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 vision
We're constantly developing our brands and products to keep pace with the changes in consumers lives.
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 Review
Check our Annual Review for more about our performance, people, operations and brands.
Unilever worldwide
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Europe
Ice cream technology is being explored at Colworth, UK.
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North America
Professor David Julius of UCSF was awarded the Unilever Science Prize for his for breakthrough research.
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South America
Unilever Brazil ranks among the top three companies Brazilian students want to work for.
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Africa
Hixonia Nyasulu, South African entrepreneur and businesswoman, is a non-executive director and member of the Unilever Board.
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Asia
Unilever bought its first batch of sustainable palm oil from United Plantations in Malaysia in November 2008.
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Europe
Unilever is investing €100 million in a new manufacturing facility in Tula, south of Moscow.
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New Zealand
What Kiwis think all kids should do before they're 10. More about Persil
