Unilever Plc · LSE:ULVR
Unilever — ING Consumer Goods Conference 2006
26 slides from Unilever's conference presentation, Dec 7, 2006
Slide 1: Adding Vitality to Life: Health, Nutrition and Sustainability
Adding Vitality to Life: Health, Nutrition and Sustainability Gavin Neath SVP Global Corporate Responsibility/ UK National Manager ING Consumer Goods Conference 7th December 2006 This presentation may contain forward-looking statements, including ‘forward-looking statements’ within the meaning of th
Slide 2: Over the years public health concerns have helped shape our portfolio
Over the years public health concerns have helped shape our portfolio Sunlight soap played a key role in popularising hygiene and reducing disease at the end of the 19th century Fish fingers were developed after the war in an effort to respond to Government efforts to get children to eat more fish F
Slide 3: Today we encapsulate this way of doing business in our Vitality mission
Today we encapsulate this way of doing business in our Vitality mission Agenda for today – The Vitality mission in Foods • Nutrition: Vitality in our products – Over-nutrition in the developed world – Under-nutrition in developing countries • Sustainability: Vitality of the environment and the world
Slide 4: Global nutrition – the challenges and the opportunity
Global nutrition – the challenges… and the opportunity Low Zinc Under Over High High blood Vit A Iron F&V weight weight cholesterol pressure intake 0m 10 m 25 million people 10 million 15 million deaths due to deaths due to under-nutrition over-nutrition 50% of world’s population 30% of world’s 4bn
Slide 5: Unilever's response to the obesity crisis
Unilever’s response to the “obesity crisis” • Improving the nutritional profile of our existing product range • Targeting market segments that bring health benefits in new products • Clear, simple, informative labelling • Responsible advertising and marketing • Promoting healthy lifestyle and physic
Slide 6: Improving the nutritional profile of our existing product range
Improving the nutritional profile of our existing product range The Nutrition Enhancement Programme (NEP) This is a technique which takes International dietary guidelines for saturated fat, trans fat, sodium, sugars and translates them into benchmarks for key nutrients Since 2003, all our 27,000 pro
Slide 7: Not only have we eliminated baddies, we have upgraded core ranges
Not only have we eliminated “baddies”… Promise spreads Lipton Ice Tea Knorr soups US US Europe Trans fat-free Up to 25% less sugar Up to 30% less salt …we have upgraded the profile of core ranges Ragu sauces Knorr bouillon Improved natural ingredients: • More vegetables and herbs Now with a full ser
Slide 8: Our innovation programme is targeting five key benefit areas
Unilever’s response to the “obesity crisis” • Improving the nutritional profile of our existing product range • Targeting market segments that bring health benefits in new products • Clear, simple, informative labelling • Responsible advertising and marketing • Promoting healthy lifestyle and physic
Slide 9: Heart health – Flora/Becel; Mental development – Rama Idee!
Heart health – Flora/Becel Omega 3 plus Packed with more omega 3 than any other spread or minidrink pro.activ Spreads, milk, yoghurt and mini- drinks clinically proven to lower cholesterol Mental development – Rama Idee! The first margarine to contain nutrients that support mental development A low-
Slide 10: Weight management – Slim.Fast; five natural ingredients
Weight management – Slim.Fast Now with hunger control technology New high protein and easy-digest formats We are also focusing on five natural ingredients… Fruit and vegetables Tea Milk Oils Soy 10
Slide 11: Where we have long-standing expertise
…where we have long-standing expertise Our brands’ heritage in tea dates back over a century We have been researching the dietary impact of vegetable oils since the Soy-based AdeS 1960s drinks were first launched in Argentina 20 years ago Vegetables – Knorr “fresh” soups Healthy, premium ingredients
Slide 12: Soy - AdeZ; Tea – Lipton
Soy - AdeZ AdeZ - a Healthy Drink that combines the Goodness of Soya with the Refreshment , Taste & Health from Fruit Juice! Tea – Lipton Celebrating the unique combination of health benefits of tea, with antioxidants to fight free radicals 12
Slide 13: Oils – Family Goodness spreads; Milk – Moo ice cream
Oils – Family Goodness spreads “Goodness of margarine” Communication on healthy oils and fats in Europe and Africa Milk – Moo ice cream Ice cream that is 70% milk and contains as much calcium as a glass of milk 13
Slide 14: Labelling principles
Unilever’s response to the “obesity crisis” • Improving the nutritional profile of our existing product range • Targeting market segments that bring health benefits in new products • Clear, simple, informative labelling • Responsible advertising and marketing • Promoting healthy lifestyle and physic
Slide 15: Healthy choices made easy – My Choice
Healthy choices made easy – My Choice • A simple, consumer-friendly system that can work across companies and categories • Products must meet benchmarks for saturated fat, trans fat, sodium, sugar • Launched in Holland, Belgium and US • Global roll-out planned in 2007/8 In some countries more inform
Slide 16: In the UK GDAs are likely to become the standard on front of pack
In the UK GDAs are likely to become the standard on front of pack Tesco have started to educate the market 16
Slide 17: Branded goods manufacturers will reinforce these messages in 2007
Branded goods manufacturers will reinforce these messages in 2007 In the U.K. both GDAs and My Choice will be used 17
Slide 18: Responsible advertising and marketing
Unilever’s response to the “obesity crisis” • Improving the nutritional profile of our existing product range • Targeting market segments that bring health benefits in new products • Clear, simple, informative labelling • Responsible advertising and marketing • Promoting healthy lifestyle and physic
Slide 19: We use our brands to promote physical activity
Unilever’s response to the “obesity crisis” • Improving the nutritional profile of our existing product range • Targeting market segments that bring health benefits in new products • Clear, simple, informative labelling • Responsible advertising and marketing • Promoting healthy lifestyle and physic
Slide 20: Under-nutrition in the developing world
…and not just food brands Under-nutrition in the developing world • 6 million children die before their fifth birthday every year • 800 million people go to bed hungry every day…300 million are children • 3.6 billion people are deficient in iron • 2.4 billion people lack basic sanitation • 1 billion
Slide 21: Problems of this scale can only be tackled in partnership
Problems of this scale can only be tackled in partnership with others We have 3 programmes with UNICEF: • Latin America: Complementary feeding • Africa: Fortification of micro-nutrients • India: Partnership for Child Nutrition (with Synergos/Tata/ICCI/Shell Foundation) Our partnership with the WFP i
Slide 22: In Nigeria, we fortify Blue Band margarine; Sustainability pillars
In Nigeria, we fortify Blue Band margarine with micronutrients • Vitamin A plays an important role in strengthening immunity from infections, bone growth and cell development • 30% of children under 5 in Nigeria are deficient in the vitamin • Blue Band margarine is fortified with vitamin A, as well
Slide 23: Sustainable agriculture; Sustainable water
Sustainable agriculture • Over two-thirds of our raw materials come from agriculture • 40% of agricultural land suffers soil degradation • Agriculture uses 70% of world’s fresh water resources. • We have developed sustainable agriculture guidelines for our key crops • We play a key role in the Round
Slide 24: Sustainable fish; Climate change
Sustainable fish • 1995: we founded the Marine Stewardship Council with WWF • 2005: 56% of fish came from sustainable sources Climate change • Unilever has been working on this for a decade: • 17% of our energy is from renewable sources • Our C02 emissions are down by a third • Our work on ice cream
Slide 25: Health, Nutrition and Sustainability – an opportunity we are well placed to take
The key task with our Sustainability Programme is to integrate it into our innovation plans • We have developed a simple tool – Brand Imprint – to facilitate this • A number of brands are putting resource behind this: • Knorr – sustainable agriculture • Lipton – sustainable supply chain • Laundry –
Slide 26: Adding Vitality to Life: Health, Nutrition and Sustainability
Adding Vitality to Life: Health, Nutrition and Sustainability Gavin Neath SVP Global Corporate Responsibility/ UK National Manager ING Consumer Goods Conference 7th December 2006 26