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Sustainable Living

A decade of growing responsibly
Purpose to Action

In the last ten years, our Unilever Sustainable Living Plan (USLP) journey has been a learning curve for the business. While the USLP draws to a close, our journey towards making sustainable living commonplace continues. The Unilever Compass is our new fully integrated corporate strategy that builds on USLP and lays the pathway for our Vision.

The Unilever Compass will have timebound multi-year commitments. These commitments will tackle some of the key challenges such as packaging and waste, gender equality, human rights and fair value – plus, of course, climate change and social inclusion.

Our performance across Environment, Social and Corporate Governance
Improve the health of the planet
The last decade has seen us strategically delivering on climate action, regeneration and protection of nature, and a waste-free world.
HUL to become
100%
plastic neutral in 2021
We continually look at new ways to reduce, re-use, recycle and recover packaging and waste as we move towards becoming a zero-waste business.
Waste Collection
Collection and safe disposal of post-consumer use plastic waste through partners
2018*
23,000 Tonne
Till 2020
1.2 Lac Tonne
*Reporting began in 2018
This is made possible via our partnerships with the government, NGOs, and collection partners.
Reducing water, waste and emissions in
our factory operations
Waste
Reduction in total waste generated (kg / tonne of production) from HUL's factories
2011
53%*
2020
59%*
*Against 2008 baseline
Water Use
Reduction in water consumption (in m3 / tonne of production) in HUL’s manufacturing operations
2013
22%*
2020
54%*
*Against 2008 baseline
Greenhouse Gases
Reduction in CO2 emissions (kg / tonne of production)
2011
15%*
2020
91%*
*Against 2008 baseline
Adoption of renewable energy
Share of renewable energy used in manufacturing sites
2011
14%
Till 2020
79%
CO2 emissions from our logistics network
reduced by over 60%.
Our “Load More Travel Less” strategy clubbed with increased efficiency of processes, reduction in the count of trucks by using bigger truck types, and reduction in distance travelled helped us reduce CO2 emissions.
Hindustan Unilever Foundation
HUF supports grassroots level interventions in 11,500 villages across 59 districts in 10 states and 2 union territories with 19 NGO partners.

Since 2010, the foundation has:
Created a water potential of more than 1.3 Trillion Litres
Increasing crop yield by over
1 Million Tonne
Enhanced livelihoods by
generating 30 Million
person days of employment
Water For Public Good
Sustainable Sourcing
Tea
Percentage of tea purchased from sustainable sources for Unilever brands in India
2012
8%*
2020
67%
*Reporting began in 2012
Tomatoes
Percentage of tomatoes for Kissan ketchup sustainably sourced
2011
60%
2020
93%
Product & Packaging Innovations
Product Innovation
Water-saving formulations for laundry powders and bars that reduce the water needed for rinsing in every consumer use, such as Rin laundry bar and powder.
Material Innovation & Packaging Design
Innovations to step up the recyclable content in our packaging.
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Improve people’s health,
confidence and wellbeing
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