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Industry Group:Personal Products

This SDG rating for Unilever PLC indicates its transparency towards the UN SDGs. This analysis of Unilever PLC is prepared by All Street Sevva using cutting edge Cognitive Robots. This webpage includes a questions and answers table on Unilever PLC.

Unilever PLC in the Personal Products industry gained a UN SDG ESG Transparency Score of 8.6; made up of an environmental score of 8.0, social score of 8.0 and governance score of 8.0.

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SDG Transparency Score for Unilever PLC 
Low
0 - 3
Medium
4 - 6

8.6

High Impact
7 - 10
Last Score Update: 2023-03-01
What drives the score for Unilever PLC 
8.0

Environmental

8.0

Social

8.0

Governance

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SEVVA Platform offers unique drill down to the underlying sources powering the ratings. Break down your ESG analysis by 17 UN SDGs and 8 additional governance factors.

Peer Group Comparison

RankCompanySDG Transparency Score Performance
1Blackmores Ltd
8.8
High
1Coty Inc
8.8
High
3Unilever PLC
8.6
High
3Estee Lauder Companies Inc
8.6
High
5Beiersdorf AG
8.4
High
.........
393Xantia Corp
0.0
Low
393YouCel Inc
0.0
Low
.........
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Does Unilever PLC reference operational or capital allocation in relation to climate change?Yes
company-nameInterimfiling2021-07-22
Underlying operating margin declined 130bps driven by lower gross margin as high levels of input cost inflation outweighed pricing in a challenging retail environment. We increased brand and marketing investment compared to the prior year.
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Underlying operating margin declined 130bps driven by lower gross margin as high levels of input cost inflation outweighed pricing in a chal enging retail environment. We increased brand and marketing investment compared to the prior year.
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Underlying operating margin declined 130bps driven by lower gross margin as high levels of input cost inflation outweighed pricing in a chal enging retail environment. We increased brand and marketing investment compared to the prior year.
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Is Capital Expenditure linked to emissions reduction?

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Has Unilever PLC submitted or committed to submit to a shareholder vote (say-on-climate) its climate strategy?

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Does Unilever PLC have a long term incentive (LTI) executive compensation plan based on a measure of return on capital?

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Unilever PLC operates as a fast-moving consumer goods company. It operates through Beauty & Personal Care, Foods & Refreshment, and Home Care segments. The Beauty & Personal Care segment provides skin care and hair care products, deodorants, and skin cleansing products. The Foods & Refreshment segment offers ice cream, soups, bouillons, seasonings, mayonnaise, ketchups, and tea categories. The Home Care segment provides fabric solutions and various cleaning products. The company offers its products under the Domestos, OMO, Seventh Generation, Ben & Jerry's, Knorr, Magnum, Wall's, Bango, the Vegetarian Butcher, Axe, Cif, Comfort, Dove, Lifebuoy, Lux, Rexona, Sunsilk, Equilibra, OLLY, Liquid I.V., SmartyPants, Onnit, Hellmann's, and Vaseline brands. Unilever PLC was incorporated in 1894 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.