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Improving water efficiency in manufacturing a Unilever case study

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Improving water efficiency in manufacturing a Unilever case study

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Countries: Netherlands
Regions: Rhine
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. 2014  »  Ongoing
Project Website: ceowatermandate.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/BAFWAC_-_Unil...
Project Source: User
Profile Completion: 74%

Project Overview

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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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 an opportunity to minimize their manufacturing water use and the impact on watersheds as the business grows. Unilever focuses on water-scarce sites and also on new factories being built.

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