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 2020.
Good health & well-being
26/01/2021
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“It is a privilege to work with such outstanding and resilient people across the world”
Equality For All
22/01/2021
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Everlyne Mbaluka brings hope to Mukuru slum residents
Good health & well-being
11/01/2021
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Erin Groot Hermsen celebrates refugee stories with Middle Eastern cookery book
Good health & well-being
30/12/2020
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Rahul Maan, Srihari Yemjala and Sukumar Poojary bring aid to migrant workers
Good health & well-being
22/12/2020
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Unilever Hero Elaine Molina, Director of Occupational Health, tackles Covid in LATAM with care and compassion
Good health & well-being
21/12/2020
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Nick Chang and his team keep our Meishan factory up and running
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…
Protecting The Natural World
15/01/2021
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Unilever is supporting WWF-Malaysia’s Sabah Landscapes programme which combines conservation and sustainable development
Equality For All
22/09/2020
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As the UN General Assembly goes virtual for the first time, we look at our partnerships with UN Women, UNICEF and UNHCR.
Climate Action
16/09/2020
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To mark the UN’s 75th anniversary, our Chief Sustainability Officer reflects on what we have achieved together.
09/01/2020
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With EY and Mastercard joining TRANSFORM, we can now do more to help low-income households in developing countries
18/09/2018
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Rebecca Marmot explores the formula for a successful partnership
18/09/2018
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Seven elements for successful collaboration
18/09/2018
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How will the world finance the huge investment needed to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals?
18/09/2018
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Do you have the skills to build transformative partnerships?
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.
16/12/2020
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Across our business, we took action to share support and solidarity during the pandemic this year. Here’s how…
Good health & well-being
28/07/2020
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Unilever South Africa turned hygiene lessons into an online game to keep kids e-learning and handwashing during Covid-19
Good health & well-being
14/07/2020
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We’re providing products from our hygiene and sanitation brands to help OYO create a cleaner stay for customers
Good health & well-being
15/07/2020
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Some examples of how our household care and laundry brands are helping people stay safe and adapt to the new normal
23/06/2020
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How an AI platform helped teams find the perfect match for projects and gave employees the chance to upskill during Covid-19
19/06/2020
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From online working to future-proof planning, the Ice Cream Now team share lessons learnt in the Covid-19 crisis
19/06/2020
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Our partnerships, product donations and entrepreneurship programmes
Good health & well-being
12/06/2020
How we’re acting fast to support consumers and key workers all over the world.
12/06/2020
From two factories in January to 61 in May: scaling up production through the pandemic
29/05/2020
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Find out how we’re enlisting employees and partners to get essential items from our production lines to people in need
Unilever News
26/05/2020
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We check in with our colleagues to discover the reality of post-lockdown office life
14/05/2020
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As parts of the world start to loosen their lockdowns, a new Unilever–Uber partnership is helping people get back on the move safely
Good health & well-being
13/05/2020
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Our new campaign is all about cleaning smarter, as this Q&A explains
12/05/2020
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Six ways Unilever Food Solutions teams are helping foodservice businesses meet emerging needs during Covid-19
Unilever News
06/05/2020
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How we’re supporting global and national efforts to help protect lives and livelihoods
Good health & well-being
30/04/2020
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In Brazil, we have joined forces with Heineken to create a special line of Cif sanitising cleaner.
Good health & well-being
27/04/2020
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Our Global Nutrition Director shares her personal views on how the pandemic could change our perspective long-term
Unilever News
24/04/2020
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We have over 30 sites making this essential product, with a lot of supply being donated to frontline healthcare facilities
Unilever News
15/04/2020
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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
09/04/2020
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How soap works and what makes it so effective in reducing the risk of infection
09/04/2020
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We’ve joined Ventilator Challenge UK – a collective manufacturing much-needed ventilators in the coronavirus crisis
Unilever News
02/04/2020
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Unilever is working with the UK government to fund a global programme to urgently tackle the spread of coronavirus
Unilever News
24/03/2020
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Unilever has announced a wide-ranging set of measures to support global and national efforts to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic
Unilever News
16/03/2020
As a pandemic is announced by the World Health Organization, we are putting global measures into place to protect our employees and their families.
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
28/10/2020
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Last year we pledged to make significant cuts to the amount of virgin plastic in our portfolio. Here’s what we’ve achieved since then – plus our plans to do much more.
Climate Action
11/08/2020
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This year, we’ll be rolling out over 7 million of the tubs across Europe.
Consuming Sustainably
27/09/2019
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This move will help create a circular economy for plastic that both cuts waste and keeps it out of the environment
30/07/2019
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Our laundry detergent brand FAB is helping to create a circular economy for plastic packaging
Consuming Sustainably
11/07/2019
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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
09/07/2019
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We have just launched Cif ecorefill, a completely new type of product that works for consumers and the environment.
10/06/2019
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In a country where consumers throw away 12 million plastic bottles every day, Cif is helping to create a circular economy
20/05/2019
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Until now, black plastic bottles have been impossible to mechanically detect and sort. But we’ve developed a way to do it.
Consuming Sustainably
29/03/2019
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How the brand is reducing its environmental footprint and inspiring consumers to be more sustainable
07/02/2019
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Working with the city’s government, we have extended a programme that encourages people to throw away less and recycle more
24/01/2019
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Nine Unilever brands have unveiled reusable packaging innovations that we’re trialling on LOOP, a waste-free shopping system
18/01/2019
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Our ultimate aim is to increase the demand for recycled plastic which will, in turn, increase recycling rates
07/01/2019
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Showing others the value of sustainability helped Cristine Lu build a business case for change
06/12/2018
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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.
22/11/2018
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Ioniqa CEO Tonnis Hooghoudt talks about his company’s breakthrough recycling technology
08/11/2018
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Another major step forward in our efforts to help tackle plastic packaging waste
08/11/2018
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A look at the progress and plans for the testing of our CreaSolv technology
Consuming Sustainably
25/10/2018
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How OMO’s new bottles will prevent millions of tonnes of plastic ending up in the ocean
04/04/2018
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Just a fraction of PET plastic is recycled. But following a new pilot, we’re on the brink of change
Consuming Sustainably
05/06/2018
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Plant-based homecare brand Seventh Generation’s packaging expert on the route to zero waste
05/02/2018
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Interview with Dame Ellen MacArthur and Paul Polman
03/07/2018
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Changing how waste is perceived could have a hugely positive impact on society as well as the environment
06/12/2017
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Our planet is awash with plastic. Here’s how we hope a circular approach will help tackle the problem
As we celebrate a decade of our Unilever Sustainable Living Plan, we're reflecting on what we've learnt and what comes next.
Equality For All
15/05/2020
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Finding robust and meaningful ways to measure our impact across all our various social programmes has proved harder than we initially anticipated.
06/05/2020
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We’re celebrating a decade of our Unilever Sustainable Living Plan – and reflecting on what comes next.
07/05/2020
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Ten years ago we set out on a journey to become a more sustainable – and better performing – business
Good health & well-being
07/05/2020
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How a day to raise awareness became a practical, replicable behavioural change programme reaching 28 million people with clean, safe toilets.
Sustainable Nutrition & Food Supply
07/05/2020
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How setting a bar for suppliers helped improve livelihoods and crop standards and let us know where ingredients come from
Good health & well-being
07/05/2020
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A decade ago, the soap brand set out to make handwashing with soap a habit for more than 1 billion people by 2020. Here’s how it reached that goal, and why it’s still committed to making an even bigger impact in the years to come.
Sustainable Nutrition & Food Supply
07/05/2020
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Over the last ten years, Knorr has been working to create food that’s good for people and for the planet.
Consuming Sustainably
11/05/2020
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Much of the environmental impact of our products occurs in consumers’ homes. How can we encourage behaviour change?
Protecting The Natural World
11/05/2020
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As the world changes, sustainability planning needs to be nimble and flexible
12/05/2020
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Do we need more progressive public policies to protect the environment? Unilever is well placed to advocate for change.
12/05/2020
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Now more than ever is the time for action. Our journey towards making sustainable living commonplace for the world’s 8 billion people continues.
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
08/01/2020
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Felipe Resck is empowering girls in Brazil by teaching them coding skills
20/01/2020
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“I have as a personal purpose the goal of healing the earth and seeking justice”
Equality For All
30/12/2019
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How Ali Zaid is building an inclusive ‘eco-system’ and reaching people from a neglected community
04/02/2020
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How Atahan Ozgunay developed recyclable flexible packaging for Knorr soups
Good health & well-being
03/02/2020
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A free annual health check for distribution workers in Dhaka is boosting morale and saving lives
Equality For All
23/12/2019
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How Martyna Kaczmarek tackled homophobia with the Unbreakable Rainbow
03/01/2020
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Schoolchildren in Nairobi are taking action, inspired by an Unilever employee
24/12/2019
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After an earthquake in Indonesia, a Unilever employee acted fast to save lives
Good health & well-being
10/02/2020
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Jessica Yao is improving the quality of life for Shanghai employees through with on-site health checks and childcare
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