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At the end of 2018, The Vegetarian Butcher became part of the Unilever family. We catch up with CEO Hugo Verkuil as he looks back on two years of plant-based growth, campaigning and cooking.

New in vitro test results1 show that a mouthwash containing CPC Technology is effective in reducing the viral load of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, by 99.9%2 after 30 seconds of rinsing.

Around the world, 698 million school children don’t have access to basic sanitation. For this World Toilet Day, we asked five leading thinkers how this is impacting the next generation and what cross-sector action is needed to change it.

Seventh Generation CEO Joey Bergstein shares how transparency and trust are helping the sustainable homecare brand connect with consumers and cut through against competitors.

New European Chemicals Agency proposals contradict the EU’s ban on animal testing for cosmetics. We don’t agree that ingredients with a history of safe use and manufacture need further testing on animals. Here Julia Fentem, who leads product safety at Unilever, explains why.

Ending poverty requires action from every part of society. And as a business we have a key role to play, from protecting lives in a crisis to using our size and scale to encourage systemic change.

Last year we pledged to make significant cuts to the amount of virgin plastic in our portfolio. Here’s what we’ve achieved since then – plus our plans to do much more.

At Unilever, we’ve committed to halving the amount of virgin plastic we use in our packaging by 2025, including increasing our use of recycled plastic. To help achieve this we need to help more plastic to be recycled and re-used more often.

A new partnership with Google Cloud will use satellite photos to help monitor the ecosystems connected to our raw materials. We’re starting with palm oil and scaling up.

Our Seeds of Prosperity programme is helping tea workers and their families improve their health and wellbeing through more nutritious, diverse diets.

Love Beauty and Planet launched two years ago with an immovable goal of making consumers' lives more beautiful while giving a little love to the planet. Now it’s sold in 50 countries. Here its founders reflect on the story so far.