Our biggest
challenges
Poverty, malnutrition, climate change and water scarcity: these are some of the big challenges facing the world and our business today. Find out more about how we are addressing these and other sustainability issues.
Better hygiene
A lack of basic hygiene can cause many diseases. Diarrhoea alone leads to around 2 million deaths every year worlwide.
Lifebuoy in Sri Lanka has been actively promoting handwashing with soap in schools and communities, which can reduce diarrhoeal diseases by up to 48%.
Some performance highlights -Unilever Sri Lanka
Hygiene & well-being
1 million
Children reached through Lifebuoy Handwashing Day in 2008
Health
13
Maternity and children's wards upgraded by Pears Safe Hands project since 2003
Greenhouse gases
25%
Total reduction in CO2 from energy in our factories from 2004 to 2008
Livelihoods
3,000
Rural Sri Lankan women are now micro entreprenneurs through project Saubhagya
Climate Change
85%
Of Unilever Sri Lanka's manufacturing is now classifed as 'green'
Employee safety
We constantly create awareness to maintain an accident free workplace
Our Sustainability Reporting
November 2009: Our first online Sustainablity Report 2009 is available to download as a PDF below.
Our people
Mehewara Employee Volunteer Scheme
Unilever Sri Lanka employees get personally involved in community work.
Our brands in society
By addressing social and sustainability issues, our brands can make a real difference and create growth opportunities for our business.
