Alan Jope

Small, family-owned Kirana stores sit at the heart of Indian communities.

But keeping shelves stocked isn’t as easy as it sounds. Store owners have to rely on visits from sales reps or leave their shops unattended – and risk losing business – to buy products from wholesalers.

Hindustan Unilever (HUL) has developed a solution by way of the revolutionary Shikhar app. It connects small-scale retailers directly to HUL, so store owners can place orders 24/7. The app also gives them access to a range of resources, including credit facilities, personalised product portfolios and relevant trade promotions.

Because of this, 1 million retailers have now gone digital – helping to maximise their sales potential. This app now covers around a quarter of our general trade business in India. Driving growth for retailers. Driving growth for Unilever.
 
Impressive work HUL!

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Plastic has its place, but that place is not in our streets, rivers or oceans. Our plastic is our responsibility, and our starting point needs to be in design, reducing the amount of plastic we use, and in making sure that what we do use increasingly comes from recycled sources.

Today, we’ve committed to halving our use of virgin plastic, which we will deliver in two ways: we will altogether remove more than 100,000 tonnes of plastic packaging, and we will accelerate our use of recycled plastic in our packaging. And to make sure that plastic waste doesn’t get into the environment and we really achieve a circular economy, we’re also committing to collect and process more plastic packaging than we sell. All these commitments, we will deliver by 2025.

We all have a part to play - designers, suppliers, manufacturers, partners, consumers. The decisions we make will be fundamental to eliminating plastic waste. Only by working together can we close the loop on plastic.

#Plastic #PlasticWaste

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This is Dove's first refillable deodorant. Ergonomic. Minimalist. Circular by design. Pretty darn sleek. Congratulations to the team for launching in the US. It’s a big step on our path to fight plastic – and one that we hope will disrupt the entire deodorant category, turning what was once a throwaway item into a daily commitment to sustainability.

#LessPlastic #Refill #Reuse

Why did Unilever become a Principal Partner of #COP26? So that, on behalf of every Unilever team member, every Unilever customer and every Unilever shareholder, we can have a seat at the table at the most important conference of our lifetimes.
 
We’ll be calling on world leaders, governments and businesses to come together to tackle the #ClimateCrisis - and deliver 5 key actions:
 
1. Regulation to phase out #FossilFuels - that achieves real results.

2. Pricing #carbon to reflect its true cost - and its impact to our planet.

3. A faster transition to #RenewableEnergy and EVs. The time for this change is now.

4. Immediately begin a roll-out of nature-based solutions and policies. Policies that put our planet first.

5. A $100 billion a year fund for developing countries to take action on #ClimateChange.
 
The Unilever team is resolute in making #sustainable business the future of business. We’ve committed to bold and challenging changes to reach #NetZero across our value chain by 2039.
 
But we cannot solve this problem alone. A global problem requires a global solution.
  
#TogetherForOurPlanet #UniquelyUnilever

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With over 1 billion people around the world living with some form of disability, it’s important for us to create a workplace that is diverse, inclusive, and representative of the people we serve. That’s why we’ve made it our ambition to have 5% of our global workforce represented by people with disabilities, and for all our Unilever sites to be fully accessible by 2025.

To mark today’s International Day of Persons with Disabilities, we're once again joining the #PurpleLightUp campaign and turning our global headquarters in London purple to celebrate the economic contribution made by the world’s 386 million disabled employees.

#InternationalDayOfPersonsWithDisabilities

The metaverse presents one of the biggest shifts in our digital landscape, and is quickly becoming one of the most exciting spaces for our brands. It’s a realm where real-world limits don’t apply, but real-world representation absolutely must. That’s exactly what our brands working in this space are trying to address – they’re creating experiences where people feel safe, valued, and included.

Take our oral care brand Closeup, which launched its City Hall of Love in Decentraland. Here couples can express their love which might not be recognised in the real world. And our haircare brand Sunsilk which recently created ‘Sunsilk city’ on Roblox, which is empowering and inspiring girls through games and real-life stories.

#UniquelyUnilever