Unilever Project Medusa

A range of environmental and human factors, including climate change, desiccation due to deforestation, drought, pollution and population growth mean that Latin America experiences problems of water availability.

Unilever has many manufacturing operations in this region and water is an essential utility or ingredient in its processes. In response to the challenges posed by the region’s water supply, the head of foods supply chain challenged food manufacturing sites to reduce their water imprint by 1,000,000m