Unilever
Sustainable
Living Plan
We’ve only one planet, not three
The business case for sustainability
Consumers want it
Ethically sourced
products are growing
A more sustainable brand
is a more desirable brand
They need our support to
achieve them
Customers want it
Many retailers have their own
sustainability goals
New products with new
consumer benefits
It fuels innovation
Product and packaging
innovation
It helps grow markets
Developing countries face the
greatest challenges
Companies that help people
adapt will grow faster
18% less plastic saves €15m a
year
It saves money
Manufacturing eco-efficiency
c.€200m savings 2006-10
Increase social impacts
and reduce environmental impacts
Unilever
Sustainable
Living Plan
Three key features
ALL BRANDS
ALL
COUNTRIES
Three key features
DisposalRaw Materials Manufacture Transport Consumer Use
LIFECYCLE
IMPACTS
ALL BRANDS
ALL
COUNTRIES
SOCIAL
Three key features
LIFECYCLE
IMPACTS
ALL BRANDS
ALL
COUNTRIES
ECONOMIC
ENVIRONMENTAL
Three big goals
HELP
1 BILLION PEOPLE IMPROVE
THEIR HEALTH
& WELLBEING
HALVEENVIRONMENTAL
FOOTPRINT OF
OUR PRODUCTS
SOURCE
100% OF AGRICULTURAL
RAW MATERIALS
SUSTAINABLY
HALVEENVIRONMENTAL
FOOTPRINT OF
OUR PRODUCTS
HALVEENVIRONMENTAL
FOOTPRINT OF
OUR PRODUCTS
Reducing environmental impact
HELP
1 BILLION PEOPLE IMPROVE
THEIR HEALTH
& WELL-BEING
SOURCE
100% OF AGRICULTURAL
RAW MATERIALS
SUSTAINABLY
Manufacturing environmental
impact reductions: 1995-2009
CO2 from Energy Water Use Total Waste
Detailed product lifecycle analysis
70%OF SALES
14COUNTRIES
1,600PRODUCTS
Our greenhouse gas footprint
Consumer UseRaw Materials
26%
Manufacture
3%
Transport
2%
Disposal
1%68%
Source: Unilever 2008 baseline study across 14 countries.
Reduce GHG: skin cleansing and hair
washing
Using soap and shampoo
produces biggest GHG impacts
Typical shower:
10-12 minutes
Reduce GHG: Small & Mighty
10 - 50% GHG reduction
per wash125 billion washes a year
Reduce GHG: Small & Mighty
Encouraging better
laundry habits
Reaching people
where they are
www.porumplanetamaislimpo.com
Reduce water: Comfort One Rinse
Save 500 billion litres
of water a year
REDUCE REUSE RECYCLE
Halve the waste of our products
SOURCE
100% OF AGRICULTURAL
RAW MATERIALS
SUSTAINABLY
HALVEENVIRONMENTAL
FOOTPRINT OF
OUR PRODUCTS
HALVEENVIRONMENTAL
FOOTPRINT OF
OUR PRODUCTS
Sustainable sourcing
HELP
1 BILLION PEOPLE IMPROVE
THEIR HEALTH
& WELL-BEING
Our share of world volume
Source: Unilever 2009 data
12%
6%
5%
3%
2%
1%
PALM OIL
•100% covered by GreenPalm certificates
FAIRTRADE ICE CREAM
• First Fairtrade vanilla ice cream in 2006
•100% Fairtrade in 2011.
CAGE FREE EGGS
• Calvé since 2008
• Ben & Jerry’s ice cream
TEA
•100% Lipton Yellow Label Rainforest Alliance certifiedTM
Sustainable Sourcing
Sustainable Sourcing: Paper & Board
90% + of the paper packaging material
that we bought in 2009 was
RECYCLED or contained
RECYCLED PAPER
components
IMPROVINGHEALTH
& WELLBEING
HELP
1 BILLION PEOPLE IMPROVE
THEIR HEALTH
& WELL-BEING
HALVEENVIRONMENTAL
FOOTPRINT OF
OUR PRODUCTS
HALVEENVIRONMENTAL
FOOTPRINT OF
OUR PRODUCTS
Improving health and well-being
SOURCE
100% OF AGRICULTURAL
RAW MATERIALS
SUSTAINABLY
Improving health and well-being
through daily habits and choices
Safe, clean, inexpensive
drinking water
2 litres for less than
a US cent
Pureit protects against diarrhoea,
cholera, jaundice & typhoid
Protecting 15 million people with
15 billion litres of safe drinking
water
Target: Protect the lives of
500 million people by 2020
Pureit target
Improving nutrition: Heart health
Lowers cholesterol
by up to 10%
200,000 cholesterol tests in
Portugal
Improving nutrition: reducing salt
Lowering salt in current products Introducing lower salt products
<1999 2000 - 2003 2004-2005 2010
2,99
%
1,40
%
-23%
-26%
-18%
50 time-bound commitments
Unilever
Sustainable
Living Plan