Unilever Commits to U.S. Food Waste Challenge as Founding Participant
04 Juni 2013 - 8:46PM
Business Wire
Consumer packaged goods giant Unilever, with the U.S. Department
of Agriculture (USDA), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) and other founding participants, today announced the U.S.
Food Waste Challenge, an initiative to take actions to address food
waste in the U.S.
“We are excited to support this important U.S. initiative which
aligns closely with our business’ war on waste, our effort to
promote global food security, and the Unilever Sustainable Living
Plan, where we have committed to significantly reduce waste and to
source 100% of our agricultural raw materials sustainably,” said
Kees Kruythoff, president of Unilever North America. “To have a
truly sustainable food supply, we must work together to take action
to reduce the high levels of food waste in our society, which would
have social, economic and environmental benefits.”
At the U.S. Food Waste Challenge Announcement, Kruythoff said
Unilever is taking actions in its own operations and its value
chain to address food waste:
- Zero Waste to Landfills. In 2013
Unilever hit its target for zero non-hazardous waste to landfill,
including food waste, from its 22 U.S. factories and the company’s
U.S. head offices. At each site, employee-led teams are in place to
continuously identify ways to reduce waste or to divert it from
landfills through donations, recycling/composting, or converting
waste into energy. Since 2010, Unilever has diverted 11 million
pounds of food products to partners Feeding America and Feed the
Children.
- Reducing Loss in Agricultural Supply
Chain. At the end of 2012, Unilever sourced 36% of its
agricultural raw materials sustainably, on its way to the goal of
100% by 2020. The company will be working with its U.S.
agricultural suppliers to follow a waste hierarchy of reduce,
reuse, recycle/compost, energy recovery, or disposal, which is one
of the indicators of the Unilever Sustainable Agriculture
Code.
- Engaging Consumers and
Customers. Unilever will conduct at least three education
initiatives over the next year in the U.S. to support its consumers
and customers in reducing food waste. Among these initiatives,
Unilever is partnering with Recyclebank, a digital platform that
provides incentives to consumers for taking green actions, to
sponsor a learning module to provide consumers with creative ways
to minimize food waste. Unilever food brands will engage consumers
on delicious ways to enjoy rather than waste leftovers. The
Unilever Food Solutions business, which supplies food products to
food service and restaurant professionals, will work with industry
and external partners through “United Against Waste,” an initiative
to help operators reduce food waste and save money at the same
time.
About Unilever United States, Inc.
Unilever is one of the world’s leading suppliers of Food, Home
and Personal Care products with sales in over 190 countries. Our
products are present in 7 out of 10 homes globally and are used by
over 2 billion people on a daily basis. In the United
States the portfolio includes brand icons such as: Axe, Ben
& Jerry’s, Bertolli, Breyers, Caress, Clear Scalp & Hair
Therapy, Consort For Men, Country Crock, Degree, Dove personal care
products, Fruttare, Good Humor, Hellmann’s, I Can’t Believe It’s
Not Butter!, Just for Me!, Klondike, Knorr, Lever 2000, Lipton,
Magnum, Motions, Nexxus, Noxzema, Pond’s, Popsicle, Promise,
Q-tips, Ragú, Simple, Slim-Fast, Soft & Beautiful, St. Ives,
Suave, tcb, TIGI, TRESemmé, Vaseline, and Wish-Bone. All of the
preceding brand names are trademarks or registered trademarks of
the Unilever Group of Companies.
Our ambition is to double the size of our business, whilst
reducing our overall environmental footprint (including sourcing,
consumer use and disposal) and increasing our positive social
impact. We are committed to helping more than a billion people take
action to improve their health and well-being, sourcing all our
agricultural raw materials sustainably by 2020, and decoupling our
growth from our environmental impact. Supporting our three big
goals are more than 50 time-based targets. See more on the Unilever
Sustainable Living Plan at
http://www.unileverusa.com/sustainable-living/.
Unilever employs more than 10,000 people in the
United States – generating over $9 billion in sales in 2012. For
more information, visit www.unileverusa.com.
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