Our biggest
challenges

Poverty, malnutrition, climate change and water scarcity: these are some of the big challenges facing the world and our business today. Find out more about how we are addressing these and other sustainability issues.

Improving nutrition

We're constantly learning more about the links between food and well-being, helping us create foods that make a positive contribution to health.

We continue to innovate and enhance the nutritional quality of our foods portfolio and have created Nutrition Enhancement Initiatives to support healthy lifestyles.

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Some performance highlights

Nutrition
44%
Of products in line with internationally accepted guidelines for saturated and trans fat, sugar and salt.
Hygiene & well-being
133m people
Reached through Lifebuoy's handwashing programs since 2002.
Greenhouse gases
39%
Reduction in CO2 from energy by our factories from 1995 - 2008.
Water
63%
Reduction in water use by our factories from 1995 - 2008.
Community
€89m
invested in community programs worldwide in 2009.
Employee safety

Accident rate reduced from 0.26 in 2007 to 0.21 per 100,000 hours worked in 2008.

Our Sustainability reporting

26 March 2009: Our online Sustainable Development Report 2008 is published today. Our summary Sustainable Development Overview 2008 is available to download as a PDF below.