Sustainable Development Report

Sustainability is critical to the continued success of our business and to the environment and society we live in.

Welcome to Unilever’s 2009 Sustainable Development Report

Sparkle iconThrough our business and brands, we want to create a better future every day for people all around the world: the people who work for us, those we do business with, the millions of people who use our products, and future generations whose quality of life depends on the way we protect the environment today. We published our Sustainable Development Report 2009, with preliminary data, in this section in March 2010. Final data for all our environmental and occupational safety performance indicators was published in May 2010. To read a summary of our activities, a complementary Sustainable Development Overview 2009 is available to download below.

Man picking tea

CEO introduction

Paul Polman in Unilever HQ, February 2010

Paul Polman explains Unilever’s vision for sustainability.

About our business

Global foods brands from Unilever

Find out more about our business and brands worldwide.

An overview of our impacts

Indonesian soy farmers

Our business and brands have impacts at every stage of their lifecycle.