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We're all being told to wash our washing hands with soap to help reduce the risk of infection from the coronavirus. But how does it work and what makes it so effective?

As the world’s biggest soap-making company, we are throwing our weight behind the global effort to protect lives and livelihoods from the Covid-19 pandemic.

From smarter irrigation in tomato fields, to hair conditioners that cut the time you need to spend in the shower, we’re constantly working on new ways to reduce water consumption

We’ve joined forces with more than 80 organisations, committing to accelerate our progress towards a circular economy for plastics

As a pandemic is announced by the World Health Organization, we are putting global measures into place to protect our employees and their families. Today our CEO Alan Jope announced a new set of measures to help protect our people from coronavirus (Covid-19). We have received...

How to make life better for half the world’s population on International Women’s Day and every day

In 2010, we set a target of achieving a 50/50 gender balance in managerial roles across Unilever’s global business by the end of 2020. We’re pleased to say we’ve just reached that milestone early. Here’s a closer look at how we got there.

“We consider our impact in every step of our business, from the first leaf to the last sip”

Our Port Sunlight factory in the UK is part of a world-first project to explore if hydrogen could be a viable alternative to natural gas to fuel manufacturing plants.

We spoke to Joey McMorrow, co-founder of Unilever’s new premium sports care brand CleanKit, to learn more about the brand and the lessons he’s learnt from launching a start-up whilst on our Unilever Future Leaders graduate programme.

Environmental non-profit CDP has given Unilever a triple ‘A’ score for our action to mitigate climate risk, protect forests and enhance water stewardship.

At Unilever we don’t test our products on animals, and we’ve been developing and using alternatives to animal testing for more than 30 years. Here five young scientists based at one of our UK R&D centres share what this work means to them