Unilever’s Commitment to Living Wages: A Path Towards Business Resilience and Growth

OVERVIEW
Discover how Unilever is scaling living wages across its global value chain as part of its commitment to reduce inequality and enhance business resilience. By embedding living wage payments into its own operations and supply chain, Unilever is creating scalable, systemic change to ensure workers and their families can afford a decent standard of living.

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CHALLENGES
🔹 Systemic Inequality – Inequality is a threat to business stability, supply chain resilience, and productivity.
🔹 Supplier Awareness & Capability Gaps – Many suppliers lack understanding or tools to begin their living wage journey.
🔹 Competitive Disadvantage – There is a risk of losing ground if it is the only company requiring living wages in its supply chain.

KEY RESULTS
✅ 100% of Unilever’s direct employees have been paid a living wage since 2020.
✅ 32% of procurement spend in 2024 came from suppliers that signed Unilever’s Living Wage Promise.
✅ Partnerships with companies like IKEA, H&M, and L’Oréal helped fund open wage data across 170+ countries.

WHO SHOULD READ THIS:
📌 Supply Chain & Procurement Professionals
📌 Ethics & Compliance Professionals
📌 Human Resources Professionals
📌 Governance Professionals
📌 Strategic Planning & Business Development Professionals
📌 Sustainability Professionals

LEARN MORE
Explore how Unilever developed a comprehensive strategy to advance living wages, working to close wage gaps through internal policy alignment, supplier engagement, and multi-stakeholder collaboration.
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