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UNILEVER – FROM PURPOSE TO

PRACTICE: ENSURING

SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS IS

PROFITABLE BUSINESS

KAREN HAMILTON

GLOBAL VICE PRESIDENT, SUSTAINABLE

BUSINESS

UNILEVER - A GLOBAL COMPANY

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WHY CHANGE? BUSINESS AS USUAL NOT AN OPTION

THE LONG TERM

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SUSTAINABILITY AT HEART OF CORPORATE STRATEGY

THE BUSINESS CASE

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Practice

SUSTAINABLE LIVING BRANDS PERFORMANCE 5 5 %

3 BIG GOALS BY 2020

PERFORMANCE 2015

482 million

people

reached

GHG + 6%

Water – 1%

Waste – 29%

Zero waste to landfill in

factories

Published our first

Human Rights Report.

600,000 smallholder

farmers and 1.8

million small-scale

retailers access

initiatives

PROBLEMS & PROSPECTS

• The moral case and the business case

• The Say-Do Gap

• Internal change and system change

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