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Operating margin (%)
2008 17.7
2007 13.1
Turnover (€ million)
2008 40 523
2007 40 187
Total recordable accident frequency
rate per 100 000 hours*
2008 0.21
0.26
2007
CO2 from energy per tonne
of production (kg)*
2008 146.77
2007 149.18
Total waste per tonne
of production (kg)*
2008 7.89
2007 7.56
* 2008 data is preliminary. It will be independently assured and reported in our online
Sustainable Development Report 2008 at www.unilever.com/sustainability
Environmental
10 years
as sector leader of the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes
• 2 0 1 5 : the year by which we are committed to sourcing all palm oil from certified sustainable sources
• c. 50% of the tea we sell in Western Europe is grown on Rainforest Alliance Certified™ farms
• 3 9 % reduction in CO2 emissions per tonne of production over the period 1995-2008*
Financial
7.4%
underlying sales growth
• Ungearedfreecashowof€3.2billion
• Protsondisposalsof€2.2billionpre-tax
• Returnoninvestedcapitalof15.7%
• Totalshareholderreturnranking9th out of 21
• Earningspershareof€1.79,including€0.36netbenetfromdisposalsandrestructuring
• Totaldividendincreasedto€0.77perOrdinary€0.16shareofNVand60.74pper
Ordinary 31/9p share of PLC
Social
22 000
products have had their nutritional profile assessed
• 1 9 % reduction
in total recordable
accident frequency
rate in 2008*
• Three quarters of the food products in our R&D pipeline bring specific nutritional or health benefits
• 16 million school meals delivered to 76 000 children in 2008 through our partnership with the
World Food Programme
• Four million children reached by Signal / Pepsodent / Close Up
toothpaste brands through
school-based oral health programmes in 2008
• 120 million people reached by Lifebuoy brand’s handwashing programme in India since 2002
Our highlights
Unilever Annual Report and Accounts 2008 1