Unilever, as a founding member of the Sustainable Agriculture Initiative (SAI) Platform, sees biodiversity as an integral part of their Sustainable Living Plan. This plan aims to align economic growth with improved livelihoods and environmental protection, and understands the importance of working through the company’s suppliers worldwide. As Dirk Jan de With,  Unilever’s VP  Procurement [...]

Unilever has teamed up with Unicef and Domestos on a major charitable initiative that aims to help bring improved sanitation to hundreds of thousands of people in poorer countries. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is becoming an increasingly heated battleground between companies, as they seek to outdo each other. As part of the partnership, Domestos is [...]

The Coca-Cola Company, Dow Chemical and Duke Energy are among 24 major companies that have agreed to develop a methodology to assign value to the world’s forests, freshwater and marine systems. The Corporate Eco Forum and The Nature Conservancy are leading the Valuing Natural Capital initiative, announced at the United Nations’ Rio+20 Earth Summit. Committed [...]

Tesco, BT and Unilever are among the first companies to sign up to use the ‘Think, Act, Report’ framework (11-page, 166KB PDF), which aims to “improve transparency” on equality issues in the private and voluntary sectors. The framework was developed by the Government Equalities Office and conciliation service Acas. It is designed to help employers [...]

L’ONU lance en Indonésie et au Bangladesh un programme inédit pour éradiquer la malnutrition enfantine en faisant appel à la puissance financière et l’expertise de géants de l’agro-alimentaire, comme Unilever et Kraft. “Il s’agit de faire preuve d’efficacité. Nous obtenons de meilleurs résultats quand les secteurs privés et publics joignent leurs forces”, affirme Nancy Roman, [...]

Unilever Plc says it has set aside N25.2m to sink boreholes and construct toilets to demonstrate its commitment to the water, sanitation and hygiene campaign. The company’s Managing Director, Mr Thomas Boedinger, disclosed this on Tuesday at Okpoga, Benue State, during a WASH campaign organised in conjunction with WaterAid Nigeria, a non-government organisation. The campaign [...]

Unilever and Coca-Cola, two of the world’s biggest companies, have launched a plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions from the $1,000bn global consumer goods industry by changing the behaviour of customers and suppliers. Other multinationals, including PepsiCo, Kimberly Clark and Alcoa, are expected to join the initiative, according to one executive involved. It reflects the [...]

Unilever, the Anglo-Dutch consumer goods giant, and Marks & Spencer, the British retail chain, are among the companies with the most developed environmental policies, and which are also making the most effective use of these activities to differentiate their brands, a UN report has found. The Linking Shareholder and Natural Value study was produced by [...]

Giant global discount retailers like Aldi, Lidl, Tesco, Carrefour, and Walmart try to lure consumers into their shops with low, low prices. A man’s suit for £25 at Tesco, a woman’s dress for $9 at Walmart, or jeans for €8 at Carrefour. How do they do it? … … If you’re a worker in the [...]

The word came last spring at a climate change conference here. Unilever, the world’s largest buyer of palm oil, would publicly call for a moratorium on deforestation by Indonesian growers of the coveted oil used in food, soaps, detergents, cosmetics and biofuel. The expansion of oil palm plantations is slowly destroying Kalimantan, the Indonesian side [...]