The British Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy to Nigeria, Hon. John Howell has commended Unilever Nigeria Plc. for successfully building its business on the principles of sustainability over the years. He described the company’s Sustainable Living Plan as laudable and worthy of emulation.
Howell gave the commendation during a courtesy visit to Unilever Nigeria Plc’s head office in Lagos recently.
According to Howell, the efforts that Unilever has expended to ensure sustainability is outstanding and cuts across several areas; environment, health, job satisfaction for workers and more. “This model of operation is laudable and should be emulated, I am particularly impressed with the fruitful and impactful collaborations that Unilever is building, particularly with Freedom Foundation NGO. The British Prime Minister is also aligned with partnerships of this nature. She spoke about it at the UN and called on the organised private sectors participation to complement government’s drive to end trafficking around the world.” He said.
Responding to John Howell’s commendation, Vice President, Supply Chain, Unilever West Africa, Sid Ramaswamy described the visit as timely and impactful. He explained that the Unilever Sustainability as a model has influenced the company’s model of operation, “In every area of our business, we are concerned about the environment we operate in and keen on making positive impacts through our social missions.”
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Also, speaking at the visit the Executive Director, Freedom Foundation, Uzoma Dania, expressed gratitude to the company, adding that the Foundation has been able to achieve a lot of its objectives due to the support from Unilever Nigeria Plc and other well-meaning organisations. “We are grateful to Unilever for this opportunity. Freedom Foundation is an NGO that identifies societal ills and seek credible partners to address them. We believe that everyone deserves a second chance. This is central to what we do by empowering and rehabilitating our beneficiaries.”
