90 years of doing good – why companies with purpose lastJanuary 13, 2020In January 1930, our founding companies merged to become Unilever. And from the very beginning, our purpose-driven brands aimed to change lives for the better. We're celebrating 90 years of 'doing well by doing good' – and looking forward at the change we still want to see.
Tackling Kenya’s plastic waste begins in the playgroundJanuary 3, 2020Plastic litter and dumped waste are degrading the environment in Kenya. To change public attitudes towards waste, Unilever Hero Draganah Omwange recruited an enthusiastic set of changemakers – schoolchildren in Nairobi, one school at a time.
Composted factory waste feeds a garden that feeds a communityDecember 24, 2019When the team at our Pouso Alegre site in Brazil realised that they could speedily turn its organic waste into compost, the idea of a factory garden followed. Its fresh produce is served in the staff café and at a local nursery and residential home
Nature and science combine to create a cleaning world-firstDecember 24, 2019In partnership with biotechnology company Evonik, we have harnessed a naturally occurring process to develop a first-of-its-kind biodegradable and renewable ingredient for household cleaning products.
Providing hope following a wave of destructionDecember 24, 2019When a shock earthquake and tsunami left his colleagues and families in danger, Key Account Manager Winarto-Anggun Wicaksono knew he had to act fast to ensure their safe evacuation, even though his own family were missing.
Creating unshakeable pride with the Unbreakable RainbowDecember 23, 2019When a rainbow of flowers celebrating Poland’s LGBT+ community was burnt down for the seventh time, Ben & Jerry’s Country Business Lead Martyna Kaczmarek came up with an innovative solution