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Protecting The Natural World
Bee on a flower
15/08/2019 3minute read time
Why there’s such a buzz around our office in Poland
How one employee is helping to promote urban beekeeping and why we should all take more notice of these little insects
Worker working for palm oil
14/12/2018 4minute read time
Breakthrough on palm oil transparency to stop deforestation
A new mapping platform means a tougher stance against companies that are linked to deforestation.
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.
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.
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
Palm oil woman farmers
27/10/2017
How supporting independent palm oil farmers will have a big impact on deforestation
Together with IDH - the Sustainable Trade Initiative, PT Perkebunan Nusantara III Persero (PTPN III), and the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), we are working to drive sustainable palm oil through the RSPO certification programme. Working with UD Lestari, a group of independent farmers, 63 farmers received the first RSPO certification in North Sumatera in 2017, of which 30% were women.
Man transporting palm oil plants in wheelbarrow
18/01/2017
Driving a new approach to sustainable palm oil
At the COP 21 climate negotiations in Paris, we announced that we will take a jurisdictional approach to commodity sourcing and will preferentially buy from areas that have in place comprehensive climate and forest policies. Our first example of doing this is in the district of Kotawaringin Barat, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia.
Trees in a field
08/09/2016
Unilever named industry leader in 2016 Dow Jones Sustainability Index
Unilever has been named leader of the Household and Personal Products Industry Group in the 2016 Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI). We are one of only 24 companies to be awarded Industry Group Leader status.
Forest in sunlight
02/12/2015
Unilever signals new sourcing approach to help eliminate deforestation
Today, at the COP 21 Climate negotiations in Paris, Unilever has joined a group of consumer goods companies (acting individually) to signal a willingness to prioritise commodity sourcing from areas that are pursuing comprehensive forest climate programmes.
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Bee on a flower
15/08/2019 3minute read time
Why there’s such a buzz around our office in Poland
How one employee is helping to promote urban beekeeping and why we should all take more notice of these little insects
Worker working for palm oil
14/12/2018 4minute read time
Breakthrough on palm oil transparency to stop deforestation
A new mapping platform means a tougher stance against companies that are linked to deforestation.
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.
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