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Improving Livelihoods of the People Who Grow, Make and Sell Our Products

Our approach to sustainability is about delivering impact faster with more focused, urgent, and systemic action across our four sustainability priorities: climate, nature, plastics, and livelihoods.

In the U.S., our efforts around livelihoods are focused on partnerships for enhancing living standards and supporting opportunities for suppliers.

Partnering to Improve Livelihoods

Partnering to Improve Livelihoods

Alongside the U.S. non-profit JUST Capital, we work to promote fair wages, economic mobility, and equitable business practices across the U.S. As part of the Corporate Impact Lab, Unilever joins leaders across industries to align business growth with workforce resilience and societal impact. Through this collaboration, we support initiatives that drive improvement in living standards and workplace wellbeing.

Supporting Opportunities for Suppliers

Supporting Opportunities for Suppliers

Unilever collaborates with thousands of suppliers across the U.S., who play a crucial role in delivering high-quality products to millions of consumers. Unilever promotes opportunities for small- and medium-sized businesses that demonstrate strong capabilities to work with us to provide the products our consumers love. We believe promoting opportunities for suppliers to work with Unilever supports a stronger value chain by fostering innovation, agility, and improved performance. We have supported businesses across 42 states in the U.S.

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