ETHICAL AND SUPPLY CHAIN

Ethical and Supply Chain

Ethical and Supply Chain Activities

Unilever (Consumer Goods)

Ethical activities

Unilever was recognized by the Ethisphere Institute's ranking as the most ethical companies in 2009. This ranking focuses on describing best practices in business ethics and corporate social responsibility and action for sustainable anti-corruption and environment. In this ranking were evaluated over 10,000 companies from 100 countries in 35 industries. At Unilever, we have proven to be a world leader thanks to the ethical standards we use in our actions and daily decisions, concerned to overcome the legal minimum, introducing innovative ideas that benefit our customers and becoming a role model for our competitors as to what needs to be a principled leader. The aspects evaluated for these world rankings were everything about the code of business ethics, history of litigation and regulatory actions, investment in sustainable practices and innovations of activities aimed at improving the organizational environment.

1. Obeying the law. Companies in the group of "Unilever" to respect the laws, regulatory requirements of countries in which they work.

2. Employees. Companies in the "Unilever", must replenish its membership, recruit and promote employees on the service solely on the basis of qualifications and abilities needed to perform the work, "Unilever" shall provide a safe and healthy working environment for its employees. "Unilever" considers it necessary to maintain good contacts with the staff - usually through information channels within the company and consultation.

3. Conflict of interest. "Unilever" expects that its employees will avoid personal activities and financial interests that may conflict with the performance of their official duties. Taken steps to ensure that workers have received appropriate instruction in areas where there may be such conflicts.

4. Social activities. "Unilever" does not support political parties, and makes no money in the funds group, whose activities are intended to promote party interests. Companies in the "Unilever” are encouraged to maintain and protect their legal interests of the business. In the implementation, they can either directly or through organizations such as business associations, to raise questions and discuss some government decisions. They can also where their experience could be useful to collaborate with governments in developing legislation and other regulations that may affect their legitimate interests.

5. Guarantee product quality. "Unilever" committed to producing products that meet the needs in terms of price and quality and is safe for its intended use. "Unilever" seeks to continuously improve products and to offer products that meet the needs of customers and consumers.

6. Environmental issues. "Unilever" undertakes to carry out its activities to the environment. Accordingly, its purpose is to ensure that the processes and products provided minimum adverse impact on the environment.

Supply chain activities

Unilever is a multinational company that leads the market for mass consumption. To meet the demand of our customers, we have several factories in the country, a thousand references adding products all brands, formats and presentations and nine thousand and materials used for production. In the Latin America, Unilever has production plants in different ...