Adding Vitality to life
We meet everyday needs for nutrition, hygiene and personal care with brands that help people feel good, look good and get more out of life.
Our mission
Vitality is at the heart of everything we do. It's in our brands, our people and our approach to business.
Unilever at a glance
People
174 000
Employees at the end of 2007.
Nationalities
21
Nationalities among our top level group of 113 managers.
Contributions
€89m
Contributed to communities around the world in 2007.
Countries
about 100
Countries in which we operate.
R&D
€868m
Invested in R&D world wide.
Environment
over 1/3
Reduction in CO2 emissions from energy per tonne of product produced over 1995-2006.
Annual Review
Check our Annual Review for more about our performance, people, operations and brands.
Our people
Paul Polman, Chief Executive Officer - Elect
Dutch-born Paul Polman will take over as Unilever's Group CEO from January 2009.
News
December 2008: Award-winning reporting
Unilever's Sustainable Development Report 2007 has taken one of the top accolades at the ACCA UK Awards.
Unilever worldwide
-
Europe
Ice cream technology – which will help low-fat ice cream taste even better – is being explored at Colworth, UK.
-
North America
Professor David Julius of UCSF was awarded the Unilever Science Prize for his for breakthrough research.
Read more
Unilever Science Prize 2007 -
South America
Unilever Brazil ranks among the top three companies Brazilian students want to work for.
-
Africa
Hixonia Nyasulu, South African entrepreneur and businesswoman, is a non-executive director and member of the Unilever Board.
Read more -
Asia
Unilever bought its first batch of sustainable palm oil from United Plantations in Malaysia in November 2008.
-
Europe
Unilever is investing €100 million in a new manufacturing facility in Tula, south of Moscow.
