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11Unilever Annual Report and Accounts 2012 Report of the Directors About Unilever
ABOUT UNILEVER GOVERNANCE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS SHAREHOLDER INFORMATION
5 WASTE
Our commitment is to halve
the waste associated with
the disposal of our products
by 2020.^
OUR WASTE IMPAT
HAS REDUED
BY AROUND 7%
SINE 2010†‡
6 SUSTAINABLE
SOURIN
By 2020 we will source
100% of our agricultural
raw materials sustainably.
AROUND ONE THIRD
SUSTAINABLY SOURED
BY END 2012†
ENHANIN
LIVELIHOODS
By 2020 we will enhance the livelihoods
of hundreds of thousands of people
as we grow our business.
7 BETTER
LIVELIHOODS
By 2020 we will engage with
at least 500,000 smallholder
farmers and 75,000
small-scale distributors
in our supply network.
48,000 SHAKTI SMALL-
SALE DISTRIBUTORS
BY END 2012†
^ Our environmental targets are expressed on a ‘per consumer use’ basis, using a lifecycle approach. This means a single
use, portion or serving of a product.
† 2012 figures are preliminary. They will be finalised in the Unilever Sustainable Living Plan: Progress Report 2012, to be
published in April 2013.
◊ Measured January-September 2012. In 2012 we moved to full volume-based (tonnes sold) reporting for this commitment.
This number is not comparable to previously reported numbers measured by product (stock keeping unit).
‡ Measured July 2011-June 2012, compared to January-December 2010.
+ In seven water-scarce countries representing around half the world’s population.
Wth 7 bllon people on our planet,
the earth’s resources can be straned
Ths means sustanable, equtable growth
s the only acceptable model of growth
for our busness We beleve growth and
sustanablty are not n conflct In fact,
n our experence, sustanablty drves
growth By focusng on sustanable
lvng needs, we can buld brands wth a
sgnfcant purpose By reducng waste, we
create effcences and reduce costs, whch
helps to mprove our margns And we have
found that once we start lookng at product
development, sourcng and manufacturng
through a sustanablty lens, t opens up
great opportuntes for nnovaton
Our Unilever Sustainable Living Plan
(USLP) sets out to decouple our growth
from our environmental impact, while
at the same time increasing our positive
social impact. Our USLP has three big
goals that by 2020 will enable us to:
• Help more than a billion people to
improve their health and well-being.
• Halve the environmental footprint
of our products.
• Source 100% of our agricultural
raw materials sustainably and enhance
the livelihoods of people across our
value chain.
Underpinning these goals are seven
commitments supported by around 50
targets spanning our social, environmental
and economic performance across the
value chain – from the sourcing of raw
materials all the way through to the use
of our products in the home.
In the second year of our USLP, we made
steady progress across our commitments.
Our USLP is ambitious and we have much
more to do. We continue to strive to deliver
our stretching goals.
SEE OUR UNILEVER
SUSTAINABLE LIVIN
PLAN PRORESS
REPORT 2012, TO
BE PUBLISHED IN
APRIL 2013, FOR
FURTHER DETAIL
11Report of the Drectors About Unilever