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Sustainability is all about making preparations today for what will come tomorrow. None of us have a crystal ball, but we have to expect new trends and surprise events to come our way – and to respond quickly and decisively when they do.

For more than a century, we’ve been a business driven by purpose. And ten years ago, with our Unilever Sustainable Living Plan (USLP), we set out on a journey to become the world’s most sustainable business.

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.

How a day to raise awareness became a practical, replicable behavioural change programme reaching 28 million people with clean, safe toilets.

Over the last ten years, Knorr has been working to create food that’s good for people and for the planet. We’ve come a long way, but what we’ve built is only the beginning.

Taking the lead in sustainable sourcing has seen us improve livelihoods, crop standards, human rights, transparency and traceability. Much has been achieved and there’s more to come.

We’re supporting global and national efforts to help protect lives and livelihoods during the Coronavirus pandemic. Here are just a few examples of how we’re contributing.

Ten years ago we set out on a journey to become the world’s most sustainable business. As we celebrate a decade of our Unilever Sustainable Living Plan, we're reflecting on what we've learnt and what comes next.

In Brazil, we have joined forces with brewer Heineken to create a special line of Cif sanitising cleaner to help disadvantaged residents of the country’s most populous city deal with Covid-19.

Our Global Nutrition Director hopes we will appreciate the value of where and how food is produced, and relish the joy of cooking and eating together. Here she shares her personal views on how the pandemic could change our perspective long-term.

As part of global efforts to use our expertise and resources to help tackle coronavirus, we have adapted one of our deodorant manufacturing lines in the UK to produce much-needed supplies of hand sanitiser for the NHS.

Members of our R&D team in China have taken to social media to explain the science behind handwashing and skin cleansing, so consumers can make informed choices about the regimes they follow.