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Building resilience through sustainability

Sustainability at Unilever

For over 15 years, Unilever has taken a forward-thinking approach to managing sustainability risks and opportunities, with the aim of embedding sustainability practices into our business operations and wider value chain.

Today, that work continues. Sustainability remains a business priority and part of our strategy, helping us build resilience, support growth and help shape markets and policy.

As economic, environmental and social challenges continue to evolve, we are sharpening our focus on the biggest risks and opportunities facing our business.

Our sustainability targets continue to set the direction and are supported by greater commercial rigour, disciplined execution and accountability across the business.

We are using our expertise and capabilities to drive progress within our business, while working with others on challenges that require industry and system-wide action.

Read more about our targets and approach to sustainability in Unilever’s Annual Report and Accounts (PDF 6.16 MB).

Our four sustainability priorities

Find out more about our approach to sustainability in the following areas:

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Climate

We are working to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in our operations and across our value chain.

Find out more about Climate
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Nature

We are collaborating with partners and communities across priority agricultural sourcing regions, landscapes and factories in high water-stress areas.

Find out more about Nature
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Plastics

We are combining innovation and industry collaboration to reduce our plastic waste by using less virgin plastic, improving recyclability and developing alternative packaging solutions.

Find out more about Plastics
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Livelihoods

We are supporting the livelihoods of people in our value chain through our smallholder farmer, small retailer and living wage programmes.

Find out more about Livelihoods

Find out more about Unilever’s approach to sustainability

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Human Rights

Read more about our human rights strategy and how we are addressing our salient human rights issues.

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Unilever Annual Report

Read more about our sustainability approach and related disclosures in our Sustainability Statement prepared in accordance with the ESRS.

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    This page may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the securities laws of certain jurisdictions, including ‘forward-looking statements’ within the meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements and information regarding Unilever’s emissions reduction and other sustainability-related targets and other climate and sustainability matters. Because these forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, a number of which may be beyond the Group’s control, there are important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Further details of potential risks and uncertainties affecting the Group are described in the Group’s filings with the London Stock Exchange, Euronext Amsterdam and the US Securities and Exchange Commission, including in the Annual Report on Form 20-F 2025 (PDF 4.38 MB) and the Unilever Annual Report and Accounts 2025 (PDF 6.16 MB).

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