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    I am pleased to share the Unilever Foundations first annual update.

    Unilever has a long, rich history in addressing social issues through ourbusiness and brands. However, the world today is facing unprecedentedchallenges. To unlock human potential and irreversibly reduce poverty,business must play a proactive role in helping improve the quality of lifefor all and catalyse sustainable economic growth.

    At Unilever, we aim to double the size of our business while reducing ourenvironmental footprint and increasing our positive social impact. To helpdrive the type of transformational change necessary to improve peopleslives, we launched the Unilever Foundation in 2012.

    The Foundation focuses on a select number of unmet social needs thatour business can play a unique role in addressing. Additionally, it is oneimportant action we are taking to meet the Unilever Sustainable LivingPlans ambitious goal of helping more than one billion people improvetheir health and well-being while creating a sustainable future.

    It reinforces my firm conviction of the power of partnerships, and I amhonoured to work with some of the best in the field. We have made goodprogress and could not have achieved as much as we have to date withoutthe drive and dedication of our partners. In the first year, the Foundationpositively impacted the lives of more than 14.5 million people1via:

    Creating multi-faceted partnerships with five leadingglobal organizations.

    Connecting with consumers on social issues throughbrands they know and trust.

    Advocating for policies designed to address some oftodays global health challenges.

    Providing critical resources in response to emergenciesand ongoing community needs.

    Supporting programmes in communities where welive and work.

    Identifying new ways to engage our employees inimportant social issues.

    We have learnt a lot that has helped Unilevers commitmentto being a force for good, as building a better society goeshand-in-hand with building a more sustainable business.Now its time to set the bar even higher.

    PAUL POLMANChief Executive Officer, Unilever

    DELIVERING POSITIVESOCIAL IMPACTBUILDING OUR BUSINESS

    PAULPOLMAN,CEO

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    1 The number of lives positively impacted is based on actual repor tedbeneficiaries and estimates of planned outcomes by our global and localpartners associated wi th funds disbursed in 2012, as well as Lifebuoys Schoolof Fiveprogramme methodology where applicable.

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    EMPLOYEEENGAGEMENT

    DISASTER &EMERGENCY

    RELIEFADVOCACY

    CONNECTINGWITH

    CONSUMERS

    SELFESTEEM

    BASIC NUTRITION

    Nearly 870 million people

    suffer from chronic

    hunger.

    CLEAN DRINKING WATER

    Over one billion people do

    not have access to safe

    drinking water.

    SANITATION

    An estimated 2.5 billion

    people lack access to

    improved sanitation.

    HYGIENE

    More than 2 million children

    under five years old die from

    diarrhoea and acute

    respiratory infections

    annually.

    Women earn just 10% of the

    worlds income, yet work

    two-thirds of the worlds

    working hours.

    GLOBALPARTNERSHIPS

    UNILEVER FOUNDATION MISSION

    OUR APPROACH

    OUR IMPACTS

    LOCALPROGRAMME

    SUPPORT

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    The Unilever Foundations strategic framework is comprised of six pillarsdesigned to deliver positive social value while growing our business.

    Together with our global and local partners, we are contributing to improvingthe quality of life for individuals in need and creating a sustainable future.

    The Foundation is dedicated to improving the qualityof life through the provision of hygiene, sanitation,access to clean drinking water, basic nutrition &

    enhancing self esteem.

    More than

    14.5 MILLIONlives positively impacted.1

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    1 The number of lives positively impacted is based on actual repor ted beneficiaries and estimates of planned outcomes by our global and localpartners associated wi th funds disbursed in 2012, as well as Lifebuoys School of Fiveprogramme methodology where applicable.

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    1 WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme: Progress on Drinking Water & Sanitation. 2013 Update.2Figures are based on actual r eported beneficiaries and estimates of planned outcomes by UNICEF in

    conjunction with funds dispersed in 2012.

    Access to sanitation is a basic human right. However,

    billions of people lack access to toilets and are forced todefecate in the open, putting them at risk of preventablediseases such as diarrhoea and malnutrition. In additionto improving a childs health, investments in sanitationcontribute to girls attending and remaining in schooland affords dignity and privacy, particularly for women.

    To help address this crisis, the Unilever Foundationis supporting UNICEFsCommunity Approaches toTotal Sanitation (CATS). CATSaims to eliminate opendefecation by changing peoples behaviour andpromoting demand for sanitation. With our support,UNICEF has implemented and expanded CATSinGambia, Ghana, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan,Philippines, South Sudan, Sudan and Vietnam.

    The Foundation is also supporting hygiene andsanitation programmes in Brazil, India, Indonesia,Myanmar, South Africa, and Turkey.

    UNICEF is also one of our primary partners intimes of disaster and emergency relief.

    CHANGING BEHAVIOUR,SAVING LIVES

    PROGRAMMEHIGHLIGHTS

    GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS

    1,500 CATSfacilitatorshave been trained intriggering, a process designed to help familiesunderstand the link between open defecationand disease; this has resulted in peopleconstructing their own toilets.

    549,000 people in 1,079 communitieshavebeen reached through triggering. Of thesecommunities, 523 have achieved opendefecation free status (ODF) with nearly200,000 people living in ODF environments.

    Over 14,000 school childrenin Nicaragua,South Sudan, Sudan and Vietnam have beenreached with programmes that help to ensuresafe access to water, sanitation and hygiene inschool; work is ongoing to reach an additional29 schools.

    Together with Governments and partners,UNICEF has developed national sanitationpolicies and guidelines, as well as supported

    technical capacity for sanitation programming. Nearly 500 business owners, masons and

    artisanshave received training in sanitationmarketing in Gambia, Sudan, Pakistan,Philippines and Vietnam.

    Nearly 600,000 enrolled school childrenin India will be reached with handwashingprogrammes through a partnership with thegovernment of Madhya Pradesh, Unilever inIndia, and UNICEF.

    190,000 children in South Africa will benefitfrom hygiene education and/or communications.

    An estimated

    2.5 BILLIONpeople do not have access to improved sanitation;1 billion of these people practice open defecation.1

    An estimated

    600,000people will be living in open defecation free

    communities and nearly

    1 MILLIONpeople will be reached with hygiene programmes

    and/or communication.2

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    PROGRAMMEHIGHLIGHTS

    A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO REDUCINGHUNGER AND POVERTYMalnutrition affects millions of children worldwide,

    robbing them of a bright future. When childrenchronically lack the right nutrition, the resultingdamage to their cognitive and physical developmentcan be irreversible. Malnourished children aremore susceptible to illness and are likely to be lessproductive members of society.

    The call to action is clear: Investing in nutrition is aninvestment in the next generation. To help combatmalnutrition, the Unilever Foundation is partnering withthe World Food Programme (WFP) through ProjectLaser Beam(PLB). This publicprivate partnershipaims to address child malnutrition holistically bytackling both direct and underlying causes. We arealso supporting the WFPs school meals programmein a number of countries, including the Philippinesand Pakistan, as well as emergency preparedness inMalaysia.

    BANGLADESH

    The Unilever Foundation is supporting PLBbyworking with the following partners to improvenutrition, access to clean drinking water andsanitation, hygiene practices, and livelihoods.Across all initiatives we are utilizing our provenLifebouy handwashing model.

    WFP:Providing school meals to more than100,000 children to improve their nutritionalstatus and encourage regular school attendance.

    WaterAid: Helping provide access to safe drinkingwater, sanitation facilities and hygiene training.

    BRAC and JITA:Supporting programmes thatuplift more than 3,000 women from povertythrough education, skills-based training andmicro-financing opportunities.

    Friendship:Ensuring that mothers and theirchildren receive family planning education,

    pre- and post-natal care, and primary health care.INDONESIA

    PLB, with support from the Foundation, haslaunched an innovative, local food-based schoolmeals programme in cooperation with several otherprivate and public organisations. This programmetakes a holistic approach to child malnutrition by:

    Using locally sourced ingredients.

    Cooking with essential micronutrient powders.

    Providing education on nutrition, health and

    hygiene.Results indicate that when children receive a hot,nutritious meal every day at school, they are morelikely to come to school and are able to concentratebetter in class.

    For nearly

    870 MILLIONpeople today - one out of every eight on the

    planet hunger is a battle that is being lost and

    children are among the most affected.1

    12 MILLION+school meals distributed.

    170,000+lives Improved.2

    GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS

    1 Source: State of Food Insecurity in the World, FAO, 2012.2Figures are based on actual reported beneficiaries and estimates of planned outcomes by the World Food Programme,WaterAid, BRAC, Friendship and JITA in conjunction with funds dispersed in 2012.

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    PROGRAMMEHIGHLIGHTS

    EVERY ONE CAMPAIGNTo help end the injustice of millions of children dyingbefore they reach their 5thbirthday, the UnileverFoundation has made a three-year, 15 millioncommitment to Save the Childrens biggest-everglobal campaign, EVERY ONE.

    Our partnership will improve the lives of 2 millionchildren and their mothers by 2016 by providing accessto health workers, basic nutrition and life-savinginterventions. Additionally, we are working together tocreate a platform that generates public and politicalsupport for child survival.

    In addition, the Unilever Foundation has been funding

    Save the Childrens local programmes in Australia,Bolivia, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Italy, Japan,New Zealand and Peru.

    As part of on-going work in disaster and emergencyresponse, the Foundation is also supporting Save theChildrens Humanitarian Health Workers programmeto significantly scale-up frontline health capacityso that many more childrens lives can be saved inemergencies.

    Lastly, we are supporting Save the Childrensemergency work in Myanmar, Somalia and Syria.Unilever is working with Save the Children before,during and after an emergency strikes, making surechildren caught up in emergencies can get the urgentcare they need.

    The partnership has identified five priority countriesbased on where the needs are greatest and whereUnilever has a presence: Bangladesh, China, Kenya,Nigeria and Pakistan.

    The results expected by the end of the first year ofour work together include:

    5,237 health service providers(e.g. doctors,nurses and community health workers) will be

    trained to deliver life-saving assistance. 558,382 women and childrenwill directly benefit

    from health and nutrition services and educationresulting from the training we support.

    200 health clinicswill be improved inBangladesh, Kenya, Nigeria and Pakistan throughprovision of equipment and infrastructureenhancements.

    1.9 million community membersacross thefive priority countries will benefit indirectly as aresult of our support.

    1.14 million community memberswill indirectlybenefit from a stronger national health system inNigeria.

    Greater advocacyfor improved health andnutrition policies through collaborations withthe Governments of Bangladesh, China, Kenya,Nigeria and Pakistan.

    New research in Nigeria and Bangladesh tohelp Governments improve on their health andnutrition service delivery approaches.

    Every year

    6.9 MILLIONchildren die before their 5thbirthday, mostly from

    preventable diseases or simply because theydont have enough food to eat.1

    Over

    1 MILLIONpeople will have access to health workers, basicnutrition and life saving interventions.2

    GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS

    1 Levels & Trends in Child Mortality. Report 2012, UNICEF, et al.2Figures are based on actual reported beneficiaries and estimates ofplanned outcomes by Save the Children in conjunction with funds dispersed in 2012.

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    PROGRAMMEHIGHLIGHTS

    SAVING LIVES THROUGH HANDWASHING& SAFE DRINKING WATERDiarrhoea and pneumonia are leading causes of death inchildren under five1.

    More than half of these early child deaths are due toconditions that could be prevented or treated withaccess to simple, affordable interventions.

    The Unilever Foundation and PSI, a global healthorganisation, are working together to avert thesepreventable deaths by teaching people about theimportance of handwashing and increasing accessto clean drinking water in parts of Africa and Asia,respectively. Through our partnership, we are providing

    funds, expertise and products to help change healthand hygiene behaviours of families and children inneed while simultaneously working toward UnileversSustainable Living Plan targets around handwashingand access to safe, affordable drinking water.

    The Unilever Foundation and PSI have been workingwith local governments across Kenya, Vietnam,and Zimbabwe 3 countries where the practiceof handwashing with soap is low. By employingLifebuoys School of Fivemethodology, we havereached:

    Over 200,000 childrenin 400 schools on howto improve their hygiene behaviours by gettingthem into the habit of correctly and consistentlywashing their hands with soap at key occasionsduring the day.

    Additionally, as part of our goal to make safedrinking water available and affordable, theFoundation and PSI have launched WaterworksTMin Bhopal, India. WaterworksTMtrains women indelivering and teaching families how to use Pureitwater purifiers. As a result of our combined efforts:

    75 womenfrom the communities have beentrained as Waterworkers, in turn, helping toimprove their livelihoods.

    15,000households in need have received freePureit home water purifiers.

    Every year, more than

    2 MILLIONchildren do not reach their fifth birthday due to

    deaths from diarrhoea and pneumonia.1

    Nearly

    800 MILLIONpeople do not have access to safe drinking water.2

    1 MILLION+people will be reached with handwashingbehaviour change programmes and

    75,000 PEOPLEwill receive access to free safe drinking water.3

    GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS

    1 Source: Pneumonia and Diarrhoea. Tackling the Deadliest Diseases for the Worlds Poorest Children.UNICEF, June 2012.

    2 Source: World Health Organisation, 2011, Fact Sheet No 178.3 Figures are based on actual reported beneficiaries and estimates of planned outcomes by PSI inconjunction with funds dispersed in 2012.

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    PROGRAMMEHIGHLIGHTS

    COMBATING POVERTY,IMPROVING LIVELIHOODSThe Unilever Foundations partnership with Oxfam

    is improving lives around the world through supportof programmes designed to uplift individuals out ofpoverty particularly women and to deliver goodnutrition and clean, safe drinking water.

    Our partnership is supporting programmes at a country

    level designed to deliver positive social impact in one ormore areas of shared interest.

    An estimated

    1.2 BILLIONpeople live in extreme poverty.1

    More than

    500,000meals have been distributed and tens ofthousands of people have been fed via Oxfamscollaboration with local food banks in the UK.2

    GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS

    UK: The partnership is supporting women andtheir families living on or below the poverty linewith basic nutrition.

    Thailand: Women in Yala, Narathiwat andPattani have received education on sustainableagriculture and business to help them improvethe productivity of their land and, in turn, theirlivelihoods.

    Australia: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanderpeople have received health and healing servicesto help close the life expectancy gap betweenindigenous and non-indigenous communities.

    Cambodia: Villages are benefiting from buildingclean water systems and toilets, providing waterfilters and promoting hygiene - all to help preventthe spread of infectious diseases.

    Mexico: A host of initiatives have been launchedto improve peoples health and well-being aroundaccess to safe drinking water, food safety andhealth promotion. Additionally, resources havebeen deployed to address food insecurity byhelping farmers improve the yields from theircrops.

    Liberia:Support for the West Africa EmergencyFund and womens agricultural initiative ishelping to increase production of local crops andreduce individuals vulnerability resulting fromfood shortages and price increases.

    1 Source: The Millennium Development Goals Report 2013, United Nations.2 Figures are based on actual reported beneficiaries and estimates of planned outcomes by Oxfam inconjunction with funds disbursed in 2012.

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    TOGETHER WE

    CAN HELP END

    CHILD HUNGER

    YOUR PURCHASE WILL HELP

    THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME

    TO PROVIDE A SCHOOL MEAL

    TO PRIYA IN BANGLADESH

    BUY 2 PRODUCTS

    = 1 SCHOOL MEAL

    CONNECTING WITH CONSUMERS

    Many of our brands are committed to investing incritical social issues through product innovations andbenefits, behaviour change programmes, and consumerengagement campaigns.

    By ensuring greater alignment around issues ofimportance to our business and engaging ourconsumers through brands they know and trust, we areable to achieve greater scale and impact in building abetter society, while accelerating Unilevers growth.We do this through initiatives that are:

    3 MILLIONschool meals were provided for children thanksto the support of consumers participating in our

    retail campaign with Coopernic.

    BRAND DRIVEN Domestos,Unilevers leading toilet hygiene brand,

    is supporting UNICEFs sanitation programmesfor a second consecutive year through its DestroyGerms, Create Smiles campaign.

    Walls ice cream, one of our biggest globalbrands, launched the Share a Smile, Help a Childcampaign to raise awareness and funds for Savethe Childrens vital work worldwide.

    RETAILER DRIVEN All for One Against Child Hunger, a consumer

    campaign co-created with Coopernic, one of ourEuropean retailers, and several Unilever brands,

    is benefiting the World Food Programme in itsfight against malnutrition through school mealprogrammes.

    SOCIAL MEDIA DRIVEN Though our partnership with PSI and Facebook,

    individuals can make online contributions tosupport the provision of safe drinking water and thefree distribution of Unilevers Pureitwater filters.

    THE BUSINESS CASE FOR ENGAGING CONSUMERS IS CLEAR ANDCOMPELLING AS IT: Generates awareness of issues and appeals to consumers sense of social purpose Creates new markets for our brands Increases product sales and uplifts brand equity Raises funds for our partners programmes

    Dove, with its long-standing commitment to realbeauty, and the Unilever Foundation, are workingwith local partners around the world to deliverself-esteem education for young people.

    Lipton, Signal, and Domestospartnered withUNICEF France and two of our retailers, Leclercand Casino, on a multi-brand retail promotiondesigned to support a programme that improvesaccess to water and sanitation in schools locatedin Kenya and UNICEFs Community Approaches toTotal Sanitation.

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    ADVOCACY

    As many of the global health challenges facing societyare beyond our control, its imperative that the privatesector engage with governments, NGOs, IGOs, andother stakeholders to drive the type of transformationalchange needed to make a meaningful difference.

    The Unilever Foundation has played an important rolein supporting the companys public policy advocacyefforts on global health issues. We have done thisby participating in multi-stakeholder dialogues andadvocating for change with a range of external partnersand stakeholders including:

    Serving as one of the founding members ofthe Global Public-Private Partnership forHandwashing, a coalition of stakeholderscommitted to supporting universal promotionand practice of proper handwashing.

    Contributing to global initiatives such as the UNSecretary-Generals Every Woman Every Childmovement which aims to save the lives of 16million women and children by 2015.

    Advocating for Water, Sanitation, and Hygienepolicies on Capitol Hill with PSI around GlobalHandwashing Day.

    Raising awareness of the Childrens Rights andBusiness Principleswhich identify actions thatbusinesses should take to respect and supportchildrens rights; the Principles were developedby UNICEF, the UN Global Compact, and Save theChildren.

    Uplifting awareness of the global sanitationcrisis in support of World Toilet Day through thelaunch of the first Domestos Toilet Academy, inpartnership with the World Toilet Organization,as well as advocacy and innovative consumer-based initiatives.

    Supporting global movements such as ScalingUp Nutrition, a collective effort with governments,the United Nations, the private sector, NGOs, civilsociety and others to improve nutrition, with aparticular focus on the crucial first 1,000 days of life.

    WORKING WITH OTHERS, WE CAN DRIVE SYSTEMIC AND SCALABLECHANGE AND, IN TURN, CREATE A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE.

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    LOCAL PROGRAMME SUPPORT

    RESPONSE STRATEGY

    While the main focus of the Unilever Foundation is onprogrammes with our global partners, we recognisethat some countries have specific requirementsoptimally addressed by smaller, niche partnerships.

    These partnerships deliver programmes aligned withthe mission of the Foundation but are tailored to meetspecific local requirements. In many instances, suchlocalised partnerships complement the work done byour global partners.

    This strategy ensures the Foundation remains focusedon our commitment to improving the quality of life byaddressing health and well-being while providing tailoredsupport to the local communities we serve.

    DISASTER & EMERGENCY RELIEF

    The Unilever Foundation is committed to helpingcommunities afflicted by natural disasters and otheremergencies.

    Given the increasing prevalence of these humanitarian

    crises, the Foundation has developed a robustemergency response strategy to deliver life-savingsolutions in areas where we can make the greatestimpact in times of need: health and hygiene, basicnutrition, and access to clean drinking water andsanitation. Our 3-pronged strategy focuses on:

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    Preparedness: Helping communities strengthentheir capacity to better prepare in advance of anemergency.

    Emergency Relief: Providing basic human needsand life-saving resources such as food and hygieneproducts immediately following an emergency.

    Rehabilitation: Working with communities to helptheir recovery in the weeks and months followingan emergency.

    In addition to launching disaster and emergencyresponse pilot programmes with Save the Children,UNICEF and the World Food Programme, we areworking with various business functions, brandteams and employees to leverage the full scope of our

    resources and the positive impacts we can make duringsuch challenging times.

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    The issues the world is facing require new ways ofworking. It is unacceptable that millions of children diefrom preventable diseases and malnutrition, and others

    lack access to life-saving resources when affordablesolutions exist.

    To address these issues, we are supporting severalinnovative initiatives:

    EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT

    OTHER INNOVATIVE PARTNERSHIPS

    We recognise the impact our 173,000 employeesworldwide can have in helping to address some of thesocial challenges of our day and the resulting benefitsof their involvement to our business.

    In 2012, we launched initiatives designed to buildawareness of the Unilever Foundation and engageemployees. The Foundation Challenge, a company-wide search for six internal ambassadors who wouldserve as champions for our partnerships, was one ofour most successful initiatives engaging employees innearly 100 countries.

    Additionally, Unilever offices around the world activatedteam-oriented and individual initiatives such as fooddrives, fundraisers, and volunteer support at youthcentres and schools. Together, our small actions madebig contributions to the world around us.

    Employees in over

    100 COUNTRIESparticipated in Foundation-related activities in 2012.

    Millennium Villages Project:Working withthe Earth Institute at Columbia University andLifebuoy, we are supporting initiatives to improvesanitation and hygiene processes. Together,we aim to decrease the incidence of diarrhoealdiseases, promote gender equality, increase schoolattendance, enhance communities productivity andwell-being, and improve public policy.

    Water & Sanitation for the Urban Poor (WSUP):Together with WSUP, we developed the Clean Team,a new business model, offering an innovativesanitation service to urban households located inWest Africa. Additionally, we are working withWSUPand Lifebuoy to improve childrenshandwashing practices in South Asia and Africa.

    Project Laser Beam: This public-private partnershipbetween the Unilever Foundation, the World FoodProgramme, GAIN, Mondelez and DSM takes aholistic approach to addressing child malnutritionby tackling direct and underlying causes throughthe creation of a replicable and sustainable modelpiloted in Bangladesh and Indonesia.

    Creating opportunities for employees to give back isgood for society, our employees, and our business as it:

    TOGETHER WE ARE HELPING TO PROVIDEINDIVIDUALS IN NEED WITH AFFORDABLE

    SOLUTIONS, EFFECTIVE PRODUCTS,AND PRACTICAL INFORMATION THROUGH

    NEW TYPES OF PARTNERSHIPS.

    Helps to improve the lives of those in need

    Fulfils employees sense of social purpose

    Strengthens employee pride and createsambassadors for business critical issues

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    e Unilever Foundation is supporting programmes andmmercial initiatives that are contributing to our businesswth and simultaneously improving peoples lives.

    addition to the countries being impacted by ourpport (as highlighted below), our employeesoughout the world are contributing to peoples healthd well-being through initiatives such as food drives,draisers, and volunteer support.

    UR IMPACT WORLDWIDE

    OUNTRY LIST

    Activation of Unilever Foundation supported programmesbenefiting individuals in country.

    Activation of Unilever Foundation supported programmesbenefiting individuals in country & in-store campaign(s).

    In-store campaign(s) only.

    Argentina

    Australia

    Austria

    Bangladesh

    Belgium

    Bolivia

    Brazil

    Canada

    Chile

    EY

    China

    Colombia

    Costa Rica

    Cote d Ivoire

    Czech Republic

    Dominican Republic

    Ecuador

    El Salvador

    France

    Gambia

    Germany

    Ghana

    Greece

    Guatemala

    Haiti

    Honduras

    Hungary

    India

    Indonesia

    Ireland

    Israel

    Italy

    Japan

    Kenya

    Kingdom of SaudiArabia

    Liberia

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    Luxembourg

    Mexico

    Myanmar

    Netherlands

    New Zealand

    Nicaragua

    Nigeria

    Pakistan

    Panama

    Paraguay

    Peru

    Philippines

    Poland

    Romania

    Russia

    Slovakia

    Somalia

    South Africa

    South Sudan

    Spain

    Sri Lanka

    Sudan

    Syria

    Switzerland

    Sweden

    Thailand

    Turkey

    United Arab Emirates

    United Kingdom

    United States of America

    Uruguay

    Venezuela

    Vietnam

    Zimbabwe

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