Sustainable living

Message from CEO

Paul Polman talks about the progress that has been made towards Unilever's Sustainable Living Plan goals.

Improving health and well-being

By 2020 we will help more than a billion people take action to improve their health and well-being.

Reducing environmental impact

By 2020 our goal is to halve the environmental footprint of the making and use of our products as we grow our business.*

Enhancing livelihoods

By 2020 we will enhance the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of people as we grow our business.

*Throughout this website our environmental targets are expressed on a ‘per consumer use’ basis. This means a single use, portion or serving of a product. We have taken a lifecyle approach with a baseline of 2008.