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Rebecca Marmot
Chief Sustainability Officer Unilever
Unilever ' s Chief Sustainability Officer , Rebecca Marmot is responsible for driving through advocacy and partnerships , transformational change on priority areas of Unilever ’ s Sustainable Living Plan : climate change and eliminating deforestation ; sustainable agriculture and smallholder farmers ; water , sanitation and hygiene ; opportunities for women ; plastics and the circular economy ; impact finance ; and health and wellbeing .
As Chief Sustainability Officer , a role she has held since 2019 , Marmot also leads the next chapter of Unilever ’ s sustainability journey beyond the USLP .
Prior to this role , Marmot was Global Vice President of Sustainability at Unilever where she led the global advocacy , policy and partnerships team , heading engagement with external stakeholders and building the optimal enabling environment to drive sustainable business .
Marmot heads Unilever ’ s Global Partnerships & Advocacy function . She is responsible for leading a team that provides
Manufacturing United Kingdom strategic counsel to the business on key advocacy areas and co-creating strategic partnerships that deliver scale and impact to grow the business .
This involves working with commercial organisations as well as key opinion formers such as the UN , NGOs and Governments . It also entails developing new business models that help to embed the UN Sustainable Development Goals , creating a sustainable and enabling environment for our business to continue growing .
Under her leadership , Unilever played a role in major sustainability milestones such as the 2015 Paris Agreement and the creation of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals – otherwise known as the Global Goals – positioning Unilever at the forefront of sustainable business .
Before joining Unilever , the CSO served as Global External Affairs Director at L ’ Oréal and in External Affairs at the UK Department for Trade and Industry . Here she was responsible for stakeholder management on UK government projects . SUSTAINABILITYMAG . COM
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