UNILEVERS GRI G4 Index

Our GRI index provides an overview of our reporting against the GRI G4
Sustainability Reporting Guidelines. It includes the following sections:

1. Disclosures about the Company Profile

2. Specific Standard Disclosures

We continue to review the information in our reporting at Group level to address

stakeholder interest in our most important impacts.

GENERAL STANDARD DISCLOSURES

The below table provides an overview of our reporting against GRI G4 General
Standard Disclosures.

Key

SL = information in our online Sustainable Living Report 2015

MCA = information in Unilever Sustainable Living Plan, Mobilising Collective Action:

Summary of Progress 2015

ARA1 = information in the Strategic Report of our Annual Report and Accounts 2015

ARA2 = information in the Governance and Financial Report of our Annual Report
and Accounts 2015

RSP = Responsible Sourcing Policy (launched April 2014, the policy sets mandatory
requirements on human and labour rights in business relationships with Unilever).

HRP = Human Rights Policy Statement

HRR = Unilever Human Rights Report 2015

E = information found elsewhere on the Unilever global website

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 GRI G4 requirements Links
G4-1: Statement from the most
senior decision-maker of the MCA: A call to action p.3
organization (such as CEO, chair,
or equivalent senior position) about
the relevance of sustainability to
the organization and the
organizations strategy for ARA1: Chief Executive Officers review p.6
addressing sustainability.

G4-2: Description of key risks and

ARA1: Our principal risks p.40
opportunities
G4-3: Name of the organisation
ARA1: Governance p. 45

MCA: Back cover

E: About Unilever shares
G4-4: Primary brands products
and/or services ARA1: About us p.2

MCA: Contents page

E: Our brands
G4-5: Location of organisation's
headquarters ARA1: Shareholder information, contact
details p.44
G4-6: number of countries where
the organization operates, and
names of countries where either
ARA2: Financial statements (see note 27:
the organization has significant
group companies p.136-146)
operations or that are specifically
relevant to the sustainability topics
covered in the report.
G4-7: Nature of ownership and
legal form ARA2: Corporate governance p.45

E: Unilever's legal structure and foundation

agreements
G4-8: Markets served
ARA1: Our markets p.10-11

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G4-9: Scale of the organisation
G4-10: Employee makeup
G4-11: Percentage of total
employees covered by collective
bargaining agreements.
G4-12 Describe the organization's
supply chain
G4-13: Report any significant
changes during the reporting
period regarding the organizations
size, structure, ownership, or its
supply chain
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ARA2: Financial statements (see note 27:
group companies p.136-146)
ARA1: Our performance p.16-17
ARA2: Employees p.99
ARA2: Consolidated income statement p.90
ARA2: Financial statements note 27: group
companies p.136-146
MCA: About Us & Contents
SL: About our reporting (See: Boundaries
and scope)
E: Our brands
ARA1: Diversity and inclusion p. 31
ARA2: Employees: staff and management
costs p. 99
SL: Working with others
ARA2: Employee involvement and
communication p.51
HRP: Our Vision
RSP: Mandatory requirements for doing
business with Unilever - All workers are paid
fair wages p.9-10, 18
SL: All workers are free to exercise their right
to form &/or join trade unions or to refrain
from doing so & bargain collectively
SL: Creating an inclusive supply chain
ARA1: p.15
SL: Reducing environmental impact
SL: Livelihoods for smallholder farmers
E: Acquisitions and disposals
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 G4-14: Report whether and how
the precautionary approach or
principle is addressed by the
organization.
G4-15: List externally developed
economic, environmental and
social charters, principles, or other
initiatives to which the organization
subscribes or which it endorses.
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SL: Environmental management system
E: Keeping people and the environment safe
SL: Product safety & quality
E: Safe and sustainable by design
SL: Engaging with stakeholders
HRR: About this report p.9 & About the UN
Guiding Principles Reporting Framework
p.14
SL: Advocacy & partnerships for
transformational change
SL: Tackling climate & development together
SL: Influencing public policy on climate
change
SL: Our approach to reporting
SL: Unilever Sustainable Palm Oil Sourcing
Policy
SL: Our approach to sustainable sourcing -
sustainable soy & oils
SL: Unilever Sustainable Agriculture Code
SL: Sustainable sourcing, sustainable tea -
leading the industry
SL: Advancing human rights in our own
operations
SL: Advertising & marketing
SL: Product safety & quality
SL: UNGC index
SL: Sustainable Development Goals
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G4-16: List memberships of
associations (such as industry
associations) and national or
international advocacy
organizations
G4-17: Entities included in the
organizations consolidated
financial statements or equivalent
documents
G4-18: Process for defining report
content
G419: List all the material
Aspects identified in the process
for defining report content.
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SL: Opportunities for women
SL: Environmental management system
SL: Our health & hygiene strategy
SL: Toilets of tomorrow
SL: Providing safe drinking water
SL: Global Handwashing Day
SL: Independent assurance (see PwCs
Independent Limited Assurance Report
2015)
SL: Engaging with stakeholders
SL: Our health & hygiene strategy
SL: Advocacy & partnerships for
transformational change
SL: Influencing public policy on climate
change
SL: Working with others
SL: Making sustainable agriculture
mainstream
E: Unilever's legal structure and foundation
agreements
E: The governance of Unilever
SL: Our governance
ARA2: Governance p. 45
ARA2: Financial statements (see note 27:
group companies p.136-146)
SL: Defining our material issues
SL: About our reporting
SL: Our materiality matrix
SL: About our reporting
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 SL: Defining our material issues

G4- 20: Aspect boundary within the SL: About our reporting Boundaries &
organisation scope

ARA2: Independent auditors reports p. 85-

G4- 21: Aspect boundary outside 89
the organisation
SL: Our materiality matrix

SL: Our metrics

SL: Independent assurance (See Unilevers

Basis of Preparation 2015 download)
G4-23: Significant changes from
previous reporting periods in the SL: About our reporting
scope, boundary or measurement
methods applied in the report
SL: Our metrics

G4-24: List of stakeholder groups

engaged by organisations SL: Engaging with stakeholders

G4-25: Basis for identification and

selection of stakeholders to SL: About our reporting
engage
SL: Engaging with stakeholders

G4-26: Approaches to stakeholder

engagement, including frequency SL: About our reporting
of engagement by type and by
stakeholder group SL: Engaging with stakeholders
G4-27: Key topics and concerns
that have been raised through SL: Engaging with stakeholders
stakeholder engagement and how
the organisation has responded to SL: Defining our material issues
those key issues and concerns,
SL: Responding to stakeholder concerns on
including through its reporting
human rights
SL: Product safety & quality

SL: What matters to you

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 G4-28: Reporting period for Jan-Dec 2015 and 1 Oct 2014-30 Sept 2015
information provided
SL: Basis of preparation 2015

SL: About our reporting

G4-29: Date of most recent

previous report Unilever Annual Report and Accounts 2015
(published February 2016)

Online Sustainable Living Report 2015

(launched 5 May 2016)

G4-30: Reporting cycle

Annual - SL: About our reporting

G4-31: Contact point for questions

regarding the report or its contents E: Contact us

G4-32: GRI content index

SL: GRI index

GRI-33: Policy and current practice

with regard to seeking Independent SL: About our reporting
assurance for the report
SL: Independent assurance
G4-34: Report the governance
structure of the organization, ARA2: Corporate governance p.45-47
including committees of the highest
governance body. Identify any ARA2: Corporate Responsibility Committee
committees responsible for p.62-63
decision-making on economic,
environmental and social impacts. SL: Our governance

E: Corporate governance

E: The Governance of Unilever p.20

E: Our leadership

G4-56: Describe the organizations

values, principles, standards and E: Purpose, values & principles

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 norms of behaviour such as codes
of conduct and codes of ethics. SL: Business integrity

E: Our Code of Business Principles

G4-57: Report the internal and

external mechanisms for seeking
advice on ethical and lawful E: Our Code of Business Principles, Legal
behaviour, and matters related to consultation p.10, Glossary p. 42
organizational integrity, such as
helplines or advice lines.

E: Reporting a concern about a breach of the

Unilever Code of Business Principles and
Code Policies

SL: Business integrity

G4-58: Report the internal and

external mechanisms for reporting
concerns about unethical or
unlawful behaviour, and matters
E: Our Code of Business Principles
related to organizational integrity,
such as escalation through line
management, whistleblowing
mechanisms or hotlines.

E: Reporting a concern about a breach of the

Unilever Code of Business Principles and
Code Policies

SL: Business integrity

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SPECIFIC STANDARD DISCLOSURES

The below table provides an overview of our reporting against GRI G4 Specific
Standard Disclosures. These are indicators that pertain to our material aspects:

Water
Agricultural sourcing
Women
Deforestation
Human rights

Key

SL = information in our online Sustainable Living Report 2015

MCA = information in our Mobilising Collective Action: Summary of Progress 2015

ARA1 = information in the Strategic Report of our Annual Report and Accounts 2015

ARA2 = information in the Governance and Financial Report of our Annual Report
and Accounts 2015

RSP = Responsible Sourcing Policy (launched April 2014, the policy sets mandatory
requirements on human and labour rights in business relationships with Unilever).

HRP = Human Rights Policy Statement

HRR = Unilever Human Rights Report 2015

E = information found elsewhere on the Unilever global website

CDP = information found in the Unilever plc. Water 2015 response to the Carbon
Disclosure Project

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 Unilever material aspect: Water Comment

CDP: W1.2a Water withdrawals

SL: Water use

This information is
G4-EN8: Total water publicly available
withdrawal by source through our CDP Water
SL: Improving water efficiency in response.
our factories

SL: Interactive data charts -

Water

Unilever material aspect: Agricultural Sourcing

SL: Sustainable sourcing

targets & performance
G4-EN32: Percentage of
new suppliers that were MCA: Reducing environmental
screened using impact p. 12
environmental criteria E: Unilever Sustainable Sourcing
Programme Scheme Rules (for
definition of what defines
sustainably sourced)

G4-EN33: Significant SL: Sustainable sourcing

actual and potential
negative environmental
impacts in the supply E: What matters to you: Biofuels,
chain and actions taken Eliminating deforestation,
Kodaikanal, Micro-plastics, Palm
Oil, Sustainable sourcing

G4-SO9: Percentage of
new suppliers that were SL: Sustainable sourcing
screened using criteria targets & performance
for impacts on society

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 E: Unilever Sustainable Sourcing
Programme Scheme Rules (for
definition of what defines
sustainably sourced)
HRR: Human Rights Report
2015 p. 51

SL: Sustainable sourcing

E: What matters to you: Conflict

G4-SO10: Significant
minerals, Eliminating
actual and potential
deforestation, Human rights,
negative impacts on
Kericho Tea Estates,
society in the supply
Kodaikanal, Palm oil, Product
chain and actions taken
safety and quality, Sustainable
sourcing

HRR: Human Rights Report

2015

FP1: Percentage of
purchased volume from
suppliers compliant with SL: Sustainable sourcing
companys sourcing
policy

Unilever material aspect: Women

G4-LA12. Composition SL: Upholding diversity

of governance bodies A breakdown based on
and breakdown of SL: Opportunities for Women age group, minority or
other indicators of
employees per diversity has not been
employee category ARA1: Board of Directors p.5 included because the
according to gender, material focuses on
age group, minority ARA1: Unilever Leadership women. As such we
group membership, and have reported on the
Executive (ULE), p.9 composition of
other indicators of governance bodies and
diversity SL: Our governance breakdown of
employees by gender.
ARA1: Diversity and inclusion
p.31

Unilever material aspect: Deforestation

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 SL: Sustainable sourcing

SL: Advocacy & partnerships for

transformational change
G4-SO10: Significant
SL: Acting on climate change by
actual and potential
eliminating deforestation
negative impacts on
society in the supply E: Eliminating deforestation
chain and actions taken
(New) E: What matters to you:
Eliminating deforestation,
Sustainable sourcing
HRR: Human Rights Report
2015

Unilever material aspect: Human Rights

SL: Advancing human rights in

our own operations
G4-HR3: Total number
of incidents of HRR: Human Rights Report
discrimination and 2015. Number of non-
corrective actions taken conformances p. 55, examples
of corrective actions p.29, p. 35
& p. 37
G4-HR4: Operations and
suppliers identified in HRR: Human Rights Report
which the right to 2015 p.33
exercise freedom of
association and
collective bargaining SL: Responding to stakeholder
may be violated or at concerns on human rights
significant risk, and
measures taken to SL: Working with others,
support these rights Increasing dialogue on labour
rights
SL: Advancing human rights with
suppliers
G4-HR11: Significant
actual and potential SL: Responding to stakeholder
negative human rights concerns on human rights
impacts in the supply HRR: Human Rights Report
chain and actions taken 2015
RSP: Responsible Sourcing
Policy

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