Creating a better future every day

Unilever products touch the lives of over 2 billion people every day.

Our vision

We will develop new ways of doing business with the aim of doubling the size of our company while reducing our environmental impact.

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Unilever at a glance

  • People

    163 000

    Employees at the end of 2009.

  • Nationalities

    20

    Nationalities among our top tier managers.

  • Contributions

    €89m

    invested in community programmes worldwide in 2009.

  • Countries

    170

    in which our products are sold.

  • R&D

    €891m

    spent on R&D worldwide in 2009.

  • Environment

    11 years

    As sector leader of the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes.

Annual Report & Accounts 2009

Annual Report & Accounts 2009

View our Annual Report & Accounts 2009 for information on our performance, people, operations and brands in 2009.

Chairman

Michael Treschow in South Africa

Michael Treschow

Michael Treschow was appointed Chairman of Unilever in May 2007.

News

Paul Polman with Ban Ki-moon at the UN, June 2010

Unilever at the UN Global Compact

Paul Polman reiterated Unilever's commitment to sustainability at the UN in June.

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