Sustainability and Innovation in Business: Unilever Case Study

This presentation focuses on Unilever's approach to sustainability and innovation. It begins by outlining key sustainability issues encountered in daily life, such as the quality of education, the challenges of securing decent work and economic growth, workplace inequalities, and the need for peace, justice, and strong institutions, as well as gender equality. The presentation then explores how Unilever addresses these issues through innovative strategies, serving as a case study for integrating sustainability into business practices. The content references various academic sources, including works by Calabrese et al., Reed and Meagher, Rudsberg and Öhman, and Bloodhart and Swim, providing a comprehensive overview of the topic. The presentation aims to highlight the importance of sustainability in business and how companies like Unilever are working to reduce their impact on individuals and the environment.

Innovation
and the
Sustainable
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Table of Content
 INTRODUCTION
 SUSTAINABLITY ISSUES FACED IN
DAILY LIFE
 CONCLUSION
 REFERENCES

INTRODUCTION
Sustainability and innovation brings
great opportunities for businesses and
organisations working in the
marketplace. The presentation is based
on the case study of Unilever for
sustainability which help organisation to
innovate and develop new products and
services for the market and benefit of
environment. The presentation covers
some basic issues faced in daily life for
sustainability and on which Unilever
worked.

Sustainability issues faced in
daily life
Quality education- As student the most
prominent sustainability issues faced by
us is quality education. What is
education is a business for different
colleges and school which creates
inequality in education system and the
quality of education served by them.
Nowadays education quality is
depending upon the fees and Mani
educational institutes are charging from
people.

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Decent work and economic growth-
Every student and individual work and
attain higher education with numerous
professional degrees for earning their
livelihood by working in a decent
workplace and in a stable economy. But
getting a particular and decent job
according to the work profile and
education level of individual is very hard
in current scenario due to low economic
growth and less employment available.

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Inequalities at workplaces- The
individuals and students who are
newcomers in the industry and market
place who are starting their career faces
inequality at workplace. This inequality
exist due to several personal connections
some particular employees hold with the
owners for the bosses. Inequality at
workplace exist and take away the
opportunity from the individual
according to skills and abilities. More
references are given to the loan
employed with whom the boss’s shares
some personal connections.

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Peace, justice and strong institutions-
Increasing violence and injustice is
another problem which is faced by
students in current scenarios for which
Unilever worked. The institutions
nowadays are becoming very
unpredictable ragging is increasing at the
education centres by the students. The
educational institutions have to take
some strong steps for developing and
environment of peace and Justice which
changes the institution in a strong
education centre with open doors for all
different students belonging to different

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Gender equality- The issue of gender
equality is another potential problem
which is faced by students as in some
educational institution gender then
specific segments. Incense in some
educational institution who are also good
in extra curricular activities such as
sports more importance and priority is
given to males then females as it is the
thinking of people that mails are more
stronger then the emails and can perform
in better manner.

CONCLUSION
The above presentation reflects upon the sustainability issues faced by students in
current scenario and in their daily life. The presentation highlights the key problems
which a student faces while developing a sustainable career for themselves and while
entering the market for seeking appropriate jobs. These sustainability issues on
which Unilever worked in an innovative manner for reducing their impacts on the
daily life of individuals and students.

REFERENCES
Calabrese, A. and et. al., 2019. Integrating sustainability into strategic decision-
making: A fuzzy AHP method for the selection of relevant sustainability issues.
Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 139. pp.155-168.
Reed, M. and Meagher, L., 2019. Using evidence in environmental and sustainability
issues. What works now, pp.151-170.
Rudsberg, K. and Öhman, J., 2019. Students’ learning in argumentation about ethical
and political aspects of sustainability issues. Sustainable Development Teaching:
Ethical and Political Challenges.
Bloodhart, B. and Swim, J. K., 2019. Sustainability and Consumption: What's
Gender Got to Do with It?. Journal of Social Issues.

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