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Unilever sustainable business plan
Unilever Sustainable Living Plan
2012
• More than 400 brands
• Everyday, 2 Billion people use their product
• Turnover increased by 10.5%
• Break through the €50 billion barrier
• Becoming an €80 Billion company
• The winner of International Green Awards 2011
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFIJR8AtIUM
10 Years Plan
• Double in size of business whilst
reduce environmental foot print and
increase positive social impact
• 100% Raw material
• Inspire people to take small everyday
action
Identifying the Problems
People
• 9 Billion on planet by 2050
• 200,000 persons per day
• 200 M unemployed
• 600 M jobs need to be created over next decade
• 2 M children die from diarrhea and pneumonia each year
Planet
• 2 temperature rise acceleration
• 2/3 of world population are under water stressed conditions by 2050
• 40% agricultural land degraded
• 1 in 10 of the adult population is obese while almost 1 billion people go
hungery
People – Health & Well-Being
1. Health & Hygiene
– Pureit in-home water purifier, Lifebuoy brand aims to
change the hygiene behaviour
– Dove, self-esteem through educational programmes.
2. Nutrition
– Reduce salt, sugar, calories and saturated fat composition
of products
– Removed all trans fat from all products in September
2012
Planet – Reduce Environmental Impact
1. Green House Gases
– Concentrating our liquids and compacting our powders
– Cold water wash laundry products
• Unilever open innovation team 2012 research
– Reducing truck mileage, alternative transport such as rail
or ship for 40% improvement in CO₂ efficiency
– Freezer cabinets that use climate-friendly (hydrocarbon)
refrigerants
Planet – Reduce Environmental Impact
Halve the footprint of our product
2. Water
– Easier rinsing products
– Seven new factories will aim to abstract less than half the water of
those in our 2008 baseline
3. Waste
– Reduce packing
• Invested in ‘Material Capability Group’ – Specialist suppliers
• Skincare ‘Citra’ bottles now using new technology-bi-model resin
Reduced 70 tonnes of material
• Concentrating liquid products
– Recycle
• Twister, Paddle Pop and Fruttare, reduce wrap
• Ice-cream and margarine tubs – Research for easily recyclable material
Planet - Enhancing Livelihoods
Halve the footprint of our product
1. Sustainable sourcing
– source sustainably all soy beans by 2014 and all soy oils by 2020
– tea in all Lipton tea bags sourced from Rainforest Alliance
Certified™ estates
– 100% of our fruit from sustainable sources
– source cocoa sustainably for our Magnum ice cream
– flavours of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream will be Fairtrade certified
– all paper-based office sustainable forests or recycled sources
2. Better Livelihood
– Support small scale distributors and smallholder farmers
Profit – Focus on fewer but bigger projects
1. Our Brands
– Strengthen connections between
consumer and the product – Dove
Beauty Campaign
2. Operation
– Develop innovative product that
address different consumer needs
at different price points
– Add value at every step in the value
chain
– Quality of customer service –
rolling out our innovation faster
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=litXW91UauE
Other Projects
• Better Future Starts at Home
• Unilever Ventures Ltd
• Open Innovation Team
• Material Capability Group
• Employee projects
Our Strength
• Focus on fewer but bigger projects
• All our sustainable plans add value
• Control of operational system
• Operate in 190 countries
• New factories, implementations and innovation
• Internal R and D capability
Unilever sustainable business plan

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  • 2. Unilever Sustainable Living Plan 2012 • More than 400 brands • Everyday, 2 Billion people use their product • Turnover increased by 10.5% • Break through the €50 billion barrier • Becoming an €80 Billion company • The winner of International Green Awards 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFIJR8AtIUM
  • 3. 10 Years Plan • Double in size of business whilst reduce environmental foot print and increase positive social impact • 100% Raw material • Inspire people to take small everyday action
  • 4. Identifying the Problems People • 9 Billion on planet by 2050 • 200,000 persons per day • 200 M unemployed • 600 M jobs need to be created over next decade • 2 M children die from diarrhea and pneumonia each year Planet • 2 temperature rise acceleration • 2/3 of world population are under water stressed conditions by 2050 • 40% agricultural land degraded • 1 in 10 of the adult population is obese while almost 1 billion people go hungery
  • 5. People – Health & Well-Being 1. Health & Hygiene – Pureit in-home water purifier, Lifebuoy brand aims to change the hygiene behaviour – Dove, self-esteem through educational programmes. 2. Nutrition – Reduce salt, sugar, calories and saturated fat composition of products – Removed all trans fat from all products in September 2012
  • 6. Planet – Reduce Environmental Impact 1. Green House Gases – Concentrating our liquids and compacting our powders – Cold water wash laundry products • Unilever open innovation team 2012 research – Reducing truck mileage, alternative transport such as rail or ship for 40% improvement in CO₂ efficiency – Freezer cabinets that use climate-friendly (hydrocarbon) refrigerants
  • 7. Planet – Reduce Environmental Impact Halve the footprint of our product 2. Water – Easier rinsing products – Seven new factories will aim to abstract less than half the water of those in our 2008 baseline 3. Waste – Reduce packing • Invested in ‘Material Capability Group’ – Specialist suppliers • Skincare ‘Citra’ bottles now using new technology-bi-model resin Reduced 70 tonnes of material • Concentrating liquid products – Recycle • Twister, Paddle Pop and Fruttare, reduce wrap • Ice-cream and margarine tubs – Research for easily recyclable material
  • 8. Planet - Enhancing Livelihoods Halve the footprint of our product 1. Sustainable sourcing – source sustainably all soy beans by 2014 and all soy oils by 2020 – tea in all Lipton tea bags sourced from Rainforest Alliance Certified™ estates – 100% of our fruit from sustainable sources – source cocoa sustainably for our Magnum ice cream – flavours of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream will be Fairtrade certified – all paper-based office sustainable forests or recycled sources 2. Better Livelihood – Support small scale distributors and smallholder farmers
  • 9. Profit – Focus on fewer but bigger projects 1. Our Brands – Strengthen connections between consumer and the product – Dove Beauty Campaign 2. Operation – Develop innovative product that address different consumer needs at different price points – Add value at every step in the value chain – Quality of customer service – rolling out our innovation faster http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=litXW91UauE
  • 10. Other Projects • Better Future Starts at Home • Unilever Ventures Ltd • Open Innovation Team • Material Capability Group • Employee projects
  • 11. Our Strength • Focus on fewer but bigger projects • All our sustainable plans add value • Control of operational system • Operate in 190 countries • New factories, implementations and innovation • Internal R and D capability

Editor's Notes

  1. Unilever performed well in 2012, despite difficult economic conditions.Turnover increased by 10.5%, taking Unilever through the €50 billion barrier, a significant milestone to becoming an €80 billion company. Emerging markets grew for the second consecutive year by more than 11% and now account for 55% of total business. Personal Care and Home Care showed double-digit growth, in line with our strategic priorities.A video to give you an over all idea of how they are establishing their strong sustainable business
  2. Business Model for to implement sustainable business growth around Sustainable LivingWith their 10 years Unilever Sustainable Business Living Plan3 main areas of 7 different types of projects
  3. Video 2. min to 5. min – also create brand royalty by connecting with the consumers
  4. Unilever open innovation team 2012 – online system which offer experts and researchers to work in research areas which promotes sustainable living
  5. ‘post-consumer waste’ in developing marketsinfrastructured to not kept pace with the rapid rise in consumptionfrom 19 specification to 3 worldwide. Saving 1.3M euro and 530 tonnes of materialNow – PP Poly-propylene are burnt to give energy – which is not the most efficient way to recycle
  6. Better Future Starts at Home : With Tesco for joint shopper program to advice for sustainable living and promotions for sustainable productsUnilever Ventures (UV) is the global venture capital arm of Unilever. We invest in early stage companies which could become strategically relevant to Unilever and can benefit from access to Unilever’s assets and capabilities. UV focuses its investment in:Personal CareDigital MarketingRefreshmentTechnology that could be deployed to help Unilever’s sustainability missionWe are looking to find – or to create – ambitious, market-leading companies, led by world class management teams. http://www.unileverventures.com/ Open Innovation team launched a new online platform which offered experts the opportunity to find some of the technical solutions it needs to achieve its ambition of doubling the size of its business while reducing its environmental impact, as set out in the Unilever Sustainable Living Plan. 2012, receives over 1000 ideas after six monthshttp://www.unilever.com/mediacentre/pressreleases/2012/collaboratetoinnovate.aspx selecting new materials which enable less material use. Our dedicated global team of experts, called the Materials Capability Group, develops long-term innovative solutions to reduce packaging. They work with specialist suppliers to draw on the latest technologies which are then applied across our product categories.Motivate people to do good while doing well – employees can apply for investment in their ideasTo improve operational procedures100 / 600 implemented in 2013Saved over 1 % of total energy and water usage