Unilever Sustainable Living Plan

167,000 employees

Operations in 100 countries

Sales in over 180 countries

Half our sales in D&E countries

Unilever is a global company

People know us by our brands

Sustainable agriculture programme

1990s Today

The business case for sustainability

The business case for sustainability

In Unilever we see no conflict between sustainable consumption and business growth. Quite the opposite.

The business case for growing our company sustainably is compelling:  

- A growing number of consumers are asking for it       - Retailers increasingly demand it- It fuels our product innovation       - It helps us grow our markets around the world    - And, in many cases, it saves money

Consumers want it

Sustainably sourced products are growing

A more sustainable brand is a more desirable brand

Consumers want it

Consumers around the world want reassurance that the

products they buy are sustainably sourced and protect

the earth’s natural resources. A growing number are

choosing to buy brands such as Rainforest Alliance

CertifiedTM Lipton tea, Ben & Jerry’s Fairtrade ice cream

and ‘Small & Mighty’ concentrated laundry detergents. A

more sustainable brand is often a more desirable brand.

They need our support to achieve them

Customers want it

Many retailers have their own sustainability goals

Customers want it

Many retailers have sustainability goals of their

own. They need the support of suppliers like

Unilever if they are to achieve them. We share our

expertise in areas such as sustainable agriculture

and lifecycle analysis. This collaboration is

broadening and deepening the relationships we

have with our customers.

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Sustainable Sourcing Targets

Our targets for Sustainable Sourcing:

• By 2020 we will source 100% of our agricultural raw

materials sustainably (50% by 2015)

• We will focus first on our top ten agricultural raw material

groups (around 70% of our raw material volumes). This

includes dairy

• Cage-free eggs: We aim to move to 100% cage-free

eggs for all our products, including Ben & Jerry’s ice

cream and Hellmann’s, Amora and Calvé mayonnaises

Animal Welfare

• Animal Welfare is included in the Unilever Sustainable Agriculture Code. This code covers practices that all our suppliers should strive to achieve.

• We encourage our suppliers to participate in initiatives to define good animal welfare practices and improvement programmes in the countries and/or regions where they are sourcing, processing and marketing products from animal origin.

• We will include animal welfare criteria for eggs and dairy ingredients in our sustainable sourcing programme.

• Our long-term ambition is to purchase all our animal-derived ingredients from sustainable sources.

Good Eggs for Hellmann’s

• 2009: Hellmann’s moved to cage-free eggs across Western Europe

• March 2010: we changed the Hellmann’s Light recipe to use exclusively cage-free eggs in the US and Canada

• May 2010: we announced a move to use free-range eggs in Europe