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Outstanding Results for Unilever in Corporate Responsibility Index

14/05/2007 : Unilever has registered an outstanding result in the 2006 St James Ethics Centre Corporate Responsibility Index (CRI)

Unilever achieved an overall score of 94%, up 1% on the 2005 result. The CRI assesses the extent to which corporate strategy is integrated into responsible business practice throughout an organisation. It provides a benchmark for companies to evaluate their management practice in four key areas of corporate responsibility —community, environment, marketplace and workplace — and performance in a range of environmental and social impact areas material to their business.

Unilever scored above 90% in the categories of Corporate Strategy, Integration, Management Practice, Social Impact, Assurance and Commitment to Disclose, and scored just below 90% in the area of Environmental Impact. The company also received an Outstanding Performance rating (i.e. a score > 95%) in the areas of Environment Management and Workplace Management.

Click on the link below to see a graph of Unilever’s Overall Results Summary.

For more information contact:


Australasia :

Nick Goddard

Corporate Relations & Communications Director

20 Cambridge Street

Epping NSW 2121

Australia

T: + 61 2 9869 6298

M: + 61 419 017 629

nick.c.goddard@unilever.com