Unilever Annual Report
Read more about our Growth Action Plan and how we are stepping up our execution to deliver improved performance.
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Income inequality can stifle economic growth and affect people’s health, wellbeing and access to opportunities. It can also impact the resilience of corporate value chains.
We’re helping people in our value chain to enhance their livelihoods – strengthening their economic resilience, as well as the resilience of our business.
We want to help the people who grow, make and sell our products have a decent livelihood, including by earning a living wage – so they can afford the essentials of daily life and have work that’s secure, dignified and fair.
Our short-term goals aim to deliver long-term impact. We’re working with smallholder farmers to improve their livelihoods and agricultural practices.
We’re also encouraging our suppliers to sign our Living Wage Promise, kickstarting the journey to pay their employees a living wage. And we’re helping small businesses in our retail value chain grow.
Help 250,000 smallholder farmers in our supply chain access livelihoods programmes by 2026
Suppliers representing 50% of our procurement spend to sign the Living Wage Promise by 2026
Help 2.5 million SMEs in our retail value chain grow their business by 2026
The systemic barriers to decent livelihoods need collective action. We are partnering with others to drive systems change.
For smallholders, we will certify our key crops through certification partners and invest in programmes to drive income growth and regenerative agriculture. We’ll help build our suppliers’ capability to identify and begin closing their wage gaps. And we’ll provide small retailers with access to tools and training to help them grow.
Through local and global coalitions, we’re pressing for commitments on higher farmer incomes and regenerative agriculture. We’re also pushing for private sector action and government policy shifts, levelling the playing field for living wages.
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Read more about our Growth Action Plan and how we are stepping up our execution to deliver improved performance.
Find out more about our progress and reporting on issues such as human rights, equity, diversity and inclusion, and safety.
Find out more about how fair pay brings benefits for families, communities and our business.
Read more about how we can have a positive social impact beyond our value chain.
Read more about how smallholder farmers are essential to our business as well as the protection of our planet.
Our Climate Transition Action Plan, updated in 2024, sets out our actions to lower our emissions by 2030.
Climate action has long been a part of how we do business. But the world must move faster to avoid the worst effects of climate change. We’ve set more ambitious climate targets and identified clearer actions to respond to this challenge.
The world – and our business – needs resilient natural and agricultural ecosystems to thrive. We’re committed to contributing to the protection and regeneration of nature, within and beyond our value chain.
We’ve been working hard to create a circular economy for plastic packaging for a number of years. We’ve learnt that transformation takes time. Given the size of this challenge, we’re using our innovation capabilities to find new, scalable solutions.