We are driven by our purpose: to make sustainable living commonplace
It’s why we come to work. It’s why we’re in business. It’s how we inspire exceptional performance.
Back in 1883, Sunlight Soap was launched in the UK by our founder – it was pioneering, it was innovative and it had a purpose: to popularise cleanliness and bring it within reach of ordinary people. That was sustainable living, even then. We now have over 400 brands and we are still driven by purpose.
We want to do more good for our planet and our society – not just less harm. We want to act on the social and environmental issues facing the world and we want to enhance people’s lives with our products.
We’ve been pioneers, innovators and future-makers for over 120 years – we plan to continue doing that. And we plan to do it sustainably.
We're a truly global business
- 190+countrieswhere our brands are available
- 3.4billionpeopleuse our products every day
- €60.1billionturnover in 2022with 59% in emerging markets
We own purposeful brands
- 400+brands
- 14brandshad turnover of more than €1 billionin 2022
- 14brandsin the top 50most chosen FMCG brands globally
- €7.8billionspenton Brand and Marketing Investment
We're powered by our people
- 127,000 employees worldwide
- No1FMCG employer of choicefor graduates and early career talent in 16 out of our 20 biggest markets
- 54/46 gender balancemanagement (female/male)
We use our scale for good
- 21%of our packagingwas made of recycled plastic
- 48%of our portfoliooffered positive nutrition
- 667millionpeoplereached through brand purpose health and wellbeing programmes
- €818mspent with diverse businessesowned by under-represented groups
We are Unilever South Africa
- 90+yearsof Doing Good
- HistoricInnovators
- William Leverthe founder of Lever Brothers, registered the Sunlight trademark in South Africa (SA)
- #1Top Employer in Africa