Unilever Joins U.S. Food Waste Control Initiative

Unilever joined the U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and other founding participants to launch the U.S. Food Waste Challenge, a program seeking to address food waste in the country. During the launch of the initiative, Unilever announced that, with its Zero Waste to Landfills program, it hit its target of zero non-hazardous waste to landfill, including food waste, from its 22 factories in the country. Also, Unilever said it sourced 36 percent of its agricultural raw materials from sustainable suppliers and producers in 2012.