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Unilever’s Sustainable Living Plan & Sustainable Sourcing
Keurmerken
Jan Kees VisGlobal Director Sustainable Sourcing Development
• We work to create a better future every day.
• We help people feel good, look good and get more out of life with brands and services that are good for them and good for others.
• We will inspire people to take small, everyday actions that can add up to a big difference for the world.
Our vision: The Compass
We will develop new ways of doing business with the aim of doubling the size of our company while reducing our
environmental impact.
what does it mean?
a sustainable business is a growing and profitable business
that delivers positive social, economicaland environmental outcomes
sustainability
• fuels innovation & growth, with huge
potential in developing & emerging markets• builds consumer preference - consumers
won’t compromise• ensures you win with customers
and shareholders• reduces waste - reduce, reuse, recycle
why?
DisposalRaw Materials Manufacture Transport Consumer Use
Three Key Features
LIFECYCLE IMPACTS
ALL BRANDS ALL
COUNTRIES
Three Big Goals by 2020
SOURCE
100% OF AGRICULTURAL RAW MATERIALS
SUSTAINABLY
HALVEENVIRONMENTALFOOTPRINT OFOUR PRODUCTS
HELP
1 BILLION PEOPLE IMPROVE THEIR HEALTH & WELLBEING
In
Greenhouse Gases
Raw materials Manufacture Consumer use DisposalDistrib./ retail
26% 1%68%2%3%
Water used by consumers Water we add to the product
1% 87%
LeftoversPrimary packagingmaterials recycled, reused or recovered
-54% 13% 34% X%
Secondary packaging
+ +
Water use
Waste
Raw materials
12%
In water scarce countries
SWEET SPOT
CONSUMERQuality
ValueConvenience
PLANETReduced impact
Drive GROWTH and BRAND preference by hitting the consumer sweet spot
Drive GROWTH and BRAND preference by hitting the consumer sweet spot
SWEET SPOT
CONSUMERQuality
ValueConvenience
PEOPLEBetterLivelihoods
1. Certification• Why? – Unilever want brand driven or supply market entry• Applicable to a limited number of raw materials• Independent standard• Audit – pass or fail• Make part of specification• E.g. Rainforest Alliance, RSPO, MSC, FSC, RTRS, Fairtrade
2. Self-verification• Why? – Unilever want supply driven• Applicable to all raw materials• Unilever Sustainable Agriculture Code (UL SAC) – externally endorsed• Continuous improvement based – no definitive end points• Suppliers sign up to work on sustainable development• Performance reporting
3. In the end it is all about evidence-based sustainability4. Important to make the right choice for Unilever materials
Sustainable Sourcing mechanisms to substantiate
Two options for implementation
Certification
• In or out
• Do’s and don’ts
• Independent
• The seal is the story
• System costs
Verification
• Measured improvement
• Action plans
• Unilever driven
• Tell your own stories
• Value chain investment*See latest version of scheme rules
Standards Assessment
• Coordinated by ISEAL• Large Steering Group• Paid for by donors• Published in June 2012
http://www.resolv.org/towardsustainability/.
Evidence of impact?
• Substantial evidence of improvement in practices on site or at the enterprise level.
• Limited evidence of longer term outcomes or impacts– Difficult to attribute outcomes to certification– Few studies on durability of impacts
• Methodological challenges– Dynamic nature of ecosystems and communities– Difficulty identifying an appropriate counterfactual– Financial costs and complexity
• What is it you want? • Be different from others?• Make sustainability mainstream?• Will we create 40 more roundtables?• Will we certify every farmer on the planet?
Role of standards systems