Sustainable living unilever global company website. Unilever s sustainable living plan uslp underpins the companys strategy and commits to. The unilever sustainable living plan sets out to decouple our growth from our environmental footprint, while increasing our positive social impact. Committing to sustainability with unilever ceo paul polman duration.
Unilever s second sustainable living lab brought together experts from businesses, governments, ngos and academia to discuss insights, promote best practice, develop ideas and help develop solutions on how we can all reduce our environmental impact in the home. Initiatives like the sustainable living lab are an important way of helping us to do that. Unilever has been a purposedriven company from its origins. In november 2010 unilever announced its sustainable living plan, which sets out its sustainability commitments and targets for the next decade. The groups new sustainable living plan to be launched simultaneously in london, amsterdam, delhi and new york is the result of 12 months planning. Ten years ago we set out on a journey to become the worlds most sustainable business. Our unilever sustainable living plan uslp is a bold ambition to achieve change within our company. It was an inviteonly event, timed to coincide with the publication of the unilever sustainable living plan progress report 2011. By the year 2020, as our business grows, our goal is to have halved any negative impact that unilever products have on the environment.
The positive influence of unilevers sustainability program. How sustainability is becoming a driver of growth for unilever. Unilever launches united we stand campaign to celebrate. Introducing our plan unilever indonesia unilever indonesia. Unilever is using the new greenlight assessments ipad app from muddy boots software to gain immediate access to sustainability progress from its. Unilever s sustainable living plan helps cut costs and drive growth unilever s second sustainability report claims brands with sustainability at its core have increased sales unilever. Each year we produce our comprehensive sustainable living report detailing progress against the unilever sustainable living plan uslp. Our plan has three big goals to achieve, underpinned by nine commitments and targets spanning our social, environmental and economic performance across the. We are well aware that our success in the mena region, and the wide reach of our messages have been achieved by the trust, support and collaboration with our sustainability partners. Unilever sustainable living plan launch news hindustan. To complement the wealth of detail in our sustainable living report, we produce overviews of our performance against our uslp targets, see our onepage uslp performance summary 2019 pdf 5mb or our uslp 3year performance. It will see unilever, whose global brands include dove, omo, knorr and lipton, halve the greenhouse gas emissions, water and waste used not just by the company in its direct operations, but also by its suppliers and consumers. Yesterday, unilever released the latest refresh to its sustainable living plan with. Unilever case solution and analysis, hbs case study solution.
The chapter analyses unilever, a britishdutch global consumer goods company whose sustainable living plan includes three main goals. Prnewswire greentown labs, the largest cleantech startup. The lab was hosted by unilever and codeveloped by globescan and our partner fenton communications. Unilever joins greentown labs as terawatt partner pr newswire. The problems our society faces such as climate change, inequality, plastic pollution and. Unilever sustainable living plan 2014 5 unilever sustainable living plan in an uncertain and volatile world, we cannot achieve our vision to double our size unless we find new ways to operate that do not just take from society and the environment. Unilevers commitment is from top to bottom, insideout and outsidein, as evidenced by its governance structure. The sustainable living lab guardian sustainable business. Unilever finds that shrinking its footprint is a giant task. Unilever is one of the oldest multinational companies. The ideas will be fed back into unilever to aid its ongoing work under its ambitious sustainable living plan to halve the environmental footprint of our products across the value chain by 2020. May 09, 2015 unilever sustainable living plan year 4 progress commentary. The uslp was launched in 2010 setting ambitious targets to decouple unilevers growth from its environmental impact, while increasing the companys positive social impact.
The cfi, a project of the sustainable food lab, used the launch of the. Apr 22, 20 unilever s commitment to putting sustainable and equitable growth at the heart of its business model is helping to drive increased sales while reducing costs and risks, according to the second. Suave combines value and crueltyfree care with peta accreditation. Unilevers sustainable living plan drives business growth. The unilever sustainable living plan sustainable living. Unilevers sustainable living plan uslp underpins the companys.
Unilever is hosting a global online dialogue to help cocreate solutions to some of the worlds most pressing sustainability challenges. Unilevers sustainable living plan continues to fuel growth. Mar 06, 2014 this support forms part of unilevers sustainable living plan, in which unilever has committed to engage with at least 500,000 smallholder farmers and 75,000 smallscale distributors in our. Hellmanns helps consumers make the right choice for the planet. While many continue to join unilever in efforts to build brands with purpose and sustainability at their core, unilevers sustainable living brands delivered over 60% of the companys total growth, up from 46% last year, and grew more than 50% faster than the rest of the business in 2016. Unilever sustainable living plan india progress 2017 04 prabhat is a uslplinked programme which contributes to the development of local communities around key sites including manufacturing locations. Sustainable living unilever indonesia unilever indonesia. May 14, 2018 about half of unilevers growth last year came from its sustainable living brands, which grew 30 percent faster than the rest of the companys business, according to the unilever sustainable living plan annual progress report. In 2010 unilever set three big goals, all to be achieved by 2020. Ireland in communications, marketing, it, finance, supply chain and more. For further information on the unilever sustainable living plan.
Unilever sustainable living plan hul summary of progress 2017. Launched in 2010, the unilever sustainable living plan is our blueprint for sustainable growth. Unilever sustainable living plan 2014 7 unilever sustainable living plan achieving our vision in an uncertain and volatile world, we cannot achieve our vision to double our size unless we find new ways of doing business. Our plan has three big goals to achieve, underpinned by nine commitments and targets spanning our social, environmental and economic performance across the value chain. This plan is not just central to the companys business strategy but, in the words of ceo paul polman, a new business model. Launched in 2010, it is creating sustainable growth through our purposeled brands, cutting business costs, reducing risk and helping us to build trust. This is why we launched the unilever sustainable living plan in 2010. Launched in 2010, the uslp is driving value for our business, our people and our consumers. We have a clear purpose to make sustainable living commonplace. The step taken by the company of discontinuing quarterly earnings guidance to security analysts is consistent with the unilevers sustainable living plan. Unilever sustainable living plan guardian sustainable.
Inside unilevers sustainability myth new internationalist. The unilever sustainable living plan uslp helps to ensure growth is. Helping more than a billion people take action to improve their health and wellbeing by 2020. In a volatile world which is facing environmental change and rising populations, we see this as the best longterm way for us to grow and bring benefits to all our stake holders. Unilevers sustainable living brands drive higher rates of. The unilever sustainable living plan uslp is our blueprint for achieving our vision to grow our business. For our shareholders, cash is an important driver of value creation, allowing us to pay. Unilever sustainable living lab highlights report globescan. Meet five women behind our work to end animal testing.
Polmans defining initiative has been the 10year unilever sustainable living plan, which has included significant changes such as having 100% of agricultural raw materials be sustainable by 2020. The figures show that unilever is now delivering more social and environmental benefits in more parts of the world through the unilever sustainable living plan uslp. The unilever sustainable living lab was a live, online, moderated dialogue on sustainable living. The lab launched at 9am bst on wednesday 25th april 2012, and ran for 24 hours. The unilever sustainable living plan uslp is our blueprint for achieving our vision to grow our business, whilst decoupling our environmental footprint from our growth and increasing our positive social impact. Nov 22, 2015 the software then calculates things like the efficiency of water use, greenhouse gas emissions and soil carbon levels. The online unilever sustainable living report for 2012. Unilever is a britishdutch transnational consumer goods company coheadquartered in london, united kingdom, and rotterdam, netherlands. The truth about mobile phone and wireless radiation dr devra davis duration. Unilevers sustainable living plan helps cut costs and. Progress report 2012, published in april 20, is complemented by.
The unilever sustainable living plan uslp is at the heart of our multistakeholder. Unilever unveils ambitious long term sustainability. As we celebrate a decade of our unilever sustainable living plan, were reflecting on what weve learnt and what comes next. The unilever sustainable living plan is our blueprint for achieving our vision to grow our business, whilst decoupling our environmental footprint from our growth and increasing our positive social impact. Why unilever bakes sustainability into its growth plan. About our strategy sustainable living unilever global company. The unilever sustainable living plan was launched with a series of panel debates in london, rotterdam, new york and delhi at which unilevers senior executives and sustainability. Unilever s sustainable living plan underpins the companys strategy and commits to.
The risk associated with such decision is that the company might lose the confidence of its shareholders to some extent. Unilevers sustainable living plan helps cut costs and drive. The plan sets stretching targets, including how we source raw materials and how consumers use our brands. Apr, 2017 the unilever sustainable living plan shows a company acutely aware of the great ecological and social challenges of our time, such as global warming, imminent food shortages and the everwidening gap between rich and poor. Alongside innovation, customer development is a key driver of growth. The unilever sustainable living plan about unilever usa. Unilever held a 24hour, global dialogue the sustainable living lab to coincide with the first year progress report on the unilever sustainable living plan. Its products include food and beverages about 40 per cent of its revenue, cleaning agents, beauty products, and personal care products.
Making sustainable living commonplace for 8 billion people. May 11, 2012 the unilever sustainable living plan was launched in 2010 and commits the company to rally round some big goals for 2020, including. Oct 05, 2011 the unilever sustainable living plan was launched with a series of panel debates in london, rotterdam, new york and delhi at which unilever s senior executives and sustainability experts discussed. Unilever sustainable living plan year six update youtube. Our sustainable living report hub sustainable living. Unilever sustainable living plan 2nd year progress. To find out more about our plan or to track our progress please visit the unilever sustainable living plan. Take action to reduce the impact of each wash on the environment we promise to do our bit for the environment but we need you to help by using our products in a sustainable way. The plan, launched in 2010, aims to double sales and halve the environmental impact of unilevers productensuring that sustainability is inescapably entangled with growth. Unilever recognized by cdp for action on climate crisis. At the center of the company is the unilever sustainable living plan uslp. Unilever using new app to assess suppliers sustainability progress.