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With EY and Mastercard joining TRANSFORM, we now have more ways to help meet the needs of low-income households in developing countries.

At university Felipe Resck’s IT class of 80 had only seven girls. This gender imbalance in STEM remains. To help tackle it for the next generation, he rolled out ‘iamtheCODE’, an initiative to empower teenage girls.

Leading sustainable business adviser Jonathon Porritt argues that companies with purpose will have to become more radical in changing the system if we’re to tackle the climate emergency, eco-system collapse and chronic inequality.

Kenya-based Draganah Omwange is on our Future Leaders Programme – a scheme to nurture talented young people across the business. Here she shares her thoughts on how purpose will keep Unilever thriving for years to come.

In January 1930, our founding companies merged to become Unilever. And from the very beginning, our purpose-driven brands aimed to change lives for the better. We're celebrating 90 years of 'doing well by doing good' – and looking forward at the change...

Plastic litter and dumped waste are degrading the environment in Kenya. To change public attitudes towards waste, Unilever Hero Draganah Omwange recruited an enthusiastic set of changemakers – schoolchildren in Nairobi, one school at a time.

When the team at our Pouso Alegre site in Brazil realised that they could speedily turn its organic waste into compost, the idea of a factory garden followed. Its fresh produce is served in the staff café and at a local nursery and residential home

In partnership with biotechnology company Evonik, we have harnessed a naturally occurring process to develop a first-of-its-kind biodegradable and renewable ingredient for household cleaning products.

From plastic waste to climate action, future foods to safe sanitation, here’s a quick snapshot of some of the positive change we’ve helped deliver over the past year.

When a shock earthquake and tsunami left his colleagues and families in danger, Key Account Manager Winarto-Anggun Wicaksono knew he had to act fast to ensure their safe evacuation, even though his own family were missing.

When a rainbow of flowers celebrating Poland’s LGBT+ community was burnt down for the seventh time, Ben & Jerry’s Country Business Lead Martyna Kaczmarek came up with an innovative solution

What part should business play in championing human rights? What fresh challenges does the digital economy bring? Marcela Manubens, Unilever’s VP for Integrated Social Sustainability, highlights four areas where innovation is key.