Diversity as diverse as our customers and products
Thu 01 January 1970
, Unilever
Diversity is crucial to our success. As a truly global business Unilever aims to attract the best talent – from every gender, nationality and creed.
At Unilever, we believe in diversity as a key ethical and human value. Embracing difference and promoting equality are right at the heart of our Code of Business Principles. We are morally committed to promoting an inclusive culture where women and men from all over the world find true expression.
To be truly global
For us, diversity is also a business issue – more than that, a business necessity. Unilever is a vibrant business with a truly global footprint, employing people and conducting business in many different countries and communities all over the world. We employ a workforce that, for the most part, reflects the communities in which we operate. For the most part, since we are in the process of building a workforce that really reflects the world around us. It’s a challenge we are eager to face.
Attracting and retaining the best talent
Business success in the 21st century depends more than ever on being able to attract and retain the best talent. And, for Unilever in particular, this means attracting and retaining female talent, talent from emerging economies and from ethnic minorities. Increasingly, diversity is being directly linked to performance. The companies that achieve the best bottom-line results and shareholder return are the companies that are getting it right when it comes to diversity.
If we look at the changing world we are operating in, the connection becomes obvious.
* Marketplaces are becoming more diverse, so diverse companies are best-equipped to reach them.
* Talented people now come from more diverse groups, so diverse companies are best-placed to attract and retain them.
* The competition for talent is getting fiercer, so companies will come under more pressure to offer progressive environments and flexible ways of working.
There is no denying these facts, and there is no denying that diversity will be a major factor in Unilever’s future business performance too. Our priority now is to bring diversity practices into the core of the way we work, so that we can turn social and economic change into new opportunities for growth.
Growing together
Diversity at Unilever is about inclusion, embracing differences, creating possibilities and growing together for better business performance.
Diversity at Unilever is more than physical diversity – gender, nationality, style, race and creed. It’s about us – creating an environment that inspires different individuals to contribute in their own different ways within a framework of shared values and goals.
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