In October 2020, Unilever CEO Alan Jope said, “throwaway culture and business models continue to dominate our lives and damage our planet.”

“Despite challenging conditions, we must not turn our backs on plastic pollution. It is vital for us, and for the rest of the industry, to stay the course, cut the amount of plastic we use and rapidly transition to a circular economy,” Jope added.

While Unilever has shown us a lot of projects and initiatives to reduce or eliminate plastic from packaging, a recent special report by Reuters paints a more complicated picture of Unilever’s commitment to a more circular economy.