Our brands are trusted in millions of living rooms, kitchens, laundry rooms, and bathrooms—and have been passed down from generation to generation. Over the course of 181 years, they’ve challenged convention, led innovation, and helped shape culture.

But no matter how much we grow, we always keep ourselves grounded in our deep-rooted purpose, values, and principles.

We’ve done it for over 66,000 days, and we don’t plan on stopping anytime soon.

We believe in finding small but meaningful ways to improve lives—now and for generations to come.

For over 180 years, we’ve challenged the norm and inspired the future—from the products we put on the shelf to the people we bring on our team.

P&G Ventures fuels P&G growth by creating proven brands to better solve consumers’ everyday problems in product categories where P&G does not currently provide solutions today. Working with internal and external experts, innovators and entrepreneurs from around the world, P&G Ventures Labs identifies and develops technologies and business models in a fast-learning, startup-like, lean environment. Do you have a solution that will solve a consumer pain in one of our focus areas?

Women's Wellness - Fatigue

P&G Ventures is on a mission to help women (18+) optimize/enhance their health and wellness by (a) creating products that are designed specifically for women, (b) address gaps in her self-care and (c) offer meaningful difference in her life. We will start by addressing frequent, daily fatigue that negatively impacts her day, her capacity and ultimately her relationships.

Maximizing Mental and Physical Performance

P&G Ventures is on a mission to help people (Millennials, to start) optimize/enhance their everyday cognitive performance by (a) boost immediate focus/energy when needed, (b) restore cognitive health via restful sleep, and (c) increase resiliency to stressors, distraction, and cognitive decline.

Redefine Aging at Home

For aging adults, when help is needed to perform daily self-care activities, personal dignity and independence are threatened, and precious relationships are strained. These simple activities become a threat to being able to age at home. P&G Ventures is on a mission to help aging adults stay and thrive at home longer.

Non-Toxic Insect Control for Home and Family

The global home insecticide market is dominated by chemicals that are toxic to insects, people, and pets. P&G Ventures is interested in insect control products and technologies that are non-toxic to people and pets, yet perform as well or better than their toxic counterparts. P&G Ventures is interested in all segments of insect control (contact killer, barriers, traps, on-body repellents and foggers) and managing the following insects: House Flies, Mosquitoes, Fruit Flies, Stink Bugs, Bed Bugs, Roaches, Ants, Moths, Gnats, Spiders, Silverfish, Centipedes, Millipedes.

Alleviating Symptoms of Menopause

 

Menopause for most women begins in their mid-40s. In developed countries, there are now more women over the age of 45 than under the age of 45. Nearly 1B women worldwide, roughly 40% of the world's female population, and 48MM women in the US alone are over the age of 45. Nearly 90% of them will experience symptoms of menopause driven by the loss of estrogen over time. However, due to lack of information, fear/inaccessibility of treatments, confusion and frustration, 50% of women do nothing to alleviate the sometimes debilitating discomfort and disruptions caused by menopause symptoms. P&G Ventures is seeking products and technologies that contain a fast-moving, consumable product to adress symptoms related to menopause without requiring a prescription, including but not limited to: hot flashes, night sweats, mood swings, brain fog, fatigue, weight gain, vaginal dryness, incontinence, and thinning hair.

Treating Chronic Skin Conditions & Symptoms

Healthy, clear skin is a key component to overall health, and can affect one's mental, emotional and physical well-being. When we're comfortable in our own skin, it boosts our self-esteem and confidence. For those that suffer from chronic skin conditions, the journey to clear skin can be long, difficult and expensive. People are often faced with the dilemma of choosing between products that are safe, but don't work well or dealing with the side effects of prescription medications and harsh chemicals. P&G Ventures is looking to identify products and technologies that contain a fast-moving, consumable product to treat, prevent and/or otherwise improve the symptoms of common skin conditions, including, but not limited to: acne, dermatitis, eczema, psoriasis, rosacea, sensitive skin and xerosis.

Improving Sleep Through Environment

For years, the number of hours we sleep each night have outweighed other important factors, such as quality of sleep, that determine whether we are well rested and even overall health. P&G Ventures is looking for products and technologies that contain a fast-moving consumable product to enhance not only the number of hours we rest, but the quality of our rest through improved sleeping environments including airflow, air quality, scent, light and sound levels, air temperature and humidity.

On any given day, 2.5 billion people use Unilever products to feel good, look good and get more out of life – giving us a unique opportunity to build a brighter future.

Making sustainable living commonplace

Great products from our range of more than 400 brands give us a unique place in the lives of people all over the world.

When consumers reach for nutritionally balanced foods or indulgent ice creams, affordable soaps that combat disease, luxurious shampoos or everyday household care products, there’s a good chance the brand they pick is one of ours. Seven out of every ten households around the world contain at least one Unilever product, and our range of world-leading, household-name brands includes Lipton, Knorr, Dove, Axe, Hellmann’s and Omo. Trusted local brands designed to meet the specific needs of consumers in their home market include Pureit and Suave.

Whatever the brand, wherever it is bought, we’re working to ensure that it plays a part in helping fulfil our purpose as a business – making sustainable living commonplace.

Consumer research and innovation are key to our progress, and we invest around €1 billion every year in research and development. Read more about our world-class innovation.

We want our business to grow but we recognise that growth at the expense of people or the environment is both unacceptable and commercially unsustainable. Sustainable growth is the only acceptable model for our business.

Our Unilever Sustainable Living Plan (USLP) is central to our business model. It sets out how we are growing our business, whilst reducing our environmental footprint and increasing our positive social impact.

Our USLP has three big goals:

    Help more than a billion people to improve their health and wellbeing.

    Halve the environmental footprint of our products.

    Source 100% of our agricultural raw materials sustainably and enhance the livelihoods of people across our value chain.

Working together to create a better world

We know that our products must be sustainable at every stage in their life-cycle, not just in our factories. That means working with others, including our suppliers, consumers, governments, NGOs and other businesses to help create the major changes that are needed to address the biggest challenges facing our world.

Business facts & figures

    €51 billion turnover in 2018

    59% of our business is in emerging markets

    12 brands have sales of more than €1 billion a year

    161,000 people work for Unilever

    49% of our managers are women

    No.1 employer of choice in 50 markets in 2018

    We have 28 Sustainable Living brands. They grew 69% faster than the rest of the business and deliver 75% of the company’s growth.

Our vision

Unilever has a simple but clear purpose – to make sustainable living commonplace. We believe this is the best long-term way for our business to

    Our strategy for sustainable business

Our distinct Purpose and our operational expertise across our business model will help realise our vision to grow our business, whilst decoupling our environmental footprint from our growth and increasing our positive social impact. This is captured in the Unilever Sustainable Living Plan.

By combining our multinational expertise with our deep roots in diverse local cultures, we’re continuing to provide a range of products to suit a wealth of consumers. We’re also strengthening our strong relationships in the emerging markets we believe will be significant for our future growth.

And by leveraging our global reach and inspiring people to take small, everyday actions, we believe we can help make a big difference to the world.

 

"We cannot close our eyes to the challenges that the world faces. Business must make an explicit and positive contribution to addressing them. I’m convinced we can create a more equitable and sustainable world for all of us by doing so,” says Unilever's former CEO Paul Polman. “But this means that business has to change. The Unilever Sustainable Plan is a blueprint for sustainable growth.”

Our priorities and principles

Unilever is committed to supporting sustainability and providing our consumers around the world with the products they need to look good, feel good and get more out of life.

Five key priorities provide the foundation for our brand’s campaigns. Read some examples of how different brands are upholding these principles.

A better future for children

    Our oral care brands Signal and Close-Up encourage children to brush their teeth day and night for optimal dental health. We also partner the FDI World Dental Federation, supporting oral health programmes around the world

    Brands such as Omo and Persil have helped parents believe the unconventional philosophy that Dirt is Good. Children learn through play, and mud spatters and grass stains can easily be removed with effective laundry products

    Unilever also partners the World Food Programme and launched the Together for Child Vitality initiative to bring our expertise in nutrition to children in some of the world’s poorest countries.

A healthier future

    Vaseline has launched the Vaseline Skin Care Foundation, providing research into skin conditions and support for people affected by them

    In 2017 Lifebuoy, in partnership with Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, launched a programme to protect children under five from childhood illnesses and premature death. By promoting handwashing with soap and immunisation together - two of the most cost-effective child survival interventions - the partnership aims to improve and save many young lives in India.

A more confident future

 

    Dove’s Campaign for Real Beauty uses real women instead of models in its advertising campaigns. The brand has also launched the Dove Self Esteem Fund which educates and inspires millions of young women

    Our Sunsilk hair care brand has partnered some of the world’s leading hair specialists to co-create formulas tailored to treat conditions such as hair-fall, frizz, limp locks and uncontrollable curls

    Close-Up toothpaste provides an affordable oral care solution for consumers in developing markets, allowing them to take care of their dental health and closer with confidence.

A better future for the planet

    We’re aiming to grow our business while reducing our environmental footprint and working across the supply chain for every brand to do so

    Our Laundry brands, including Surf, Omo, Persil and Comfort, have launched the Cleaner Planet Plan together, encouraging consumers to change their laundry habits to reduce water and energy consumption

    Our Lipton tea brand backs sustainable forest management projects in Africa

A better future for farming and farmers

    Many of our brands contain ethically and sustainably sourced ingredients that are independently certified

    Among these are Lipton tea, which is accredited by the Rainforest Alliance, and Ben & Jerry’s ice cream, which includes Fairtrade vanilla and almonds in various flavours

    Around half our raw materials come from agriculture and forestry, so we’re working towards making our key crops 100% sustainable.