Unilever today signed its thirtieth strategic supplier
partnership to support the company’s sustainable growth ambitions.
The partnerships now cover more than €3 billion of annual
spend and support investment in growth, more sustainable practices
and bigger and better innovations.
Last year, Unilever launched a specific programme, called
‘Partner to Win’, to work more closely with its key suppliers.
’Partner to Win’ has enabled the company to create more long-term
partnerships in co-creating new capabilities. The latest
partnership signing took place against the backdrop of the second
annual ‘Partner to Win Supplier Summit’ in London. Unilever invited
160 strategic suppliers to meet senior managers from across the
organisation, gain a deeper understanding of the company’s
strategic priorities and to share latest innovations.
"Unilever has a bold ambition to double the size of its business
whilst halving the environmental impact of its products. Our recent
financial results and update on the Unilever Sustainable Living
Plan show we are making good progress in both areas. However to
achieve our ambition, it is vital that we work in closer
partnership with our strategic suppliers to ensure faster
innovations and invest sustainably throughout our value chain. In
2011, our suppliers invested an estimated €1.3 billion in
additional industrial capacity to support our growth,” says Pier
Luigi Sigismondi, Chief Supply Chain Officer Unilever.
“It’s a similar story when it comes working closely together on
innovation. Half of Unilever’s innovation pipeline now comes from
our suppliers. From last year’s ‘Partner to Win Supplier Summit’
alone more than 250 innovation ideas were taken into joint
development programmes. This demonstrates the strength and
commitment of our partnerships and the progress we are making,”
Pier Luigi Sigismondi added.
Joint Business Development Plans
Joint Business Development Plans (JBDP) are a key element of the
‘Partner to Win’ programme. Each JBDP sets out Unilever’s strategic
business plans and provides a clear framework of how the two
organisations will work together to deliver them over the long
term. The plans cover all areas of procurement including packaging,
chemicals, commodities and services.
‘Partner to Win’ Awards
To celebrate and recognise suppliers who have made a significant
contribution in the categories of Innovation, Sustainability,
Business Integration, World Class Enterprise Support and Capacity
and Capability Development, Unilever hosted the ‘Partner to Win
Awards’.
Pier Luigi Sigismondi commented: “This event presented us with a
fantastic opportunity to recognise some outstanding examples of
true excellence in our suppliers, who are leaders in their
fields.”
The winners are:
Winning through InnovationBarry Callebaut – partner in
cocoa – support in this year’s launch of Magnum Infinity.Givaudan –
partner in fragrances – fragrance encapsulation in laundry.The Dow
Chemical Company – partner in plastics - innovative packaging
solutions for the Personal Care portfolio.
Winning through SustainabilityKenya Tea Development
Agency – partner in tea - sustainable agriculture practices.Mestä
Board Corporation – partner in board - sustainable lightweight
packaging.Agraz – partner in tomatoes - embracing sustainability
throughout their business.
Winning through Capacity and Capability DevelopmentFM
LOGISTIC – partner in logistics - implementation of our
Distribution Centre in Europe.McLeod Russel India Ltd – partner in
tea - assisted Unilever with its ‘just-in-time’ deliveries.BASF –
partner in chemicals – capacity alignment in D&E markets.
Winning through Business IntegrationALPLA – partner in
process management - integrated their operations with Unilever from
development through to supply.Kerry Ingredients – partner in
ingredients - support to the newly established North American
Supplier Collaboration council.CCL Label - partner in R&D –
simplify partner inventory management and increase speed to
market.
Winning through World Class Enterprise SupportAccenture –
partner in process management – enabled Unilever’s One Supply Chain
model across Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Russia.Ernst and
Young – partner in finance – support for making Unilever more agile
and innovative in the area of financial controls and reporting.SAP
& Accenture – partner in financial process management -
supporting Unilever to process millions of transactions annually,
with each transaction taking just a few seconds each.
Special ContributionLINFOX LOGISTICSDuring the worst
floods in Bangkok for 50 years the company demonstrated an
unprecedented level of support and service to our business.
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About Unilever:
Unilever is one of the world’s leading suppliers of fast moving
consumer goods with operations in over 100 countries and sales in
190. Consumers buy 170 billion Unilever packs around the world
every year, and our products are used over two billion times a day.
We have more than 171,000 employees, and generated annual
sales of €46.5 billion in 2011.
Working 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. Our portfolio includes
some of the world’s best known and most loved brands including
thirteen €1 billion brands, and global leadership in most
categories in which we operate. The portfolio features iconic
brands such as: Knorr, Hellmann’s, Lipton, Dove, Vaseline, Persil,
Cif, Marmite and Pot Noodle.
Unilever has led the Food Producers sector in the Dow Jones
Sustainability World Indexes for 13 consecutive years. We are
included in the FTSE4Good Index Series and attained a top
environmental score of 5, leading to inclusion in the FTSE4Good
Environmental Leaders Europe 40 Index. In 2011 Unilever led the
Climate Counts Company Scorecard and was named #1 in the list of
Global Corporate Sustainability Leaders according to the latest
survey findings from GlobeScan Inc. and SustainAbility Ltd.
For more information about Unilever and its brands, please visit
www.unilever.com
Unilever Sustainable Living Plan
In November 2010 the Unilever Sustainable Living Plan was
launched. Unilever publicly committed to a ten year journey towards
sustainable growth, with around 60 specific targets embedding this
new thinking into our business. What makes the Unilever Sustainable
Living Plan different is that it applies right across the value
chain. Unilever is taking responsibility not just for its own
direct operations but for their suppliers, distributors and –
crucially – for how consumers use brands like Dove, Knorr, Lipton,
Lifebuoy and Pureit.
The plan sets out that by 2020 Unilever will:
- help more than one billion people
improve their health and well-being;
- halve the environmental footprint of
the making and use of our products;
- source 100% of our agricultural raw
materials sustainably.
For more information about Unilever Sustainable Living Plan,
http://www.unilever.com/sustainable-living
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