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Area: 5888268 km2
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Brazil; Peru; Suriname; France; Colombia; Guyana; Bolivia; Venezuela; Ecuador
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Santa Cruz; Manaus; La Paz
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Unilever's purpose is to make sustainable living commonplace

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The SWPN is a coordination platform for companies, government and civil society to collectively find solutions for the country’s most pressing water challenges. Focal areas are agricultural supply chains, mine and wastewater management, water conservation and leakage reduction, skills development, … Learn More

The Toilet Board Coalition (TBC) is a business platform enabling private sector engagement; connecting large and small companies; and ensuring close collaboration between private, public and non-profit sectors with the common goal to accelerate the business of sanitation for all. … Learn More

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2030 Water Resources Group (2030 WRG) and Hindustan Unilever Foundation established a partnership to develop innovative, large-scale solutions for India's water challenges. The solutions are to focus on technology, finance, knowledge, and results-based implementation and will target the agriculture sector, … Learn More

Unilever has committed to donating sanitizer, soap, bleach and food worth €100 million to those in need. Half of the donations will go to the World Economic Forum’s COVID Action Platform in support of global health organizations. The other half … Learn More

The Diageo Water Blueprint lays out a roadmap for the company to address water challenges across four key areas: Sourcing. Diageo works closely with its suppliers to reduce water impacts in its supply chain by providing tools for its suppliers, … Learn More

Spain is the second largest producer of strawberries worldwide, and about seventy percent of Spanish strawberries are grown in the Doñana region. Unfortunately, the recent growth of strawberry production in this province has put a great strain on the quantity … Learn More

A £100m Hygiene and Behaviour Change Coalition has also been set up by Unilever and the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID), in partnership with UN agencies and NGOs. The coalition aims to reach millions of people via mass media … Learn More

Summary of action Unilever’s strategy is to reduce water use and increase reuse wherever possible, with a focus on new operations and water-scarce areas. All sites across the business must produce plans for reducing water use and manufacturing sites are … Learn More

Unilever’s strategy is to reduce water use and increase reuse wherever possible, with a focus on new operations and water-scarce areas. All sites across the business must produce plans for reducing water use and manufacturing sites are actively monitored. Unilever … Learn More

We are investing in new projects and business models that can increase access to water, including the creation of community hygiene and water centres. Over 1,500 people in one of Mumbai’s largest slums are benefiting from clean water and facilities … Learn More

The CEO Water Mandate launched this collaboration to help companies set water stewardship targets to both address their business-related water challenges and build the resilience of the broader catchment. Crucially, the pilot project informs target-setting through a local lens: because … Learn More

The factory team continue to work to identify areas for further efficiencies. During 2017, the site has continued to implement their improvement plans and installed 1) blowdown improvement project saving 11,300m3 of water whilst also resulting in significant savings associated … Learn More

In our factories located across India, we support water efficiency projects through the central capital programme. During 2017, we invested nearly 1.7m Euro through our sustainability capital programme into the sites located in the Ganges Basin. These projects include processing … Learn More

In 2017, we invested €650k on eco-efficiency measures in factories in the Orange basin to minimize environmental impacts inc. water. Rolling out metering helped unlock new insights and drove further water savings. In 2014, we issued a Green Bond, the … Learn More

In 2017 we have invested €100k on ecoefficiency measures within the Panuco basin on water recycling initiatives, saving an estimated 35,700 m3 of water per year. Additionally investment of over €200k was spent on the metering, monitoring and targeting programme … Learn More


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