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.
Creating a better future every day
Helping to create a cleaner world for today and tomorrow, Unilever Canada is the single largest commercial purchaser of renewable energy in Canada.
We are choosing 100% green electricity for all of our manufacturing facilities and offices in Ontario with Bullfrog Power.
Some performance highlights
Nutrition
44%
Of products in line with internationally accepted guidelines for saturated and trans fat, sugar and salt.
Sustainable sourcing
15%
Of our global purchases of tea and palm oil from sustainable sources.
Greenhouse gases
44%
Reduction in CO2 from energy per tonne of production by our factories from 1995–2010 (preliminary data).
Water
66%
Reduction in water use per tonne of production by our factories from 1995–2010 (preliminary data).
Community
€89m
invested in community programmes worldwide in 2009.
Employee safety
15.7% reduction in our total recordable frequency rate in 2010 (preliminary data).
Get active
It’s raining. You’re tired. You have too much else to do. But a wise one like you knows that for every excuse you’ve got for not exercising, there’s an equally compelling reason why you should.
