innovating for change
Ioniqa Tonnis
22/11/2018 3minute read time
“With this technology, we are contributing to a cleaner world”
Ioniqa CEO Tonnis Hooghoudt talks about his company’s breakthrough recycling technology
Collaborating & innovating for change
Plastics Main
08/11/2018 4minute read time
Three new ways we’re helping to tackle plastic waste
Another major step forward in our efforts to help tackle plastic packaging waste
Collaborating & innovating for change
CreaSolv sachet waste
08/11/2018 3minute read time
Our solution for recycling plastic sachets takes another step forward
A look at the progress and plans for the testing of our CreaSolv technology
Consuming Sustainably
Lynsey Forrest holding a bottle of Omo Eco Active
25/10/2018 2minute read time
The detergent brand creating a circular plastics economy
How OMO’s new bottles will prevent millions of tonnes of plastic ending up in the ocean
Collaborating & innovating for change
Recycling banks in Brazil
04/04/2018 3minute read time
How breakthrough technology could significantly reduce plastic waste
Just a fraction of PET plastic is recycled. But following a new pilot, we’re on the brink of change
Sanjeev Das
Sanjeev Das
Global Packaging Director
Sanjeev Das
Sanjeev Das
Global Packaging Director
Sanjeev has been with Unilever since 2004, working in various R&D roles in Beauty & Personal Care, Home Care and now in Foods & Refreshment across different geographies. He is currently based at Unilever’s R&D site in Vlaardingen, in the Netherlands, working on Hellmann’s and Maille.
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Consuming Sustainably
Seventh Generation products
05/06/2018 4minute read time
“Every day is an opportunity to create change”
Plant-based homecare brand Seventh Generation’s packaging expert on the route to zero waste
Kelly Murosky
Kelly Murosky
Senior Packaging Engineer at Seventh Generation.
Kelly Murosky
Kelly Murosky
Senior Packaging Engineer at Seventh Generation.
Kelly Murosky is a Senior Packaging Engineer at Seventh Generation. From the initial pack design to prototypes, concepts, pilot testing, production and launch, she’s involved at every stage of the packaging development process.
Collaborating & innovating for change
Plastic waste on a beach
06/12/2017 3minute read time
Towards a new plastics economy
Our planet is awash with plastic. Here’s how we hope a circular approach will help tackle the problem
Collaborating & innovating for change
Fish eating plastic
05/02/2018 3minute read time
Four things businesses can do to fix the plastics problem
Interview with Dame Ellen MacArthur and Paul Polman
Ellen MacArthur and Paul Polman
Ellen MacArthur and Paul Polman
Founder, Ellen MacArthur Foundation; CEO, Unilever (respectively)
Ellen MacArthur and Paul Polman
Ellen MacArthur and Paul Polman
Founder, Ellen MacArthur Foundation; CEO, Unilever (respectively)
Dame Ellen MacArthur made history in 2005 when she became the fastest solo sailor to circumnavigate the globe. She launched the Ellen MacArthur Foundation in 2009, the mission of which is to accelerate the transition to a circular economy. Paul Polman has been the CEO of Unilever since 2009. He is committed to long-term, sustainable capitalism.
Collaborating & innovating for change
Employees at Mr Green
03/07/2018 4minute read time
Waste isn’t waste when it has a value
Changing how waste is perceived could have a hugely positive impact on society as well as the environment
Keiran Smith, Founder & CEO, Mr Green Africa
Keiran Smith
Founder & CEO, Mr Green Africa
Keiran Smith, Founder & CEO, Mr Green Africa
Keiran Smith
Founder & CEO, Mr Green Africa
Keiran is passionate about changing the future of recycling in emerging markets by alleviating the suffering and large-scale disadvantage of informal waste pickers and their communities. He set up Mr Green Africa with a business model that illustrates shared value at its best.
SERIES: Meet the futuremakers
Explore our interviews with people changing how the world does business
Collaborating & innovating for change
Samir banner
01/05/2019 4minute read time
How a start-up saving hotel soap from waste is saving lives
Samir Lakhani’s start-up is recycling hotel soap to make good hygiene affordable to the world’s poorest communities
Collaborating & innovating for change
All great things start small
26/02/2019 4minute read time
All great things start small
Sabrina Habib explains how and why she set up a social enterprise that provides day care in Nairobi’s urban slums
Collaborating & innovating for change
Changemaker Eric Smeding
15/02/2019 4minute read time
“Everybody does laundry yet 90% get the detergent dosage wrong”
Eric Smeding is leading a home-grown Unilever start-up which wants to change how people use detergent
Sustainable Nutrition & Food Supply
Semilla Banner
16/11/2018 3minute read time
“Techniques to help people grow their way out of poverty exist”
Social entrepreneur Curt Bowen explains why he left the US to live in Guatemala’s farming communities – and launch a new way to fight malnutrition.
Collaborating & innovating for change
Nature is waste-free: it is time we were too
06/11/2018 3minute read time
Nature is waste-free: it is time we were too
Our economic system should take a leaf out of nature’s book and make less waste, says CEO Nina Butler
Collaborating & innovating for change
Ioniqa Tonnis
22/11/2018 3minute read time
“With this technology, we are contributing to a cleaner world”
Ioniqa CEO Tonnis Hooghoudt talks about his company’s breakthrough recycling technology
Sustainable Nutrition & Food Supply
Eat, Sleep, Work… Replenish
05/11/2018 3minute read time
Eat, Sleep, Work… Replenish
Changing America’s eating habits, one farm at a time
Collaborating & innovating for change
Andrew Winston
05/11/2018 3minute read time
Don’t ditch the day job
Wherever you work, whatever you do, you can be a positive force for change
Collaborating & innovating for change
Hunter Lovins Banner
25/10/2018 2minute read time
We the people
Hunter Lovins, co-author of Natural Capitalism, on kick-starting sustainable change
Collaborating & innovating for change
Employees at Mr Green
03/07/2018 4minute read time
Waste isn’t waste when it has a value
Changing how waste is perceived could have a hugely positive impact on society as well as the environment
Keiran Smith, Founder & CEO, Mr Green Africa
Keiran Smith
Founder & CEO, Mr Green Africa
Keiran Smith, Founder & CEO, Mr Green Africa
Keiran Smith
Founder & CEO, Mr Green Africa
Keiran is passionate about changing the future of recycling in emerging markets by alleviating the suffering and large-scale disadvantage of informal waste pickers and their communities. He set up Mr Green Africa with a business model that illustrates shared value at its best.
Consuming Sustainably
Seventh Generation products
05/06/2018 4minute read time
“Every day is an opportunity to create change”
Plant-based homecare brand Seventh Generation’s packaging expert on the route to zero waste
Kelly Murosky
Kelly Murosky
Senior Packaging Engineer at Seventh Generation.
Kelly Murosky
Kelly Murosky
Senior Packaging Engineer at Seventh Generation.
Kelly Murosky is a Senior Packaging Engineer at Seventh Generation. From the initial pack design to prototypes, concepts, pilot testing, production and launch, she’s involved at every stage of the packaging development process.
Climate Action
Elisabeth Latham
07/06/2018 3minute read time
“I didn’t want my ideas to collect dust”
Cow burps, climate change and a scientist on a mission. Meet the woman behind the story
Elisabeth Latham
Elizabeth Latham
Founder of the Sustainable Protein and Environment Initiative
Elisabeth Latham
Elizabeth Latham
Founder of the Sustainable Protein and Environment Initiative
Inventor, academic and passionate advocate for applying science to improve the world, Elizabeth Latham is the founder of the Sustainable Protein and Environment Initiative. She was a category winner in Unilever’s Young Entrepreneurs Awards 2017.
Collaborating & innovating for change
Pukka herbs founders
10/05/2018 4minute read time
Pukka: “People say we sold out. Actually, we sold in.”
Interview with Tim Westwell and Sebastian Pole, co-founders of Pukka Herbs
Tim Westwell and Sebastian Pole of Pukka
Tim Westwell and Sebastian Pole
Co-founders of Pukka Herbs
Tim Westwell and Sebastian Pole of Pukka
Tim Westwell and Sebastian Pole
Co-founders of Pukka Herbs
Before setting up Pukka, Tim was looking for a way to express his passion for nature and contribute to a more positive world using his business skills. Sebastian was practising herbalism having studied Ayurvedic, Chinese and Western herbal medicine. They met through an ad in a magazine.
SERIES: Our 2018 Heroes
Every year we recognise pioneering individuals within Unilever who have brought our values to life. Our 2018 Heroes with Impact have gone above and beyond their day-to-day jobs with purpose, passion and drive.
Good health & well-being
Aarti Daryanani
14/03/2019 4minute read time
When a disaster strikes… hygiene is a priority
Lifebuoy soap has a proud record of humanitarian response. Now it’s pushing its boundaries to do much more.
Equality For All
Becoming a micro-entrepreneur in rural Colombia
19/02/2019 4minute read time
Becoming a micro-entrepreneur in rural Colombia
Our Shakti Project in the Middle Americas is empowering women
Good health & well-being
Uael Canoy
02/01/2019 4minute read time
How one man is helping end child undernutrition in the Philippines
Our Knorr foods brand has launched a holistic programme in the Philippines
Collaborating & innovating for change
Risking life to save life
21/12/2018
Risking life to save life
In a summer wildfire in Greece, a Unilever employee saved the lives of strangers
Collaborating & innovating for change
Helping refugees while unlocking growth
21/12/2018 4minute read time
Helping refugees while unlocking growth
Unilever Hero Zeina Al Mouallem took action to support Syrian refugees in Lebanon and Jordan
Good health & well-being
Ibtisam Habib
20/12/2018 4minute read time
Employee, influencer and mentor
How a young Muslim woman in Kenya is challenging stereotypes
Good health & well-being
Stacie June Shelton
19/12/2018 4minute read time
How self-esteem is linked to better health decisions
Dove’s Self-Esteem Project has helped millions build body confidence. Now we are pioneering a new approach in South Africa.
Good health & well-being
Improving health and hygiene for 10,000 children in Timor-Leste
19/12/2018 4minute read time
Improving health and hygiene for 10,000 children in Timor-Leste
How Unilever Hero Nicky Ong ensured new programmes made a powerful impact
Good health & well-being
Heroes Maggie
19/12/2018 2minute read time
“I was given the ultimate privilege: saving someone’s life”
When a colleague faced a grave diagnosis, Maggie Brommer responded with a unique donation.
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