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| Countries: | Netherlands |
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| Basins: | Rhine (635) |
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Project SDGs:
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Water Use Efficiency (SDG 6.4) |
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Domestic Wastewater
Chemicals Management |
| Progress to Date: | 5% reduction in water abstraction per tonne of production compared with 2014. 37% reduction of total water per tonne of production compared to 2008 6.8% decrease in the absolute quantity of water abstracted by Unilever manufacturing sites decreased in 201 Water use efficiency improvements |
| Services Needed: | No services needed/offered |
| Desired Partner: | Business |
| Language: | English |
| Start & End Dates: | Sep. 01, 2014 » Ongoing |
| Project Website: | ceowatermandate.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/BAFWAC_-_Unil... |
| Project Source: | User |
| Profile Completion: | 69% |
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 actively monitored. Unilever also encourages proposals to improve water efficiency, having allocated nearly US$10million since 2014 for over 100 projects.
Program rationale
Water reuse and closed-loop systems offer Unilever a…
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