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1 Paul Polman∆
Chief Executive Officer
2 Doug Balle
Chief Human Resources Officer
3 enevève Berger
Chief Science Officer
4 Davd Blanchard
Chief Category Research
& Development Officer
5 Kevn Havelock
Refreshment
6 Jean-Marc Hut∆
Chief Financial Officer
7 Alan Jope
Russia, Africa and Middle East
8 Kees Kruythoff
North America
9 Dave Lews
Personal Care
10 Harsh Manwan
Chief Operating Officer
11 Ntn Paranpe
Home Care
12 Antone de Sant-Affrque
Foods
13 Per Lug Sgsmond
Chief Supply Chain Officer
14 Rtva Sotamaa
Chief Legal Officer
15 Keth Weed
Chief Marketing and
Communication Officer
16 Jan Zderveld
Europe
∆ Board member
For ULE biographies,
please see page 41.
some of them featured in this report.
Lifebuoy, for instance, with its handwashing
campaign to reduce diarrhoea and
pneumonia; Pureit, helping to bring
safe drinking water into the home; Dove,
promoting self-esteem among young girls
and women; Knorr, helping smallholder
farmers to produce sustainably; and
Domestos, bringing better sanitation
to communities in desperate need of it.
However, the scale of the challenges we are
trying to tackle through the USLP – whether
food security, climate change, sanitation, job
creation or the many others – is just too
great for one organisation to address alone,
which is why we are so pleased that our
approach is gaining support from a growing
number of external organisations, many of
which we are fortunate to partner with. It
was particularly satisfying in 2013 to see the
launch of the Tropical Forest Alliance (TFA),
a public-private partnership committed to
reducing deforestation, which Unilever did
so much to help get off the ground.
We will continue to bring our scale and our
expertise to bear wherever we can to help
solve the world’s challenges. Last year,
for example, we took this commitment to
another level, with the launch of Project
Sunlight, a corporate campaign based on
making sustainable living desirable and
achievable by inspiring people to help build
a world where everyone lives well and
within the natural limits of the planet.
Already 70 million people have been on
to the website to make a pledge.
As the Project Sunlight campaign
proclaims, we believe that there has
never been a better time to create a better
world for all, including for those yet to
come. My own work as part of the UN
Secretary-General’s High Level Panel
on the post-2015 Development Agenda
has strongly reinforced that view. In fact,
I am more than ever convinced that this
generation has it within its reach to
eradicate poverty irreversibly and, yes,
in a more sustainable and equitable way.
At Unilever we don’t just want to be a part
of this, we want to lead actively in the areas
related to our business. That is what the
USLP is all about and I want to thank all
of our employees, business partners and
others for the remarkable contribution
they made again in 2013 towards this goal.
Warm regards
Paul Polman
Chief Executive Officer
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