These are our top picks of the stories showing how we have supported the Sustainable Development Goals in 2016.
1. We challenged gender stereotypes through our #unstereotype advertising campaign
“We don't want to show women as just supporting our product or supporting someone else,” Aline Santos explained. “That isn’t what women are, and it isn’t how women see themselves.”
Supporting Global Goal 5, Gender Equality
How #UNSTEREOTYPE aims to change the way we see gender
2. Our employees made progress in their water-saving work
Some 2.8 billion people live in water-stressed regions. By 2025 that number could increase to 4 billion. That’s around half the world’s population. Read on to find out what our employees are doing to tackle this issue.
Supporting Global Goal 6, Clean water and sanitation
Meet the employees behind our water-saving work
3. Dove encouraged Indian women to break traditional beauty rules
Through its latest campaign – ‘Let’s Break the Rules of Beauty’ Dove invited women to make their own features as celebrated as existing stereotypes
Supporting Global Goal 3, Good health and wellbeing
Why Dove is encouraging India to break the rules of beauty
4. The Young Entrepreneurs Awards
From providing digital doctors to constructing recycled homes, we teamed up with seven brilliant young entrepreneurs to find out about their life-changing innovations
The Unilever Sustainable Living Young Entrepreneurs Awards
5. Our business and brands are delivering a brighter future
From eliminating waste to tackling youth unemployment, our brands launched projects around the world showing how our Sustainable Living Plan works in action
How our business and brands are delivering a brighter future
6. Taking action on climate change at COP22
“Climate change is a global problem, a bigger challenge than any one company or country can solve alone. But it’s not ‘just’ an environmental challenge,” said Thomas Lingard, Global Climate Advocacy & Sustainability Strategy Director
Supporting Global Goal 13, Climate action
Faster and further: climate action demands business action and policy change
7. Our journey towards becoming carbon positive
Our Foods & Refreshment factory in Pernawan is currently generating around 85% of its energy from renewable sources. We prove it’s possible to generate renewable energy, reducing our carbon footprint
Supporting Global Goal 7, Affordable and clean energy
Towards ‘Carbon Positive’: how we are generating renewable energy
8. Hellmann's invites kids to learn about their food
Eating greens gets way more interesting when you find out where they come from. Here’s how Hellmann’s engaged young kids and got the healthy message across with its invitation to children to get to know where their food really comes from.
Supporting Global Goal 3, Good health and wellbeing
Hellmann’s invites kids to find out what goes into their food
9. Game changers taking action to reach the Global Goals
Architects, activists and academics were among those who helped us share the #collectiveaction message to drive forward the Global Goals. Find out what people like film-maker Richard Curtis said here
How are you taking action on the Global Goals?
10. A transgender band helped Brooke Bond celebrate brand values
Brooke Bond helped break down the stigma around transgender people through using its brand purpose
Supporting Global Goal 5, Gender equality
A transgender band helped Brooke Bond live its brand purpose
11. Recruitment goes digital: finding the best talent through gaming
"From the CV, to the candidate search, to the interview, we’re using technology to create a truly interactive experience allowing us to get a more meaningful connection with applicants,” said Chief HR Officer Leena Nair
Game on! Our graduate recruitment drive’s gone digital
12. The launch of the Business & Sustainable Development Commission
Our CEO Paul Polman co-founded the Business & Sustainable Development Commission, which works to make a powerful business case for driving a sustainable, inclusive economy
New global commission puts business at heart of sustainable development
