Unilever at a glance
More than 2 billion consumers worldwide use a Unilever product on any given day. In 2012, we added nearly €5 billion of turnover, pushing through the €50 billion mark in the process.
Business facts & figures
Our products are sold in more than 190 countries, generating sales of €51 billion in 2012.
Emerging markets now account for 55% of our business.
We have 14 brands with sales of more than €1 billion a year.
More than 173,000 people work for Unilever.
We are the number 1 fast-moving consumer goods employer of choice among graduates in 20 countries.
We are proud winners of the prestigious 2013 Catalyst Award which honors exceptional business initiatives for women in the workplace.
Almost 80,000 entrepreneurs, including 48,000 women, in over 135,000 villages across India have now joined our rural selling operation, Shakti.
We have reached 127 million with our Lifebuoy handwashing programs since 2010, and 49 million people through our Brush Day and Night oral care campaign during 2010-2012.
100% of our palm oil purchases in 2012 were from sustainable sources.
39% of all our tea sourced comes from farms certified by Rainforest Alliance.
The greenhouse gas footprint of the use of our products has reduced by around 6% since 2010.
Over half of our 252 manufacturing sites across the world send no non-hazardous waste to landfill.
