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Carbon footprinting for Unilever

Low carbon food recipes for Unilever in Sweden

Global food service giant, Unilever, has worked with our sustainability specialists in Sweden to develop a learning programme for schools focused on climate smart school meals with food recipes and a website to inform about food with a low carbon impact. The model calculates the carbon impact of a number of Unilever's products, sauces and bouillons and compares them against the impacts of making the 'sauce' using basic ingredients. The work is helping Unilever focus on low carbon impact recipes.

WSP's team in Sweden has worked with Unilever Foodsolutions to develop a model that calculates the carbon impact of a number of Unilever's products, sauces and bouillons. The impact of each has been compared against the impacts of an individual making the 'sauce' themselves using all the basic ingredients.

The model also contains the carbon impact of a number of frequently used food ingredients. This model will support Unilever specialists to evaluate and propose recipes with particularly low carbon impact.

Our team has also provided important information to the programme that informs households and school-children on the impacts of different food types.

Unilever Foodsolutions has high profile brands in its Swedish portfolio such as Knorr, Lipton, Becel and Carte d'Or. The initiative is an exciting new way to understand the impacts of different food types and how to enjoy good food in a healthy and low carbon way.

Further information

Please contact Ulf Liljenroth at: ulf.liljenroth@wspgroup.se or bengt.kullmar@wspgroup.se

Or visit the Klimat-Smart! website at: http://www.klimatsmartmat.net/