![]() Globalisation and capitalism are good for a business like ours, but globalisation and capitalism at the expense of people and the planet are not. He added, “Before the Covid-19 crisis, it was already clear that the current capitalist model is in need of repair. And while we don’t really know what the world will look like post-Covid-19, I am convinced that there will be no future unless we double down on our commitments to look after people and the planet. We will do more of what has worked well, we will correct what hasn’t, and we will set ourselves new challenges. ![]() “As the Unilever Sustainable Living Plan journey concludes, we will take everything we’ve learned and build on it. Instead, we must emerge stronger and more resilient than we were before ready to take decisive and definitive action to look after people and the planet,” added Jope. But we should not be seeking to get the economy ‘back to normal’. 2020 is the year in which an unthinkable amount of public money is going to be spent in support of getting the economy back on track. We can’t tell the people who live in poverty to wait. “Businesses across sectors, governments across continents, NGOs, academics, researchers, scientists… we must all come together. The climate crisis risks adding hundreds of millions more. More than 700 million people live in extreme poverty, on less than $1.90 a day, and The World Bank estimates that an extra 40 million to 60 million people will fall into extreme poverty in 2020, as a result of Covid-19. These issues are just as urgent as they were before Covid-19 struck, and - like Covid-19 - they will disproportionately affect the most vulnerable. “The pressures on the planet are getting worse, and social inequality has reached a critical point, being made even more severe by the devastating pandemic we’re living through. ![]() We have made very good progress, but there is still more to do. It has required immense ingenuity, dedication and collaboration to get to where we are now. Some goals we have met, some we have missed, but we are a better business for trying. Speaking at a global virtual event, CEO Alan Jope said, “The Unilever Sustainable Living Plan was a game-changer for our business. Alan Jope, CEO, reinforced Unilever’s commitment to making sustainable living commonplace for 8 billion people, and called for collective action to ensure that the crises of social inequality and climate are not neglected in the wake of Covid-19. London/Rotterdam - Unilever today celebrated 10 years of the Unilever Sustainable Living Plan, which is now in its tenth and final year.
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