We've made strong strategic choices about where to focus and have made encouraging early progress against our goals. We’re also stepping up our focus on systemic sustainability challenges to drive change that will benefit our business and society.
Rebecca Marmot, Chief Sustainability Officer
More focus for greater impact
Our Growth Action Plan includes 15 stretching near- and medium-term sustainability goals in our four priority areas.
Our progress depends on wider system changes. We’re using our influence and working with key decision-makers across business, government and society to remove barriers to progress.
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A jar of Hellmann’s mayonnaise on a kitchen counter, a sandwich in the background with someone holding a knife. The sandwich is then pressed down ready to cut.
Tomatoes growing on a vine. Someone in the foreground with a handful of soil.
A woman rubs Vaseline on her lower legs.
Rain falling into a pool of water in a rice field. A rice field with water droplets rising up.
A man tosses a Persil capsule into a washing machine. A Persil 3-in-1 Bio packshot with the words ‘Dirt is good’.
A landmark UN treaty to end plastic pollution could be agreed over the coming weeks as the final negotiations take place in Geneva. Unilever’s Senior Global Sustainability Manager, Ed Shepherd, who will be at the talks, discusses what we can expect.
Regenerative agriculture can help restore soil health, conserve water and enhance biodiversity. It’s also a strategic imperative for our business. Learn how we’re working with farmers and suppliers to build a more resilient food supply chain.
Trade associations have the power to help shape climate policy. Learn how Unilever is engaging with these industry bodies, asking them to align their policies with our climate positions and urging them to support a faster phase-out of fossil fuels.
We’re making encouraging progress across our four priority areas of climate, nature, plastics and livelihoods, but there is more work to do. Find out how we’re doing against our sustainability goals, through our focused action and advocacy.
We’re partnering with our collaborative manufacturers in India to tackle climate change and increase renewable energy use. Learn how a joint power purchase agreement offers a new way to cut value chain emissions and achieve 25% cost savings on electricity.
