Equity, diversity & inclusion

Our Chief Digital and Commercial Officer Conny Braams shares her views on how we must unite to ensure the next iteration of the internet is a safer place for people to shop, stream, work and play.

Congratulations to Dove, Vaseline, Sir Kensington’s, OMO and Hindustan Unilever for winning at this year’s International Festival of Creativity

Our brands are beginning to explore the metaverse – a virtual realm where real-world limits don’t apply, but real-world representation absolutely must. Here’s how we’ve started…

From peer-to-peer support by our proUd network to policies that promote and protect a fully inclusive workplace, we look at how equity is helping to level the playing field for our LGBTQI+ colleagues and what impact we can have in the wider business community

With the programme now running until at least 2025, we have even more opportunities to support innovative social enterprises that meet the needs of low-income households in developing countries.

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.

Nahili Bekele helps unemployed youth in Ethiopia

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 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.

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.

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.

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.