Unilever and DHL Join Forces to Drive Efficiency and Sustainability

August 16, 2012

Unilever and DHL Supply Chain have partnered on a group of initiatives that will improve speed to market and boost each company’s sustainability practices.

The new initiatives include developing technology to improve carbon efficiency and reduce waste within global logistics operations, however, the details of these programs have yet to be ironed out.
The two companies plan to expand the geographical footprint of existing services, particularly in developing countries such as Brazil, Russia, India, China and Mexico. Other programs include a “design once, deploy everywhere” initiative to identify and use new and innovative processes across Unilever’s supply chain in particular.

Both companies will work together delivering on each of their sustainability plans -- Unilever's Sustainable Living Plan and DHL's GoGreen initiative – focusing on carbon emission reductions, enhancing efficiencies across the supply chain, and reducing waste levels through the use of new technologies.

"For Unilever it is essential that we work closely together with our strategic suppliers in order to reach our ambition to double the size of the company and halve our environmental impact -- we cannot do this alone," Pier Luigi Sigismondi, chief supply chain officer at Unilever, told Green Biz. "DHL and Unilever have worked together for many years now and both organizations share the same values, passion and goals. This is why we have chosen DHL as a global supply chain partner to support our plans to sustainably grow our business."

Keywords: supply chain efficiency

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