Unilever and Bio-on work together to reduce environmental impact in the Personal Care sector
09 Novembre 2018 - 01:35PM
Rome (Italy), 9 November 2018 -
Unilever and Bio-on announce
the start of a strategic partnership to develop, produce and sell
personal hygiene and care products that guarantee a smaller or no
environmental impact. Using patented bio-technologies for natural,
biodegradable microplastics production, Unilever
and Bio-on are taking an important step towards
building a more sustainable economy and more responsible
consumption in the personal care sector.
This collaboration is designed to meet the
demands of consumers, who are increasingly concerned about
sustainability and making purchasing choices that respect the
environment, whilst making the most of the skills and excellence at
both companies.
Unilever's knowledge and
large-scale presence on the personal care market with noted
brands such as Mentadent, Dove, Zendium, Glysolid,
and Sunsilk, teams up with the exclusive know-how of
Bio-on, the Italian company listed on the AIM
segment of Borsa Italiana and specialised in biotechnologies
applied to widely used materials, to create completely natural
products and solutions.
“For Unilever, developing a
partnership with such an excellent Italian company as
Bio-on is an important step towards the goals
we have set ourselves with the Unilever Sustainable Living Plan,
primarily to halve the environmental impact of our products by
2030,” claims Fulvio Guarneri, Chairman
& CEO of Unilever Italia. “This collaboration makes us very
proud because it is one of the most important examples through
which Unilever is making concrete moves towards
sustainability in our business strategy.”
“Research into innovative products and
cutting-edge formulations that respect the environment and people
is now a priority in the personal care sector,”
explains Marco Astorri, Chairman and CEO
of Bio-on. “We are very pleased to work alongside such a major
player as Unilever, with which we will have the great opportunity
to introduce real sustainable innovation whilst reaching an
increasingly broad consumer base.” Bio-on will
work with Unilever through two new companies,
which will focus 100% on exploiting exclusive technologies to
develop, produce and supply personal care products.
Unilever
Unilever is one of the largest companies
operating on the Food, Refreshment, Home and Personal Care markets.
Located in over 190 countries around the world, its products are
used by 2.5 billion consumers every day. Unilever employs
approximately 169,000 people worldwide and recorded sales of €52.7
billion in 2016. Approximately 57% of company sales comes from
developing countries and emerging markets. The company portfolio
includes over 400 brands found in homes all over the world, such as
Dove, Sunsilk, Knorr, Algida, Magnum, Lipton, Mentadent, Svelto,
and Coccolino. The Unilever Sustainable Living Plan (USLP),
outlining the company's sustainable growth plan, has three main
goals:
- Help more than 1 billion people to improve their health and
wellbeing by 2020
- Halve the environmental impact of its products by 2030
- Improve the living conditions of millions of people by
2020
The USLP acts as a guide that leads to value
creation, boosting growth and trust and cutting risks and costs.
The company's sustainable brands are growing 50% more quickly than
its other brands and make up approximately 60% of growth recorded
by Unilever in 2016.
In 2017, Unilever came top of the Dow Jones
Sustainability Index in its category of reference. The FTSE4Good
Index assigned the company the highest score in the Environment
category. Unilever has also topped the ranking of Global Corporate
Sustainability Leaders for the last seven years, resulting from the
research that GlobeScan/SustainAbility runs every year. Finally,
Unilever is committed to becoming carbon positive by 2030.
For further information on Unilever and its
brands, visit www.unilever.it.
For further information on the Unilever
Sustainable Living Plan, visit
https://www.unilever.it/sustainable-living/
Bio-on
Bio-on S.p.A., an Italian Intellectual Property
Company (IPC), operates in the bioplastic sector conducting applied
research and development of modern bio-fermentation technologies in
the field of eco-sustainable and completely naturally biodegradable
materials. In particular, Bio-on develops industrial applications
through the creation of product characterisations, components and
plastic items. Since February 2015, Bio-on S.p.A. has also been
operating in the development of natural and sustainable chemicals
for the future. Bio-on has developed an exclusive process for the
production of a family of polymers called PHAs
(polyhydroxyalkanoates) from agricultural waste (including molasses
and sugar cane and sugar beet syrups). The bioplastic produced in
this way is able to replace the main families of conventional
plastics in terms of performance, thermo-mechanical properties and
versatility. Bio-on PHAs is a bioplastic that can be classified as
100% natural and completely biodegradable: this has been certified
by Vincotte and by USDA (United States Department of Agriculture).
The Issuer's strategy envisages the marketing of licenses for PHAs
production and related ancillary services, the development of
R&D (also through new collaborations with universities,
research centres and industrial partners), as well as the
realisation of industrial plants designed by Bio-on.
Issuer Bio-On S.p.A.Via Dante 7/b40016 San Giorgio
di Piano (BO)Phone +39051893001-info@bio-on.it |
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BranchVia Barberini, 95 00187 RomaTel: +39 06 896.841 -
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SpecialistBanca Finnat Euramerica S.p.A.
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l.scimia@finnat.it |