Unilever Csr

Unilever   Bangladesh   conducted   their   Corporate   Social   Responsibility   activities   as   Lever
Brothers Bangladesh in past. And they mainly focus their voluntary activities in three different
segments. These are ‘Health-nutrition-hygiene’, ‘Education’ and ‘Women Empowerment’. They
do some activities in climate change issues also. They said these activities as sustainability and
responsible business practice. They conducted some movement about health care and launched
‘Lifeboy Friendship Hospital’ in 2002 with a modified floating oil tanker. In 2006, they
sponsored a two months nursing training program with Ma O Shishu General Hospital in
Chittagong and though they already sets up a modern operation theater and advanced intensive
care unit in 25 May, 2004 for high quality medical care for economically deprived section of the
society. They launched a campaign named ‘Annual Kalurghat Health Camp’ to provide free
health care facilities to people around Chittagong since 2007. In November 16, 2007 Unilever
announced ‘Pepsodent-Bangladesh Dental Society Oral Health Day’. Lifebuoy worked with
NGOs, governments and other companies to introduce the ‘Global Handwashing Day’, launched
on 15th October 2008 in many countries including Bangladesh. They created Pepsodent
Dentibus for giving free expert advice and dental checkup opportunities to the people and school
children’s. For building nations future they emphasis on educational campaigns like working
with an NGO named Shathee Samaj Kalyan Samity (SSKS) for giving education facilities for
Banani residential slum areas children since January, 2005. UBL volunteers also visit the school
to show the importance of hygiene and health. The scholarship program by Fair and Lovely
foundation   was   one such   initiative   that   supported   the dreams   of talented   women   from
economically   disadvantaged   families.   In 2006, UBL jointly   funded ‘Unilever Chevening
Scholarship’ for a Bangladeshi national wishing to... [continues]

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