Baby Dove aims to close the Black maternal care gap
Black expectant mothers face significant disparities in care before, during and after childbirth. A new fund backed by Baby Dove is providing financial aid to help pay for advocacy and support.
Equality AND equity. We need both to make a difference
They might look and sound similar, but equality and equity are two very distinct concepts. Here’s why we need both to achieve a fairer and more socially inclusive world.
A new use for broken pallets
Nahili Bekele helps unemployed youth in Ethiopia
From striving to thriving: Sunlight to support 100,000 women entrepreneurs
We’re scaling up our Sunlight Women of More programme, which launched last year, with the aim of empowering at least 100,000 female entrepreneurs in East Africa to grow their businesses by 2026.
LUX campaign allows men to experience everyday sexism
LUX has launched a new campaign with online platform City Walks that allows men to virtually experience the constant stream of casual sexism that pervades the everyday lives of women. The aim is to increase understanding of the discrepancies that men and women face.
How we’re partnering suppliers to build a more equitable society
At our virtual event this week, we asked our key partners to help us meet our ambitious social commitments by signing up to two promises: one on living wage and another on supplier diversity.
Committing to the ‘decade of delivery’ as COP26 Principal Partner
In November, the world community will gather in Scotland at the UN’s 26th Conference of Parties (COP26). Our CEO Alan Jope explains why we’re proud to be a Principal Partner of COP26 and are committed to a ‘decade of delivery’ on climate action.
Our formula for a fairer future
Equal opportunities. Equal respect. Equal empowerment. An equal future. We believe gender equity is the key to unlocking more chances for women to thrive. Here’s how we’re taking action to help redress the gender balance.
Lifebuoy launches huge public health appeal to help tackle pandemic
Lifebuoy’s latest public service announcement reminds us all that while we wait for the vaccine roll-out to take effect, handwashing and mask-wearing are still our best allies in the fight against the spread of Covid-19.
Refugee voices from the Covid frontlines
Stay at home orders have become part of our Covid normality. But what if you had to flee your home? On World Refugee Day, we celebrate the invaluable contributions made by refugee volunteers in helping to establish life-saving hygiene habits in some of the world’s refugee camps.
Reuse. Refill. Rethink. Our progress on refill and reuse continues
As part of our efforts to make all our plastic packaging reusable, recyclable or compostable by 2025, we’re working on ways that shoppers can buy one container and refill it over and over again.
Lux takes a stand for Olympic gold medallist Caster Semenya
Unilever beauty brand joins forces with South African athlete to campaign against World Athletics’ ban for having natural high-performance testosterone.
Building a new future for the factory floor
In 2020, our homecare factory in Pozzilli, Italy was set for closure. Now it is destined for sustainable success as a state-of-the-art plastic recycling centre based on a zero-waste, no redundancies ambition.
Tackling bias, building belonging
From policies and procedures to who we employ and how we do business.