Guidelines

In Lead Agriculture Programmes around the world, Unilever people have worked with farmers, planters, advisors, non-governmental organisations and others to implement our view on sustainable agriculture in practice. This has resulted in a first series of sustainable agriculture guidelines for the crops in question. We are currently turning these into a format that we can publish. The growing number of guidelines you can find and download here.

TEA

"Tea, a popular beverage": booklet (2003) describing the journey towards a sustainable future in tea.

"Sustainable tea, Good Agricultural Practice guidelines for tea estates": the guideline for large tea estates (2003).

"Sustainable tea, Good Agricultural Practice guidelines for farmers": the guideline for small farmers (2003).

"Unilever Sustainable Agriculture Checklist for Tea Suppliers": the checklist for Unilever tea suppliers (2007).

"Unilever GMP Checklist for Tea Suppliers": the GMP checklist for Unilever tea suppliers (2007).

"Guidance for Unilever Sustainable Agriculture Checklist for Tea Suppliers": the guidance which accompanies the checklist for Unilever tea suppliers (2007).

OIL PALM

"Palm oil: a sustainable future": an early announcement (2001) of the programme on palm oil.

"Sustainable palm oil; Good Agricultural Practice Guidelines": a guideline for palm oil growers (2003).

VEGETABLES

"Spinach: for a Sustainable Future": booklet describing the general approach and programmes for spinach (2003).

"Sustainable spinach; Good Agricultural Practice Guidelines" is available in three languages: English, German and Italian (2003).

"Sustainable vining peas: Good Agricultural Practice Guidelines" is available in three languages: English, German and Italian (2003).

TOMATOES

"Tomatoes: for a Sustainable Future": booklet describing the general approach and programmes for tomatoes in two languages: English and Portugese (2003).

"Sustainable tomatoes: Good Agricultural Practice Guidelines" is available in two languages: English and Portugese (2004).

OILSEED RAPE

"Sustainable winter oilseed rape" is available in English and German (2007).

Research

Want to know how much fertiliser or pesticide is lost to water from agriculture? Or how wild flowers can control pests? Then read this summary report of research carried out at the Colworth Farm in the UK, between 2000 and 2005.

GHG Calculator
Excel spreadsheet which we have developed through our Lead Agricultural programmes.